Urology
LabBook June 1, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our new weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. […]
LabBook: May 25, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our new weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. […]
No Senioritis Here: Pritzker Senior Scientific Session 2012
By Rob Mitchum As the weather warms and the flowers bloom in Chicago, it’s a sign that convocation and various other end-of-the-year events are approaching. One springtime tradition for the Pritzker School of Medicine is the annual Senior Scientific Session, where students on the verge of receiving their medical degrees discuss the research project they […]
Hard Choices and Cancer Disparities
Covering medical research for the University of Chicago, one hears a lot about racial health disparities and the efforts to narrow those gaps. But some statistics still pack a punch, and Otis Webb Brawley’s talk at the University of Chicago last Thursday contained several left hooks. The five-year risk of death after diagnosis with breast […]
Urologic Surgery in Motion
Inside a ballroom of the Chicago Sheraton Wednesday morning, an unusual live event was taking place. As a few dozen people looked on with intent interest, an abstract mix of watery reds, fluffy yellows and pulsating browns filled a giant projection screen. Swooping above and into this mixture were what looked like two metallic alligator […]
Dr. FAQ: Gary Steinberg on Bladder Cancer
On the grim top 10 list of the most common cancers in the United States, familiar faces sit at the top of the charts. Prostate cancer for men, breast cancer for women, lung and colon cancer for both sexes – all are diseases that have inspired massive awareness and fundraising efforts to inform patients and […]
