Press Releases by Topic

• January 2003 -- U Gets $10.7 Million to Seek Addiction Genes

Aging

• January 2003 -- Chromosome ends shorten with age.

Birth Defects

• March 2003 -- Wu Wins the Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award

Cancer

• 14 October 2004 -- Muscling in on a Deadly Cancer
• 27 January 2003 -- Wins Wolf Prize, Pezcoller-AACR Award for Research
• New Pathway Found to Colon Cancer
  24 May 2001 -- Drs. Nori Matsunami, Jun Liu, and Ray White

Cell biology

• Novel, Unexpected Role of Platelets in Disease is Revealed
  6 Aug. 2001 -- Drs. Andy Weyrich and Guy Zimmerman

Community Outreach

• June 2003 -- Genetic Science Learning Center Ranks in the top 50.

• Genes 'group' people by ancestry - Mike Bamshad
• Indian Caste Groups Have Differing Genetic Relationships to Europeans and Asians
  15 May 2001 -- Drs. Michael Bamshad and Lynn Jorde
• Compelling Evidence Offers New Insights about Dinosaur Survival and Extinction
  26 Oct. 1999 -- Dr. Scott Rogers
  

Epilepsy

• Novel Epilepsy Gene Identified in Mice
  30 Aug. 2001 -- Drs. Louis Ptacek and Ying-Hui Fu
• Utah Researchers Locate Childhood Fever Seizure Gene
  30 Sept. 1999 -- Drs. Mark Leppert and Andy Peiffer

Heart disease, cardiology

• How to Build an Artery: scientists investigate the role of genes in developing arteries
  Nov. 2000 -- Dr. Dean Li

Human Genome Project

• Mouse Genome Sequencing Project
  Nov. 2000 -- Dr. Bob Weiss
• U. Scientists to Discuss the Human Genome Project at the Catholic Church’s "Jubilee of the Universities"
  5 Sept. 2000 -- Drs. Capecchi, Leppert, and Opitz
• Bringing the Human Genome Project to Utah Classrooms
  1 Aug. 2000

Hypertension

• Scientists Unravel Genetics of High Blood Pressure
  16 Dec. 1999 -- Dr. Jean-Marc Lalouel

Lasker Award

• Dr. Mario Capecchi named a co-recipient of the 2001 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  16 Sept. 2001

Neurological diseases

• Cause of Rare Genetic Disorder Points to Faulty Ion Channel
  17 May 2001 -- Dr. Louis Ptacek
• A Genetic Clue to the Cause of Neurodegenerative Diseases is Found
  22 Mar. 2000 -- Drs. Ying-Hui Fu and Louis J. Ptacek

Psychiatric Disorders

• Mice Point to Genetic Basis for Obsessive Grooming
  3 Jan. 2002 -- Drs. Mario Capecchi and Joy Greer

Regeneration

• Scientists Show Fully Specialized Mammalian Cells Can Change Their Cellular Fate
  21 Dec. 2000 -- Drs. Mark Keating and Shannon Odelberg

Science education in K-12 schools

• The University of Utah officially recognizes the Genetic Science Learning Center
  24 Oct. 2001
• The Future of Science Education: The University of Utah Examines Science Ed. on the Internet
  30 Oct. 2000
• Genetics and Life Situations: preparing Utahns to deal with situations that affect their lives
  6 June 2000
• Genetic Science Learning Center hosts first annual meeting for science education website developers
  1 Nov. 1999

Sleep disorder, circadian rhythms

• Scientists find the Gene for a Strange Sleeping Pattern
  4 Jan. 2001 -- Drs. Louis J. Ptacek, Ying-Hui Fu, David Virshup and Christopher Jones
• A Hereditary Circadian Rhythm Disorder is Discovered.
  30 Aug. 1999 -- Drs. Louis J. Ptacek and Christopher Jones