Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 11, 2017 -– Fourth-year dental student John Le has returned to the School of Dentistry after spending a year as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Le and another dental student who completed the Medical Research Scholars Program are featured in an article posted on the website …
Ann Arbor, MI — January 20, 2014 — It’s a complex spectrum of disorders that affects as many as 10 million Americans. Its exact causes, however, are unknown. Researchers, dentists and other health care professionals have been searching for decades for clues that may offer insights into what causes temporomandibular joint disorders and orofacial pain …
Ann Arbor, MI — July 31, 2013 — An associate professor of dentistry at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry has discovered a biological mechanism that could give cancer patients an edge to survive strong doses of chemotherapy and radiation until a tumor has been eradicated. Collaborating with other U-M colleagues, Dr. Jian-Guo Geng’s research findings …
Ann Arbor, MI — June 10, 2013 — Research conducted by Dr. William Giannobile and colleagues at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry offers some new insights that personalized care and genetic testing may one day help prevent tooth loss. The results of the study, based on analysis of dental claims from more than 5,000 adult …
Ann Arbor, MI — June 4, 2013 — University of Michigan Medical School researchers, working with colleagues from the U-M School of Dentistry, have discovered a bacterium that is responsible for causing periodontitis, a common but largely preventable oral infectious disease. Periodontitis is characterized by a progressive loss of bone around the teeth. Without proper …
By Laura Bailey, U-M News Service Ann Arbor, MI — April 30, 2013 — Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists at the University of Michigan have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain cancer cells into overdrive and can cause tumors to …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 30, 2013 — Research at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry may reveal clues that might make it possible to develop drugs pharmaceutically to derail tumor formation earlier. Dr. Russell Taichman and research associate Younghun Jung have published a paper that may shed some light on the molecular messages …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 22, 2013 — University of Michigan School of Dentistry professor Dr. Alexandre DaSilva is using a 3-D hologram device that may provide insights about what goes on in a person’s brain during a migraine headache and how the brain may make its own chemicals to kill those pains. View the video–Decode Migraine …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 10, 2013 — Dr. Peter Ma, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, is one of three scientists worldwide to receive a prestigious award from the Society for Biomaterials. The Society today presented Ma with the Clemson Award …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 2, 2013 — During the next year, University of Michigan School of Dentistry researchers plan to recruit 50 patients who need a tooth extraction and a dental implant and then use the cells collected from the patients to see if it’s possible to grow bone. The specialized adult stem cells are known …