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 …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 1, 2013 — A third-year resident in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s graduate periodontics program won first place for her research during the Midwest Society of Periodontology’s recent meeting in Chicago. Dr. Suzanne Mason investigated the possible use of stem cells from alveolar bone marrow to regenerate large …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 20, 2013 — Dr. Peter Ma, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, has received the Distinguished Scientist-Isaac Schour Memorial Award for his outstanding scientific contributions in tissue engineering, regeneration, and stem cell research. Presented during the annual meeting …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 11, 2013 — It’s an idea that, if successful, could benefit many, including war veterans who have sustained battlefield injuries and, ultimately, children and adults with developmental or acquired facial defects from trauma or disfiguring cancer surgery. Dr. Stephen Feinberg, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Oral and …
Grand Prize ADA DENTSPLY Award Emily Eubanks (D2, Mentor: Darnell Kaigler)Storage of 3rd Molars for Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion in Animal-Sera Free Media Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate — Clinical Application and Technique First Prize Kristin Kelly, Allia Marini (DH4, Mentor: Darlene Jones)Knowledge of Caregivers in Regards to Dental Trauma in Children within a Daycare Setting Second …
Ann Arbor, MI — February 27, 2013 — Jane Halaris, an adjunct clinical lecturer in dental hygiene at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, will receive an award next month for her graduate student research. Halaris will receive the Joan K. Wilder Graduate Studies Research Award from the University of Detroit Mercy during its annual honors …