2005 News Releases

December 14, 2005
GO LOCAL MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTS CONSUMERS WITH VALUABLE HEALTH INFORMATION       
UMass Medical School's Lamar Soutter Library collaborates with National Library of Medicine on important web-based resource. 

December 1, 2005
DISCOVERY UNCOVERS HOW CHEMICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NERVE CELLS MAY LEAD TO CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION   
Neuroscience students named as first authors on significant study.

December 1, 2005
STUDY FINDS CELL BEHAVIOR DEPENDENT UPON PHYSICAL AS WELL AS CHEMICAL SIGNALS    

October 21, 2005
MASS BIOLOGIC LABORATORIES OPEN MAJOR NEW FACILITY  
Opening marks new era for serving public health needs in the Commonwealth, the nation and around the world.

October 11, 2005
MEDAREX AND MASS BIOLOGIC LABORATORIES ANNOUNCE COMMENCEMENT OF PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL TO TREAT HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED DIARRHEA
Preclinical data on antibody presented at IDSA meeting showed potential effectiveness against a new epidemic strain of the bacteria.

October 7, 2005
UMMS RESEARCHER CRAIG MELLO, PHD, RECEIVES MASSRY PRIZE

October 6, 2005
DISCOVERY REDEFINES MOMENT OF CELL DIVISION
Breakthrough findings may have important implications for research on cancer, aging and stem cell development.

September 7, 2005
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM HIV VACCINE TRIAL SHOW PROMISE 
Novel vaccine generates T-cells and antibodies to HIV. More testing needed to plan next steps for vaccine development program.

September 1, 2005
PLAGUE, AN ABIDING SCOURGE
UMass Medical School and Worcester Art Museum present a symposium offering views on plague from medical, historical and artistic perspectives

July 25, 2005
MARKER FOR FAMILIAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DETECTABLE YEARS BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEAR
Study yields opportunity to test therapies before onset of earliest clinical symptoms

July 19, 2005
FAT AND LIFE SPAN INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED IN C. ELEGANS
Tubby gene (Tub-1) regulates life span and fat storage by two independent mechanisms

July 12, 2005
RESEARCHERS EXPLORE THE AFTERMATH OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Most women experience recurrence of symptoms; few resume hormone therapy

June 27, 2005
ANTHONY J. ROTHSCHILD, MD, NAMED VICE CHAIR OF RESEARCH IN DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AT UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL

June 22, 2005
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER'S RAYMOND M. DUNN, MD, NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS

June 15, 2005
REMILLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION MAKES $10 MILLION GIFT TO UMASS MEMORIAL IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY AND TRAUMACARE

June 15, 2005
NOVEL ANTIBODY NEUTRALIZES RABIES VIRUSES
Findings may lead to lower cost, easily produced biologic for people exposed to rabies

June 5, 2005
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL AWARDED 161 DEGREES AT 32nd COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ON JUNE 5

May 23, 2005
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND MBI TEAM UP ON PROTEOMICS

May 19, 2005
THOMAS GRISSO, PHD, RECEIVES AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S ISAAC RAY AWARD 
UMass professor honored for contributions to forensic psychiatry and psychology

May 18, 2005
UMASS CANCER BIOLOGIST DEVELOPS NOVEL ANTI-CANCER AGENT
Compound capable of selectively targeting tumor cells while sparing normal cells

May 16, 2005
STUDY FINDS CHILDREN GOING INTO FOSTER CARE LACK MEDICATIONS FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS

May 5, 2005
UMMS RESEARCHER DESCRIBES NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MIGRATION OF BUTTERFLIES IN NEURON

May 3, 2005
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCHER CRAIG MELLO, PHD, ELECTED TO PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

April 24, 2005
NEW STRATEGY DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES GENE SILENCING WITH RNAi 
Results published online today in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

April 12, 2005
UMMS STUDY SHOWS STATIN USE BEFORE OR AFTER STROKE IMPROVES RECOVERY

April 7, 2005
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCHER CRAIG MELLO, PHD, RECEIVES BOTH ROSENSTIEL AND GAIRDNER AWARDS

April 1, 2005
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL # 4 IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT ANNUAL RANKING OF PRIMARY CARE SCHOOLS
UMMS also among the top 50 in research

March 24, 2005
MARIANNE FELICE, MD, NAMED PRESIDENT-ELECT OF ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SCHOOL PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center leader to serve 2007-2009

March 7, 2005
DIANNE SCHWARZ, STUDENT IN THE UMASS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS WEINTRAUB AWARD

February 24, 2005
ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS IN NURSING HOMES ARE FAR MORE COMMON THAN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED

February 15, 2005
ENNIS ELECTED TO ARMED FORCES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD
Vaccine expert at

February 8, 2005
STUDY FINDS "GOOD" CARBS LINKED TO LOWER BODY WEIGHT 
Researchers analyzed dietary habits of 572 people over five years and found those who ate carbohydrates with lower glycemic index values weighed less

January 31, 2005
CLOSING IN ON A MALE BIRTH CONTROL PILL
Biotech firm licenses UMMS technology that prevents sperm from swimming

January 27, 2005
TREISTMAN NAMED TO HEAD NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

January 18, 2005

UMASS MEMORIAL RECEIVES $12.5 MILLION GIFT
Duddie Massad makes largest private donation in history of hospital

January 17, 2005
SAINT-GOBAIN DONATES $100,000 TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION AT UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

January 17, 2005
DIABETES PRE-EMPTION
An ambitious UMMS initiative introduces weight control, nutrition and exercise programs to a population at high risk for developing diabetes, with implications for all