A discussion during Global Health Week at the Medical University of South Carolina about gain-of-function research showed how difficult that research is to define. Moderator Michael Sweat, Ph.D., faculty director of MUSC’s Center for Global Health, began …
An MUSC Hollings Cancer Center research team has identified a protein that helps cancer cells to organize themselves in a way that allows them to successfully navigate the cell division process despite an abnormality that should doom them. Targeting this …
This report is used with permission from the University of Houston A multi-site randomized controlled trial led by the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of Houston seeks to prove the effectiveness of treating alcohol use disorder, …
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Medical University of South Carolina $11.3 million dollars to create a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, focusing on neurodevelopmental conditions. Scientist and College of Medicine …
When you have a distinguished 40-year career and you’re getting an award for the groundbreaking advances that you’ve made, you can make a generic sort of speech thanking everyone — or you can take the opportunity to lob a few verbal grenades at what you …
Finding the right patients for clinical trials can be a struggle and require much time and effort. Clinical researchers have wondered whether screening the electronic health record (EHR) could improve the process. Could it provide enough information to …
African Americans are more than three times as likely to have kidney failure than Whites but four times less likely to have received a kidney transplant by one year after developing kidney failure. Researchers from the Department of Surgery at MUSC are …
The Charleston Alcohol Research Center (ARC) at MUSC, which is comprised of researchers in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, was recently granted funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through 2025, which will be the Center’s …
South Carolina residents were more hesitant than Americans as a whole to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the fall of 2020, report researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Journal of Psychiatry Research. The MUSC study …
A team of MUSC researchers has identified a stress-regulated gene that plays a role in the link between long-term stress and a common type of depressive behavior in mice. Specifically, this gene was needed for long-term stress to produce a loss of interest …
MUSC startup Lipo-Immuno Tech LLC, was awarded two Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants to support the commercialization of innovative cancer drugs. The company was founded in 2018 by immunologist Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D., and sphingolipid …
The next time you find yourself at a Friday night dock party at Crosby’s Fish and Shrimp, singing along to Lowcountry band Wildflower Station’s rendition of “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” take a look at singer Wanda Suggs. You'll see a woman who …
Neuroscientists from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in Brain Connectivity that they have detected subtle differences in the way the brain functions in older adults with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Adults with preclinical …
At 26 years old, Marie Curie was no Cortney Gensemer. In the end, things turned out pretty well for the two-time Nobel Prize-winning Polish physicist, but Gensemer has still got time on her side – not to mention Instagram. With over 11,000 followers on …
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) face difficulty breathing and a decline in lung function and are at risk of early death. CF is an inherited condition that results in thick mucus build-up, persistent infection and inflammation in the lungs. Medical …
A team of sister scientists is on a mission to find a cure for one of the most common cancers, uterine corpus endometrial cancer (UCEC). UCEC, the fourth deadliest cancer in women, is often not detected until it is already advanced, and it often comes back …
The detectives There is power and value in a highly skilled detective. Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick, Watson, are famous for sifting through enormous amounts of data – identifying patterns and making predictions to uncover a mystery with ease. In …
Before new therapies can reach patients, they must be tested in clinical trials in representative populations to show that they work and are safe. Failure to enroll enough participants in trials can delay the arrival of new therapies in the clinic and …
Health impacts students’ ability to learn. Leaders at MUSC’s Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (MUSC BCCW) believe that lessons on healthy living can be part of every student’s school experience. “Healthier students are better learners, and better …
A woman who asked to be called Shirley to protect her privacy has been haunted both emotionally and physically by what began as a fun night out in 2001. “I had been partying and was back home when I got a phone call from a friend, and everybody was over by …
