Using engineered skin and gingiva (gum tissue) cells, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry have produced complete bones with the same hard outer coating, spongy interior and marrow core as naturally produced bone (Human Gene Therapy, 5-20-00).
Cultivating positive emotions produces an upward spiral that broadens habitual modes of thinking and acting, and builds personal resources for coping, says Barbara L. Fredrickson, a University of Michigan assistant professor of psychology who received the Templeton Positive Psychology Prize for her innovative broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
Kidney transplant recipients may be able to keep their new organs longer using a drug that was originally designed to prevent only short-term rejection, a University of Michigan study concludes.
A University of Michigan engineer is on a team that discovered one of the solar system's most unusually shaped objects, asteroid 216 Kleopatra (Science, 5-5-00).
A new University of Michigan study not only corroborates prior research that African Americans are more likely than whites to be portrayed as criminals on television news, it also surprisingly reveals that Latinos are less likely to be depicted as perpetrators---when compared with actual crime statistics.
Early-stage prostate cancer patients with the most aggressive form of the disease may benefit more from high doses of carefully delivered radiation than previous reports would suggest, a study led by University of Michigan researchers has found (International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics).
New evidence about the brain's cholinergic system that may alter the way schizophrenia is viewed and may ultimately impact the way it is treated is being offered by University of Michigan Health System researchers (Neuropsychopharmacology).
David Halberstam, author and journalist, and Bernice Johnson Reagon, musician and historian, will give commencement addresses at the University of Michigan graduation ceremonies on April 28-30.
The University of Michigan will award honorary degrees to William Ferris, David Halberstam, David Hermelin, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Lawrence Kasdan, and Martinus J.G. Veltman.
Moderate exercise during pregnancy can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of developing gestational hypertension, shows a study by a University of Michigan School of Nursing professor.
Discovering how cells respond to genetic instructions by creating millions of protein variations and figuring out what all those proteins do will be the next frontier of biomedical research.
A medical imaging approach being developed at the University of Michigan may give doctors a way to tell even before biopsy if breast masses are malignant or benign, to detect tumors long before a mammogram could, and to track a tumor's response to treatment faster.
Kevin O'Connor, CEO and co-founder of DoubleClick, the world's first web advertising network, will speak at the Spring Commencement of the University of Michigan College of Engineering on Sat., April 29.
New finding: The ionized vapor trails left behind by comets as they zing past our sun may be billions of miles longer than anyone previously recognized.
Kids' preferences in dentists, new approaches to growing bone, insights into childhood cavities are among topics U-M faculty will discuss at international meeting.
Despite concerns about doctors' potential reliance on medications to treat childhood depression, a study by University of Michigan researchers finds that most primary care physicians still rely mostly on referral and counseling for their young patients (Pediatrics, 4-00).
American children between ages 5 and 12 spend some time home alone after school, but the average amount of time isn't much, only about an hour a day, according to a University of Michigan study.
Physically demanding working conditions lead to a significant risk of adverse outcomes for pregnant women, demonstrating the need for a better national maternity leave policy, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers (Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4-00).
Mutations in a sodium channel gene that regulates electrical activity in nerve cells, which may be the cause of one or more types of inherited epilepsy, have been found by University of Michigan scientists (Nature Genetics, 4-00).
With health policy issues playing a major part in this year's race for the White House, the senior health policy advisors to the Gore, Bush, Bradley and McCain campaigns will speak at the University of Michigan on April 7 about their candidates' plans for reform.
Women who smoke while pregnant are 50-70 percent more likely than nonsmokers to give birth to a baby with a cleft lip or palate, says a University of Michigan study (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery).
A new $4.2M research center at the University of Michigan Health System will help scientists find new ways to see cancer -- and the effects of cancer treatment -- more clearly using sophisticated medical imaging technology.
Intimate partnerships between the races, estimated at more than 5 percent of all marriages in the U.S., are much more prevalent when cohabitation is also considered, according to a University of Michigan study.
Welfare mothers' wages grow very slowly over time; it could be that recipients' wages do not grow even when they work on a regular basis or that welfare recipients spend fewer years working than non-recipients and often work part-time when they do work.
More than a third of single mothers who had been welfare recipients in February 1997 and who had worked in every month between that time and fall 1998 were still living in poverty, say University of Michigan researchers (Journal of Consumer Affairs).
The American economy will expand at the same rate this year as it did last year, but growth will slow in 2001 as the Federal Reserve continues to boost interest rates amid rising inflation, say University of Michigan economists.
A new line of transgenic mice, created by University of Michigan and the Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto researchers, will help scientists understand genetic and biochemical changes that cause basal cell carcinoma (Nature Genetics, 3-00).
The gap in death rates between blacks and whites was as large five years ago as it was 50 years ago, according to a University of Michigan study (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences).
Effective cooperation among police, prosecutors and professionals in child protective services, not courtroom testimony, may be the key to convicting child molesters, say University of Michigan and Western Michigan University researchers (Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal).
A documentary on the rise of the American gangster during the first half of the 20th century and his enduring influence on American culture through Hollywood will air on The Learning Channel.
While most scientists want to know how our solar system began, a University of Michigan physicist is more interested in how it will end: in the short term, we either freeze or fry, in the long term, we decay.
Using morphometric comparisons of thousands of ancient and modern skulls, University of Michigan anthropolgists showed how the native inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere fit into different groups based on craniofacial patterns.
A study of 616 middle-aged men from eastern Finland that showed that men who suffered from feelings of high hopelessness were more likely to develop hypertension than men who did not suffer as much from feelings of hopelessness is reported by University of Michigan researchers in Hypertension.
Earth's 500-year warming trend accelerated considerably in the 20th century, the warmest of the past five centuries, a study of borehole temperatures from around the world confirms (Nature, 2-17-00).
Racial prejudice, not conservatism, is the major factor underlying white opposition to affirmative action, according to a study from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research in the current issue of Social Problems.
Health leaders from the University of Michigan Health System describe why their institution has a favorable balance sheet, a positive operating margin, and plans for new initiatives (JAMA, 2-15-00).
An entire issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is devoted this week to contributions from the University of Michigan, marking the 150th anniversary of the U-M Medical School.
The net worth of the average American household rose by 15 percent in the last 10 years, but the net worth of households headed by those under the age of 60 declined, while that of households headed by those age 60 and older increased.
Living together has gone from being a relatively rare situation to nearly the norm in the U.S., according to a University of Michigan researcher (Annual Review of Sociology, 2000).
University of Michigan scientists have developed a new cancer-inhibiting peptide that prevents metastatic prostate cancer from spreading to other organs in laboratory rats.
The nonprofit TransWeb organ transplant information site marks half a decade of providing up-to-date and accurate information on transplants.
By depriving cancer tumors of the copper supply they need to form new blood vessels, University of Michigan researchers report they have stopped the growth and spread of the disease in a small group of patients (Clinical Cancer Research, 1-00).
A theoretical approach to using quantum phase for data storage and retrieval is being tested by a University of Michigan experiment (Science, 1-20-00).
Black holes formed early and influenced galactic evolution, says UM astronomer.
Attendance at religious services is declining in the United States and many other industrialized nations, according to a University of Michigan study in the Feb. 2000 American Sociological Review.
A small group of individuals that became separated from other australopithecines led to a series of sudden, interrelated changes that jump-started the evolution of our species, says a study in 1-00 Molecular Biology and Evolution.
According to a University of Michigan chemist James Penner-Hahn, small structural changes can mean big functional differences for non-heme diiron proteins that use iron and oxygen to regulate important biological functions.
The proportion of teens who are current cigarette smokers continued to decline gradually in 1999, according to the 25th national survey of the Monitoring the Future Study, conducted at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
With a few notable exceptions, drug use among American adolescents held steady in 1999, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future study, conducted at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
"Scientific Frontiers in Clinical Dentistry," a two-day conference hosted by the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, will offer a glimpse at how far the profession has come and where it's headed.
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