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November 2009 Despair Gene in the Brain May Link To Mood Disorders Tests show scientific community the gene may link to schizophrenia, biopolar and depression, but how it works is still unknown. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/18/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: berberichsm@umaryland.edu Top BCCC Life Sciences Institute Officially Opens at UM BioPark Sen. Barbara Mikulski cites the significance of the Institute being located in the BioPark and west of MLK Boulevard. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/17/2009 Contact Name: Ed Fishel Contact Phone: 410-706-3801 Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu Top Author Ehrenreich Urges Action From Health Care Workers School of Nursing's Franklin lecturer encourages advocacy work to fight poverty. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/13/2009 Contact Name: Ronald Hube Contact Phone: 410-706-2582 Contact Email: rhube002@umaryland.edu Top Mouth Is Indicator of Overall Health, Says Dental School Professor New to Baltimore, researcher says inner cheek tissue could tell of lung damage. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/12/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top School of Medicine Surgeons Perform Four-Way Kidney Transplant Surgery on Patients From Four Different States Living donors had a kidney removed through an opening in the belly button. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/11/2009 Contact Name: Karen Buckelew Contact Phone: 410-706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top UM Researchers Discover New Class of Molecules That May Help Prevent Fatal Complications in Kidney Disease School of Medicine researchers have made an important discovery about why potassium builds up to dangerous levels in the bloodstream. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/04/2009 Contact Name: Karen Buckelew Contact Phone: (410) 706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top UMB Received 104 NIH Research Grants Under the Federal Stimulus Bill Funding harvest reflects an overall expansion of vital research programs at UMB's professional schools. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/04/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Pharmacists Are Critical To Future Medical Care Models Says Balassone Lecturer School of Pharmacy lecturer says health care costs are making the United States noncompetitive on the world stage and pharmacists should take action. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/03/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top School of Pharmacy Hopes to Close Clinical Gap for Elderly Blood Disorder The National Institutes of Health has awarded UMB researchers a $777,000 grant to study treatments for blood disorders that affect more than 10,000 elderly patients each year. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/02/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top