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WEBLatest stories. Maryann Davis contributes to major report on state of youth mental health. October 04, 2024. New UMass Chan study finds geographic variations in use of drugs for nursing home patients with dementia. October 03, 2024. Community rallies for 26th annual UMass Cancer Walk presented by Harr Toyota. October 02, 2024.
UMass Chan scientist Victor Ambros wins Nobel prize
WEB11 hours ago · Victor R. Ambros, PhD. UMass Chan Medical School researcher Victor R. Ambros, PhD, will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of microRNA, the very short, single-stranded RNA molecules that are now understood to play a critical role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.The announcement was made this morning at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
University of Massachusetts announces $175 million …
WEBSep 7, 2021 · Today the University of Massachusetts is announcing a history-making $175 million donation from The Morningside Foundation to UMass Medical School. The transformational gift is unrestricted and will more than …
Emotional ceremony marks first white coats for School of Medicine …
WEBSep 13, 2019 · The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2023 at UMass Medical School were cloaked in the symbol of the medical profession at the White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13, under a tent on the campus green.
UMass Chan Medical School gets a new research building
WEBJun 10, 2024 · The UMass Chan Medical School held a ribbon cutting last week to showcase its new $350 million education and research building, which UMass developed to allow for expanded class sizes and...
UMass Chan launches Translational Institute for ... - UMass System
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · UMass Chan Medical School has established the Translational Institute for Molecular Therapeutics, ushering in the next phase of gene therapy development to accelerate new treatments for rare genetic diseases.
UMass Medical School Changes Name To UMass Chan Medical ... - CBS News
WEBSep 7, 2021 · WORCESTER (CBS) - UMass Medical School has changed its name to UMass Chan Medical School after a massive and historic donation. The $175 million gift from The Morningside Foundation is...
UMass Medical school to get new name after Chan family makes …
WEBSep 7, 2021 · In recognition of the gift, UMass Medical School will be renamed the UMass Chan Medical School. Its three graduate schools will be renamed: the T.H. Chan School of Medicine; the Tan...
What is microRNA? Nobel prize in medicine goes to U.S. duo
WEB2 hours ago · Ambros is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, while Ruvkun is a professor at Harvard Medical School and also affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston ...
Learn more about Victor Ambros, PhD - UMass Chan Medical School
WEB6 hours ago · Dr. Ambros joined UMass Chan in 2007 from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was a professor of genetics. In 1993, his lab was the first to discover microRNA, which resulted from the heterochronic lin-4 gene in C. elegans. MicroRNAs are single-stranded RNA molecules that play a critical role in gene regulation.