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Genetic counselors empower patients and their families with information, guidance, and emotional support to help them understand their family history, evaluate genetic testing options, and make informed choices based on test results.

Researchers at IU School of Medicine are about to welcome their very own cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) to the school. Scientists are already very familiar with the cutting-edge cryo-EM technology, but the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic actually made some members of the public appreciate the many benefits of this Noble Prize-winning technology too.

IU School of Medicine faculty member Aaron E. Carroll, MD, is not only a pediatrician, but a nationally-known health services researcher and excellent communicator of science to the lay public. His background, expertise and ability to relay complex science in easy to understand ways has created the opportunity for him to appear live on CBS […]

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, executive associate dean for research affairs at IU School of Medicine, founding director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and a native of India, has been a cricket fan since he was a young boy, often playing pick-up games with his friends. As an adult, he likes to sneak […]

Myron Gill was 50-years old when he began experiencing excruciating back pain. Doctors ran several tests and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him. Eventually, after evaluating a 24-hour urine specimen, doctors diagnosed Gill with multiple myeloma. It’s a disease that is often misdiagnosed and mispronounced. “It’s not melanoma, it’s myeloma,” said Rafat Abonour, […]

Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD, recently earned a grant to support groundbreaking research in the development of advanced 3-D bioprinted human liver models. A transplant surgeon and director of the IU School of Medicine Xenotransplantation Lab, Ekser received the 2019 American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Foundation Faculty Development Grant, awarded to only one researcher each […]

Faith Kuntz was glad her doctor tested her for gestational diabetes early when he noticed a significant weight gain during her pregnancy. For the 35-year-old patient, gestational diabetes wasn’t even on her radar. “Gestational diabetes, or diabetes during pregnancy, complicates about one in 12 pregnancies for women in the United States,” said David M. Haas, […]

Angie Steeno was 29 years old when she received her first cancer diagnosis from metastatic gestational trophoblastic disease, often referred to as a molar pregnancy. Ten years later, in 2015, and expecting to be considered “cured” of her disease, Steeno happened to mention to her doctor that she felt a lump up high near her […]