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Health & Medicine

A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations

URochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors to communicate better.

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Health & Medicine

New platform combines precision gene targeting with brain-wide delivery

The platform overcomes a key obstacle to delivering gene therapies throughout the brain.

Health & Medicine

Researchers harness the body’s internal clock to improve stroke recovery

The findings could open the door to more effective therapies that help the brain heal after a brain injury.

Jacob Factor plays the French horn across from Amy Lerner while wearing a custom neck brace to treat pharyngoceles.

Campus & Community

An out-of-this-world design hits the high notes

Medicine, engineering, and pedagogy experts harmonize to help a French horn student overcome a rare throat condition.

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From the Magazine

While you were sleeping: URochester reshapes the science of sleep

URochester’s researchers and clinicians are helping us understand the science of sleep—including how it might be one of the most consequential forces in human health.

A dandelion grows through the cracks in concrete to symbolize resilience in the face of stress.

From the Magazine

When the going gets tough: What you need to know about resilience

A new trandisciplinary research center brings together faculty dedicated to studying resilience science.

An elderly man and woman do yoga stretches in a sunlit room.

Health & Medicine

New research finds yoga eases symptoms for cancer survivors

A special yoga intervention goes a step further than other therapies to address the side effects that most cancer patients experience.

Isaac Harris and two lab members studying glutathione samples with a microscope.

Health & Medicine

What do cancer cells eat? New research reveals surprising fuel source

Glutathione, a common antioxidant supplement, may also act as a powerful fuel for cancer cells, according to new research from the Wilmot Cancer Institute.

Surgeons performing brain surgery in an operating room with computer screens around them.

Health & Medicine

New brain-mapping technology enhances tumor surgery at URochester

A new surgical platform called MindTrace helps surgeons predict and protect critical brain functions during tumor operations.

Maiken Nedergaard against a white background and next to text and a speech bubble that reads "ever wonder why do we sleep" to address the topic of why sleep is important.

Health & Medicine

Why is sleep so important? Your brain depends on it

January 26, 2026

Sleep does more than restore energy—it activates the brain’s waste-clearing system, protecting long-term brain health.

Health & Medicine

Can lost vision be restored?

December 8, 2025

URochester researchers are at the forefront of improving eyesight while discovering how our visual system works.

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From the Magazine

Chemical reactions: What you need to know about PFAS

December 1, 2025

URochester researchers shed light on the synthetic compounds lurking in everyday life.