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Notre Dame research finding may help accelerate diabetic wound healing

Author: William G. Gilroy

University of Notre Dame researchers have, for the first time, identified the enzymes that are detrimental to diabetic wound healing and those that are beneficial to repair the wound. There are currently no therapeutics for diabetic wound healing. The current standard of care is palliative to keep the wound clean...

Researchers gain new insights into brain neuronal networks

Author: Gene Stowe and Marissa Gebhard

A paper published in a special edition of the journal Science proposes a novel understanding of brain architecture using a network representation of connections within the primate cortex. Zoltán Toroczkai, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications,...

The Silent Gene

Author: Angela Cavalieri

  Dr. Jenifer Prosperi, a researcher at the Harper Cancer Research Institute, is studying how to treat breast cancers that evolve when a crucial tumor suppressor gene goes silent. Over the past 15 years, the scientific community has come to understand…