All hands on deck for UMKC School of Dentistry
Approximately 350 area elementary school students received free dental care at the University of Missouri-Kansas City(UMKC) ...
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Circadian rhythms of fruit flies offer clues to understanding sleep disorders in humans
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Biological Sciences have uncovered an important clue ...
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Dr. William Lafferty named UMKC Hicklin Chair in Medicine
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine has announced the appointment of William Lafferty, M.D., as ...
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Jazz Night to benefit UMKC’s Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” Hippocrates said it, and the University of Missour...
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Ongoing research leads UMKC scientist to potential breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Nursing and the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine...
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$4 million grant awarded for “A National Gateway on Self-Determination for Persons with Disabilities
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Institute for Human Development and the Kansas University Center on Development...
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Dr. Peter Koulen named Sabates Chair in Vision Research
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine, in conjunction with the UMKC Vision Research Center and Tru...
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Dr. Charles Van Way named Sosland Chair in Trauma Services
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Charles W. Van Way, III, M....
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Fungal Genetics Stock Center - UMKC School of Biological Sciences

UMKC’s Fungal Genetics Stock Center is the go-to place if you need the raw materials for basic or applied research into fungal genetics. Labs all around the world order strains from the center, saving scientists the months of work it might take to develop those strains themselves. For more information, visit the FGSC website here.

UMKC doctoral student wants to help military protect our troops Podcast interview with Kevin Hoffman Like most Americans, Kevin Hoffman is anxious to see U.S. military troops moved out of harm’s way. No, he’s not a protestor or political activist. He is a scientist, and the “harm” that he is concerned about is tobacco. Hoffman, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at UMKC, has been studying the pervasiveness of tobacco use in the military, focusing on t...read more   Mechanism of muscle aging is focus of UMKC School of Nursing research Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Nursing may be on the verge of unlocking a key mechanism when it comes to understanding what causes the gradual decrease in muscle strength as people age. Their findings will be published in an upcoming issue of Aging Cell, one of the world’s leading scientific journals devoted to research involving the biology of aging. The fact that muscles tend to get smaller and weaker as a person ages, a process known as sar...read more   Medicine Woman: UMKC psychology professor studies impact of herb on AIDS patients in South Africa Barely 10 inches separated one dying patient from the next. In the midst of 500 malnourished men and women, each waiting for their time to die, stands a strong, redheaded idealist. And the inadequacy of idealism alone becomes too real. The hospital is so overflowing with despair there’s no space left for hope. No time for comfort, no room to breathe. The tears are already forming as she bursts outside to have a good cry in the South African sun. Not five minutes later, Kathy Goggin d...read more