College of Dentistry Closing a Special Care Clinic

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry announced that a Special Patient Care Clinic that treats persons living with HIV/AIDS who also are suffering from other complex health conditions will close in March.

Published Date: December 27, 2007


Kidney Donor Evaluation Detects Aneurysm

Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago have performed a landmark robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery to remove a renal arterial aneurysm and reconstruct the artery using a graft from a vein in the patient's leg.

Published Date: December 27, 2007


UIC Studies New Treatment for Advanced Melanoma

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are participating in a multi-center research trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Allovectin-7, an investigational treatment for advanced melanoma.

Published Date: December 27, 2007


Dental College Receives Donation for New Pediatric Clinic

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry has received a $250,000 donation from Delta Dental of Illinois to help create a new pediatric clinic to train predoctoral dental students.

Published Date: December 7, 2007


World's Most Powerful MRI Ready to Scan Human Brain

The world's most powerful medical magnetic resonance imaging machine, the 9.4 Tesla at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has successfully completed safety trials and may soon offer physicians a real-time view of biological processes in the human brain.

Published Date: December 7, 2007