A team of researchers led by the UI is recommending clinical guidelines that will cut post-surgical infection rate for staph bacteria (including MRSA) by 71 percent and by 59 percent for a broader class of infectious agents known as gram-positive bacteria.
Andrew Shepherd, UI postdoctoral scholar in pharmacology, studies cell processes that regulate potassium. When the balance of potassium is disturbed, cell death may occur.
Research shows that the openness of play - where the process is more important than the product - provides a terrific framework for learning. An initiative by the UI and the Iowa Children's Museum in Coralville will launch on May 14.
"The UI is committed to being a robust and engaged partner with government and with the private sector to translate research into concrete economic value. Working together, we can build the 21st Century economy." - Dan Reed