University of Iowa Health Care researchers have produced the most comprehensive genetic and metabolic analysis to date of the oral microbiome associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive autoimmune disease that damages nerves in the brain and spinal cord. They found that people with MS have a distinct (dysbiotic) oral microbiome compared to healthy individuals.

University of Iowa Health Care’s rare “brain bank” has contributed to a new study published in Nature that shows that repetitive head impact (RHI)-related brain injuries result in brain cell loss, inflammation, and vascular damage in young, former contact sport athletes. Importantly, many of these detrimental changes were seen in young athletes before the onset of chronic traumatic encephalopathy…

From the moment she took her first breath, Grace Lidgett’s life was shaped by a silent struggle. Diagnosed as a child with cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic condition that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and other organs, she’s never taken breathing for granted.

Edwin Stone, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and director of the Institute for Vision Research at the UI, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Election to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and…

Believe — a seven-letter word that means far more than its dictionary definition for the Wackers, a family of six from Eureka, Missouri.

For decades, metastatic melanoma was one of the most challenging cancers to treat. Traditional therapies, like chemotherapy, showed limited success, especially in more advanced cases.

University of Iowa Health Care researchers have been awarded a five-year, $10.7 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute to study new, targeted therapies for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), which are rare, slow-growing cancers that can arise almost anywhere in the body.

When teenagers and young adults with hip pain are seen by University of Iowa Health Care specialists in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, they are also often struggling with mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, and fear of further injury when returning to sports.

Michael J. Welsh, MD, University of Iowa professor of internal medicine, has won the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his fundamental research on cystic fibrosis (CF), which paved the way to new therapies that have transformed the health and life expectancy of people with CF.

Kanwal Singh Matharu, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright for fall 2025. He will collaborate with the Research Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) in Giza, Egypt, to help improve research systems and strengthen international partnerships in eye care.