
Better Precision Diagnostics Needed to Enable Routine Use of Genetically Modified Pig Organs for Transplant, Researchers Contend
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Better Precision Diagnostics Needed to Enable Routine Use of Genetically Modified Pig Organs for Transplant, Researchers Contend

UM School of Medicine's Andreea Creanga Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine

Professors Deanna Kelly and Thomas Scalea Named UMB Distinguished Professors at 2026 Faculty Convocation

AIDS Memorial Quilt Brings HIV History and Community Legacy to UMSOM

New UMSOM Research Shows Promising Results for Health Care Professionals Using Ketogenic Diet Therapy to Treat Mental Illness

Longtime Microbiology Chair, Vaccine Researcher, and Academic Leader James B. Kaper, PhD, Retires After Four Decades

UMSOM Summer Scholars Present Findings at Annual Student Research Forum

Mini-Medical School Returns to Connect Baltimore Residents with Trusted Health Education

New Guidelines Aim to Bring Precision Medicine to Stroke Rehabilitation

New Clinical Tool Helps Predict Short-term Risk of Diabetes Complications Using Routine Health Data

UMSOM Welcomes its Newest Class During 30th Annual White Coat Ceremony
Climate Change Predicted to Drive Changes in Diarrheal Disease Prevalence in Several Countries in Africa

New Study Finds Bacterial Infections Affect About 1 in 20 Hospitalized Adults With Firearm Injuries

Clinicians Should Include E-Cigarettes in Smoking Cessation Discussions with Tobacco Smoking Patients, New Consensus Recommendations Find

Nationally Recognized Pediatric Oncologist Named Director of Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cell and Gene Therapy Program

UM School of Medicine Establishes Two Endowed Professorships in Gene & Cell Therapy and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery through Maryland E-Nnovation Awards

Internationally Recognized Expert Leads University of Maryland School of Medicine Program in Sickle Cell Disease

Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak Highlights Need for Clear Public Health Communication and Global Disease Preparedness

CVD and Collaborators Launch Study to Better Understand Immune Responses to Lassa Fever

UMSOM's Bradley A. Maron, MD, Named Editor-in-Chief of Circulation, the American Heart Association's Flagship Journal
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We achieved an historic, first ever pig to human heart transplant in 2022.
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We were the first public medical school in the U.S.
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We were the first to build a teaching hospital and offer a residency program.
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We invented the field of “Shock Trauma.”
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We were the first to discover the relationship between insects and disease.
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We are one of the largest organ transplant centers in the U.S.
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We made vaccine breakthroughs around the world for COVID-19, Ebola, Zika, cholera, MERS/SARS, influenza, malaria and typhoid.
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We were the first to use a drone to deliver a kidney for transplantation.
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We were the first to test a unique RNA COVID-19 vaccine.

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