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UC cancer researcher pioneers method of detecting early-stage cancers

July 28, 2023

No one wants to hear a diagnosis of cancer, but if anything is worse it would be a diagnosis that comes too late. Jiajie Diao, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has invented a method for detecting early-stage cancers that could help his colleagues at UC and worldwide save many lives.

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UC lab identifies a genetic heart variant that leads to trouble for Maine Coon cats

March 25, 2021

A team of UC College of Medicine researchers tackled a cardiac condition in Maine Coon cats after a baffled owner reached out for help. Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, lead a team that was able to identify a mutation in a gene known as troponin-T (TNNT2), which regulates heart contractility. It is present in humans, but this was the first time it was associated with heart disease in cats.