Lead Research Communicator
Malcom is a lead research communicator for Michigan Medicine and research communications strategist for the U-M Medical School, with more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, marketing, and health and science writing. She covers the basic science departments, pulmonary and critical care medicine, infectious disease, pathology and anesthesiology. Contact: [email protected]


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The University of Michigan team identified herpesvirus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell survival.

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New research work discovers that the presence of dead members of C. elegans has profound behavioral and physiological effects, leading the worms to more quickly reproduce and shorten their lifespans.

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Research improves upon a popular experimental model revealing more of the inner workings of a critical period during the formation of an embryo.

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Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., and his wife, Martha A. Darling, gave $25 million to the Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) at the Medical School.

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A recent article in Nature details why the quest to determine the shapes of RNA is difficult even for artificial intelligence.

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Study finds planarian worms can regenerate into a more youthful version of themselves.

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University of Michigan research reveals that simple awareness from the hospital care team can help protect a breastfeeding relationship for patients in the ICU and their newborn baby.

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A study from University of Michigan researchers has uncovered the mechanism behind the arms race for mouse X and Y bearing sperm to fertilize an egg.

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So far, this season's flu and COVID vaccines appear to have been effective at preventing serious illness, finds a study from U-M experts and others

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A study demonstrates how histotripsy could stimulate the immune system to destroy a cancer through the release of tumor antigens.

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Using an innovative barcoding-style system, a team labels bacteria with short snippets of DNA in mouse models and uses computer analysis to track the movement of K. pneumoniae throughout the body.

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A study performed at Michigan Medicine reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.

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A team of researchers are trying to address a lack of knowledge around neutrophilic asthma and have developed one of the first mouse models for the condition.

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Research finds that adults surveyed had low trust in their health care system to use artificial intelligence responsibly and others had low trust in their health care systems to make sure an AI tool would not harm them.

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Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions. Research from Michigan Medicine takes aim at variant in SCN1B, which causes an even more severe form of DEE.