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Abel, Sluka win Scholar of the Year awards; Hultman wins Distinguished Mentor Award

The University of Iowa Vice President for Research Discovery & Innovation Awards recognized three INI scholars.

INI researchers discover new way to protect brain development during prenatal stress in mice

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.

UI licenses Ahern's transfer RNA-based gene therapies

Research on faulty genetic material by University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine professor Christopher Ahern recently was licensed by Tevard Biosciences, a company that is seeking to treat certain forms of epilepsy.