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Poison ivy vaccine making progress, still years away

After receiving a patent for a preventative vaccine to treat poison ivy was given to them last month, university researchers are one step closer to their final product, something that’s almost 30 years in the making. The New York Times reported in 1992 that Mahmoud ElSohly, a UM professor of pharmaceutics, and E. Sue Watson had isolated the variants of urushiol oil,...

Where is former Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter?

Former Chancellor Jeff Vitter is not teaching any classes this semester following the announcement that he will serve as a tenured distinguished professor...

University professor awarded cancer research grant

After nearly 50 years of cancer research in the U.S., the search for a cure continues at the University of Mississippi. The University of Mississippi School...

University ranks nationally in research

The University of Mississippi was included in the most recent R1 listing by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a list of...

UMMC advances cancer research

Dr. Wael ElShamy, director of the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. (Photo courtesy UMMC) Dr....

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