Health, Medicine, & Humanity Archive

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 29, 2026 — Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have made an important discovery that could help doctors tell Ebola apart from other infections more quickly. The findings were published in Frontiers in Genetics.

Investigating a common gene in three very different species – salamanders, mice and zebrafish – scientists have discovered the potential for a novel gene therapy aimed at eventually regrowing limbs in humans, according to new research.

Thurman D. Kitchin Professor of Chemistry Bruce King was recently named as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. Being selected as an AAAS Fellow is a lifetime honor that recognizes long-time members whose work inspires and celebrates scientific excellence.

Timothy Sell, PhD, PT, has been awarded $4.5 million from the Department of Defense to better understand and provide recommendations on injury prevention through physical interventions and equipment modifications.

Joel Stitzel, PhD, and Jillian Urban, PhD, are pioneering research that improves the safety of youth football on and off the field.

What leads to a successful lab? Collaboration. If you take a look into the Solberg-Woods Lab that is what you will see. Mackenzie Fitzpatrick, a fourth-year Molecular Medicine and Translational Science PhD student, shared that the collaborative environment is part of what initially drew her to […]

When Steve Messier started researching how to best treat pain caused by knee osteoarthritis, there was no cure for the debilitating condition.

More time spent standing or stepping while wearing a weighted vest showed positive changes in bone mineral density, according to a new weight loss study from Wake Forest University.

Two Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers are among 15 innovation pioneers who will be honored in the 2026 class of National Inventors Hall of Fame ® Inductees