Victoria Cerino
Study explores potential long-acting HIV, Hepatitis-B treatment
The article, “Transformation of tenofovir into stable ProTide nanocrystals with long-acting pharmacokinetic profiles,” is published today in Nature Communications.
Sep 16, 2021
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UNMC receives $20.3 million research grant, largest in its history
The grant is a renewal of a record $20 million National Institutes of Health grant received in 2016.
Sep 15, 2021
![Matthew Rizzo, MD, principal investigator of the grant.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Matthew_Rizzo_Neurology_2016.jpg)
24th Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference set for Oct. 8
The conference is free to the public via Zoom
Sep 10, 2021
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UNMC enrollment at 4,387, sets record for 21st straight year
This represents an increase of 148 students, or 3.5% over last year’s record of 4,239.
Sep 8, 2021
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UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
Aug 26, 2021
![Joshua Santarpia, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Josh_Santarpia_1043.jpg)
UNMC in Kearney to hold free sports physicals Sept. 11 for Special Olympics athletes
The health screenings allow athletes to be eligible to compete in 19 different sports that Special Olympics Nebraska offers year-round.
Aug 17, 2021
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NU Board of Regents approve UNMC respiratory therapy program
New master’s program will address workforce needs
Aug 16, 2021
![Kyle Meyer, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dean_Kyle_Meyer_Ph_D_186.jpg)
NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy
The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.
Aug 9, 2021
![Russell McCulloh, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Russell_McCulloh.jpg)
UNMC study sheds more light on COVID, lung disease
Using several UNMC bio-banks, researchers found that IL-33 was profoundly depleted – essentially absent – in the lungs of all eight COVID-19 patients who did not survive COVID-19.
Jul 30, 2021
![Jill Poole, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jill_Poole_0156_8.jpg)
UNMC researchers discover new, potential target for pancreatic cancer
“The ability to ‘turn on’ SIRT5 in pancreatic cancer cells inhibits tumor growth. Developing drugs that do this is the next step and will help diminish tumors in patients with low SIRT5 expression in the tumors.”
Jul 28, 2021
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