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Enhanced MRI technique could lead to earlier diagnosis, better monitoring of Parkinson’s disease
Investigators at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have developed an enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, which permits earlier diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of Parkinson’s disease in rodents. The breakthrough, which could be translated for human use, appears this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, the leading publication for basic scientists and clinicians who […]
Feb 15, 2005
Volunteer faculty honored for service to UNMC
The following are highlights from the UNMC College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty Awards program for the second half of 2004. The program recognizes outstanding volunteer faculty members for their contributions to the campus, classroom and clinical settings.
Feb 14, 2005
German student hones lab skills in U.S.
An overseas internship is helping Katrin Montzka of Aachen, Germany, fine-tune her research and English skills. Montzka, a student at the University of Applied Sciences of Aachen in Juelich, Germany, has been working in the UNMC laboratory of Claudia Kappen, Ph.D., since September 2004. She will return to Germany at the end of February.
Feb 11, 2005
UNMC employee helps children with hair loss
Sitting in the salon chair, Cara Mouw slid the dark brown braid – all 14.5 inches of it — into a plastic bag and later a padded envelope for its cross country trip to Florida.
Mouw, an administrative technician in the Dean’s Office at the UNMC College of Nursing, cut her below waist-length hair after Christmas and donated it to Locks of Love, a not-for-profit organization that provides custom-fitted hairpieces made entirely from donated human hair to financially disadvantaged children 18 and under with medical hair loss.
Feb 10, 2005
Microscopic bubbles unlock key to detecting heart disease early
Tiny bubbles too small to see with the human eye are the newest, and perhaps best, defense against heart disease for patients at The Nebraska Medical Center. Called “micro-bubbles,” they help doctors see blood flowing through a patient’s arteries and veins. When combined with ultrasound, the bubbles can predict heart disease even more precisely—and at […]
Feb 10, 2005
Scenes from Children’s Dental Day VII
On Feb. 4, the faculty, staff and students of the UNMC College of Dentistry provided more than $60,000 in dental care for 163 children who attended the seventh annual Children’s Dental Day. Read about one 8-year-old boy from Lexington, Neb., who was determined to attend the event.
Feb 9, 2005
Chancellor’s Silver U recipients announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Feb 9, 2005
UNMC College of Nursing establishes Morehead Center for Nursing Practice from $1.75 million donation by patient impressed with nursing care
Patients remember the good nursing care they receive when they’re hospitalized. Ken Morehead was so moved by the nursing care he’d received that he donated $1.75 million towards nursing care. On Feb. 3, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing opened the Morehead Center for Nursing Practice, a center named in honor […]
Feb 8, 2005
Morehead Center for Nursing Practice established
Ken Morehead was so moved by the nursing care he received at UNMC years ago that he donated $1.75 million toward nursing care to the UNMC College of Nursing. Last week, the UNMC College of Nursing celebrated the opening of the Morehead Center for Nursing Practice, which will benefit people across the state.
Feb 8, 2005
Researchers to focus on technology transfer
UNMC researchers interested in learning about how new inventions transfer from the bench to the bedside will have the opportunity to do so on Thursday. The Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise at the Cornhusker Convention Center in Lincoln, will focus on how to empower small business growth and success; technology transfer and intellectual property licensing; and new venture creation and expansion.
Feb 8, 2005