College of Medicine
Back to prevention — the push for primary care
Americans spend more on health care
than any other country in the world. Yet, we don’t live longer and we die more often from heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.
Oct 25, 2011
Student spotlight – Ashley Bauer
Today we meet Ashley Bauer, a second-year medical student.
Oct 21, 2011
Surgeons use innovative, safer procedure for living liver donation
Doctors told Russ Hart it was a matter of time before the degenerative liver disease he had would precipitate the need for a transplant.
Oct 20, 2011
Lymphoma partnership helps Chinese patients
SHANGHAI — One of the clinical and research partnerships between UNMC and China is the Sino-U.S. Center for Diagnosis and Therapy for Hematological Malignancies, which brings UNMC physicians and researchers together to improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma in China and Nebraska.
Oct 20, 2011
Innovation Week 2011 – Dr. Padanilam’s invention shows promise
A talk with the recipient of this year’s Most Promising New Invention Award recipient, Babu Padanilam, Ph.D.
Oct 17, 2011
UNMC in China – Joint research symposium broadens collaboration
BEIJING — The fight against cancer is a global effort. To that end, a group of UNMC scientists were in China this week for the 2011 Annual Symposium of the China-U.S. Research Center for Life Sciences on Cancer and Stem Cells.
Oct 13, 2011
Homing in on pancreatic cancer
With the recent deaths of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman, M.D., pancreatic cancer is once again on the public’s radar screen. UNMC researchers recently secured a large grant to help their efforts to tackle this killer.
Oct 12, 2011
UNMC researchers to study role of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer
Hope to develop better therapeutics by learning more about pancreatic cancer cells
Oct 10, 2011
Breast cancer navigator program provides calm in the storm
Jimmie Johnson was devastated six years ago when she heard the words, “You have breast cancer.”
Oct 7, 2011
Susan G. Komen grant awarded to UNMC provides advocates for women with breast cancer
A grant from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will help women get appropriate early detection, treatment and follow-up breast cancer services.
Oct 6, 2011
