{"id":40582,"date":"2012-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/06\/06\/aurora-students-visit-unmc-to-prepare-for-international-competition\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:33:20","slug":"aurora-students-visit-unmc-to-prepare-for-international-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/06\/06\/aurora-students-visit-unmc-to-prepare-for-international-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora students visit UNMC to prepare for international competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\nA group of about 20 sixth, ninth and twelfth grade students from the Aurora Public Schools, who will compete this week in an international academic competition, recently stopped by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/\">University of Nebraska Medical Center <\/a>to prepare for the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe students visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/youthlearningcenter\/\">UNMC Youth Learning Center <\/a>in Omaha to talk with two medical center faculty members about pharmaceuticals &#8212; the topic the Aurora students will confront this week at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpspi.org\/International%20Conference.html\">Future Problem Solving Program International Contest <\/a>at the University of Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>\nAt the competition, which starts Thursday, the students will be given a pharmaceutical-related problem to solve.<\/p>\n<p>\nAt UNMC, the students met with UNMC&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/pharmacology\/d_mcmillian.htm\">David McMillan, Ph.D.<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/pathology\/booth_james.htm\">James Booth, Ph.D., <\/a>associate professors in the College of Medicine, and asked questions related to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHow drugs are developed and how pharmaceutical companies make profits;<\/li>\n<li>\nWhat drugs will look like in the future and how will they affect and are affected by our DNA; and<\/li>\n<li>\nWhether antibiotics are being used properly or misused by doctors, patients and the agricultural business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<em>Through world-class research and patient care, UNMC generates breakthroughs that make life better for people throughout Nebraska and beyond. 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