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What Can We Learn from the Patterns of Eating Disorders?
Eating disorders can take many forms. There is evidence to show that people with one form may transition to another over time. How and why this happens has not been closely examined, until now.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Prepare to Spring Forward! Daylight Saving Begins Sunday March 12
Daylight saving time is fast approaching- a day many of us dread because it often means losing an hour of sleep.
Education, Faculty
Colon and Colorectal Cancers on the Rise in U.S. Millennials
Colon and colorectal cancers are among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women in the United States. A
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Research Snapshot: Developing A Computational Model for Understanding Brain Activity
There are theories for everything. Newton’s Law is a pillar of physics. Supply and demand is a pillar of economics. But what about neuroscience?
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Rare Disease Day Gives Voice to Serious Illnesses
30 million Americans are affected by rare diseases – more than half are children.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Outcomes Improving for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
If a child needed a kidney transplant 40 years ago, their chance of one-year survival was 85 percent.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Zuzia’s New Skin: A Pioneering Treatment for EB
Nine-year-old Zuzia Macheta pretends she is a ballerina, tiptoeing around in a frilly pink skirt and doing something she has longed to do her entire life— showing off her tights.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
ACL Tears Increasing Among Kids, Study Shows
For high caliber athletes, a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a seasoning-ending event.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Cervical Cancer is Killing More Women Than Medical Experts Thought, Study Says
“In my opinion, the study’s most disturbing revelation was this: black women living in the United States die at the same rate from cervical cancer as women living in sub-Saharan Africa,” said...
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Expert Perspective: 1-in-4 U.S. Men Has HPV Strains Linked to Cancer
Last week, a study published in JAMA Oncology revealed one in four men in the U.S. are infected with human papilloma virus (HPV). And, that’s just the people with the cancer-causing strains.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
U Joins National Partnership Aimed at Expanding Biopharmaceutical Workforce and Industry
The University of Minnesota will join a team of academic institutions, private companies, governmental entities and non-profit organizations across the U.S. as a partner for the newly established...
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Improving Global Health Through Competition
The Minister of Health just confirmed a worst-case scenario: three cases of Ebola in a neighborhood near the soccer stadium, set to host an international tournament next month that will attract...
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
What You Should Know About Tuberculosis
Recent reports of Tuberculosis, a disease long thought of as a ‘thing of the past’ have sparked many questions among the public – What is it? Will I catch it? How can I prevent it?
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Gary Dunny Receives Don B. Clewell Award
Gary Dunny received the second Don B. Clewell Award at the 5th International Conference on Enterococci in Chamonix, France for his vision and leadership in the field of Enterococcal research.
Microbiology & Immunology
Dave Masopust Named the 2018 Inductee into the AHC Academy for Excellence in Health Research
Congratulations to David Masopust on his election to the Academic Health Center’s Academy for Excellence in Health Research. The Academy is the AHC’s highest recognition of excellence of...
Microbiology & Immunology
Marc Jenkins Receives 2018 Regents Professorship
Distinguished McKnight Professor Marc Jenkins, PhD, one of the world’s most distinguished immunologists, has been named one of three recipients of a 2018 Regents Professorship.
Microbiology & Immunology
Advancing Toward Cytomegalovirus Vaccination
It’s among the most common infectious diseases, difficult to detect and is the leading cause of deafness in children. This relatively unknown disease is called Cytomegalovirus (CMV).
Faculty, Patient Care, Research
Tunneling Nanotubes: Cellular Highways for Cancer Drug Delivery, Study Suggests
Cancerous tumors are complex. The diseased cells multiply among healthy cells, spread to tissue and leech valuable proteins and nutrients from their surrounding microenvironments.
Faculty, Patient Care, Research