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Data analysis sets up collaboration from half a world away

It would take 275 four-gigabyte hard drives, or 6,000 complete sets of the seven-book Harry Potter series, to hold all the data researcher John Chan, M.D., has generated from 22 lymphoma biopsies.

Dec 18, 2012

Graduate students Weiwei Zhang and Qiang Gong collaborate from half a world away on cancer research.

International collaboration moves research forward

Why are China and Chinese scientists excited about collaborating with the United States and with UNMC?

Dec 18, 2012

Yong Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Science partnership opens opportunities between UNMC, China

In August, one of the most extensive partnerships ever between the United States and Chinese academic institutions was finalized between UNMC and Tongji University.

Dec 18, 2012

New market in China = more jobs in Nebraska

A new market of 1.3 billion people opened this year to two nutritional supplements developed at UNMC.

Dec 18, 2012

Michael Dixon, Ph.D., UNeMed president, and Qian Zhang, Ph.D., open doors into China for UNMC technology.

DNA from Down Under

It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Thursday in October and there’s a delivery for research technologist James Askew in the Durham Research Center II.

Dec 18, 2012

Shelley Smith, Ph.D., demonstrates how she loads DNA samples into the Bead Express. Her team soon will begin genotyping the samples to test for “candidate genes” of language problems.

A native son’s journey to save young lives

When a child wakes with a raging fever, there’s a certain panic that charges through a parent’s heart.

Dec 18, 2012

As part of a community survey for sickle cell disease,
Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D., takes blood samples from
children living in Gwantu, Nigeria, during a visit last
year. Sickle cell disease is a common, inherited blood
disorder that increases susceptibility to certain types
of serious bacterial infections.

Unique program trains students in cancer research

UNMC’s public health students will learn how to conduct cancer research in underserved populations around the country and the world in a unique program starting next year.

Dec 18, 2012

Amr Soliman, M.D., Ph.D.

Nanomedicine may help prolong life of artificial joints

Researchers look for ways to combat
inflammation, the bane of synthetic joints.

Dec 18, 2012

Dong Wang, Ph.D.

The way of viral infections

Mice, multiple sclerosis and mutual
interest spur this collaboration.

Dec 18, 2012

The UNMC/UNL viral immunology collaborative team at work in
Dr. Petro’s lab at the UNMC College of Dentistry. From left, Ph.D. student Tyler Moore; Tom Petro, Ph.D.; Deb Brown, Ph.D.; and research technician Elizabeth Cody.

Pregnancy hormone may save lives, limbs

Naturally occurring hormone may yield
therapies for liver, kidney and diabetes-related vascular problems.

Dec 18, 2012

Robert Bennett, Ph.D.