Press Release
Proceeds from Nov. 17 Event to Support UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
Sam Donaldson To Receive 2000 Ambassador of Hope Award The Friends of the University of Nebraska Medical Centers Eppley Cancer Center will honor ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson with the 2000 Ambassador of Hope Award on Nov. 17. His wife, Jan Smith-Donaldson, a CNN reporter, also will be recognized. Tickets are available for the dinner […]
Nov 8, 2000
Support will Advance Xenotransplantation Research at UNMC;
Nebraska Based Xenotransplant Program Receives Nearly $2 Million Grant Ximerex, Inc., a biotechnology company founded by University of Nebraska Medical Center scientist William Beschorner, M.D., has received a $1,999,029 Advanced Technology Program grant to develop innovative technology for xenotransplantation, the transplantation of organs from animals. The three-year project would lead to hybrid livers, consisting of […]
Nov 8, 2000
UNMC Professor to Lead National Group
Zetterman Elected President of the American College of Gastroenterology Rowen K. Zetterman, M.D., vice chairman and director of clinical operations of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s department of internal medicine, has been elected the 2000-2001 president of the American College of Gastroenterology, a national specialty association representing nearly 7,500 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists […]
Nov 3, 2000
UNMC College of Nursing Students Across State to be Listed in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Thirty names of students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing will be listed in the 2000-2001 edition of Whos Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges as recognition for their achievements. Selection is based on academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. […]
Nov 2, 2000
Increased awareness of program will hopefully lead to more tissue donations
UNMC Hires Full-Time Coordinator for Rapid Brain Autopsy Program In its continuing effort to seek alternative sources for its research using fetal cells, the University of Nebraska Medical Center announced today that it has hired William H.C. Brown II to serve as coordinator of its rapid brain autopsy program. The program was developed earlier this […]
Oct 31, 2000
Institutional Review Board Approves a New Provider for Fetal Tissue Used in Research at UNMC
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has approved the use of a new provider for fetal tissue used in research for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease and AIDS-related dementia. In a meeting of the IRB on Oct. 19, the board voted in favor of making Birth […]
Oct 25, 2000
Ranks as largest grant ever made by the Peter Kiewit Foundation to the University of Nebraska:
Peter Kiewit Foundation Makes $17.5 Million Grant to Help Fund UNMC Research Center of Excellence In its largest gift ever to the University of Nebraska, the Peter Kiewit Foundation has made a $17.5 million grant to help fund construction of the Research Center of Excellence at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The research center […]
Oct 17, 2000
Mother approved, doctor tested:
Research Hints that Chicken Soup Remedy May Have Scientific Validity in Reducing Cold Symptoms With the cold and flu season just around the corner, Americans may welcome news about a published, well-controlled research study that says chicken soup may contain a number of substances, including an anti-inflammatory mechanism, that could ease the symptoms of upper […]
Oct 17, 2000
Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Diabetes Center Develops a 14-hour Training Program
UNMC and American Red Cross Train Nations First Diabetes-Educated Babysitters Contacting family members or neighborhood youth to watch your kids is still a typical way most American parents get a night out unless their children have diabetes. Then, more often than not, theres no night out at all. Parents might be placing their children at […]
Oct 16, 2000
More than just experts on medications
UNMC Pharmacy Students to Offer Free Glucose, Cholesterol Screenings to Promote Increasing Role of Pharmacists in Nations Health Americans spend more than $75 billion per year on prescription and nonprescription drugs, according to the American Pharmaceutical Association. Pharmacists estimate that of the 1.6 billion prescriptions written every year, half are taken incorrectly. Among the elderly, […]
Oct 16, 2000