Press Release
While UNMC recognizes that the use of fetal tissue for research is a sensitive issue, researchers will continue their work in this area. However, UNMC is exploring other avenues to obtain the fetal tissue. “UNMC has never used material from late term abortions,” said William Berndt, Ph.D., vice-chancellor for academic affairs. “We will not accept […]
Sep 30, 1999
University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers, Janee van Waes, D.V.M., Ph.d., veterinarian (left), and Richard Finnell, Ph.D., director of the Center for Human Molecular Genetics, look at mouse embryos in the laboratory. Both were involved in the development of this mouse model will enable researchers to better understand how the transport of folic acid […]
Sep 30, 1999
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund at UNMC Recognizes Outstanding Researcher
VinceThomas, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has received the first $10,000 award from the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund. The fund, which was established earlier this year through the University of Nebraska Foundation, will annually provide […]
Sep 29, 1999
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Receives $140,000 from Cattlemen’s Ball Proceeds
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center has received $140,000 in proceeds from the 1999 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska held June 5 at the Robb Ranch near Lexington, Neb.. Dr. Joe Jeffrey and Diane Jeffrey of the Robb Ranch along with Shari Flaming, president of the Cattlemen’s Ball Advisory Board, and Ed Darby, […]
Sep 29, 1999
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites nurses interested in earning bachelors or masters degrees in nursing to attend informational sessions in Norfolk, Oct. 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. The session will discuss the programs and ways of earning a degree with greater flexibility through internet-based and other distance education. Nurses interested may attend […]
Sep 22, 1999
A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 27 in South Sioux City as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System. Twenty-three Nebraska communities are participating in the tree-planting campaign, which is designed to raise the awareness […]
Sep 22, 1999
UNMC, NHS To Hold Sept. 30 Tree Planting in York to Raise Awareness for Organ and Tissue Donation
A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 30 in York as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System. Twenty-three Nebraska communities are participating in the tree-planting campaign, which is designed to raise the awareness level for […]
Sep 22, 1999
Unlocking the mystery of the Human Gene Holds Promise for Disease Prevention and Treatment
by Brad Schaefer, M.D. Associate Director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Medical Center The speed at which our knowledge of human genetics has progressed over the last 10 years has been truly remarkable. Words like explosion or revolution have been used to describe the way in which this information […]
Sep 21, 1999
A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 23 in Petersburg as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System. Twenty-three Nebraska communities are participating in the tree-planting campaign, which is designed to raise the awareness level for […]
Sep 17, 1999
Attendees at Husker Harvest Days this week will be able to receive free sense of smell and pulmonary function tests provided by physicians from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System. Husker Harvest Days will be held Sept. 14 to 16 near Grand Island. The pulmonary function tests will be available throughout […]
Sep 13, 1999