Press Release

121 UNMC medical students receive residency assignments

Thirty-eight percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, and 58 percent matched in primary care

Mar 16, 2018

Aging expert to deliver UNMC Harman Lecture April 6

Topic: restoring youthful function to old cells

Mar 15, 2018

UNMC partners with Hemispherx Biopharma to take on pancreatic cancer

Study combines Ampligen drug, peptide vaccine in attempt to enhance immune system

Mar 14, 2018

Tony Hollingsworth, Ph.D.

Nebraska’s 9th Annual Lymphoma Walk to be held April 21

Nurse-lymphoma survivor to serve as honorary chair

Mar 13, 2018

Moorthy Ponnusamy, Ph.D., to be honored for discovery in cancer stem cells

Will receive the 2018 Joseph P. and Harriet K. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award

Mar 9, 2018

Project aims to improve care for rural breast cancer patients 50 and under

The two-year project is funded by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® and Pfizer Inc. to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of cancer care.

Mar 8, 2018

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine reach active transportation goal

Innovative TravelSmart program encourages employees to bus, walk, bike and carpool

Mar 7, 2018

1-month treatment as effective as 9-month treatment for preventing TB in HIV

Researchers will go on to study in adults and children who do not have HIV to prevent latent TB from developing.

Mar 5, 2018

Nebraska Science Festival launches essay contest

Contest open to fourth- through 12th-grade Nebraska students; entries due April 1

Mar 2, 2018

Children’s, UNMC to participate in neonatal/pediatric genome sequencing trial

Technology should provide complete genetic information on newborns within two weeks rather than three months it currently requires.

Feb 28, 2018

Luca Brunelli, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead investigator on the clinical study.