Research
UNMC study shows probiotics prevent sepsis in infants
Findings reported in Aug. 16 issue of Nature
Aug 16, 2017
![Dr. Pinaki Panigrahi monitors a baby's progress in a clinical trial in India.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Panigrahi.jpg)
![Sam Sanderson, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sanderson0810.jpg)
Graduate Student Alex Wiesman receives National Institute of Aging Award
Hearty congratulations to our own Mr. Alex Wiesman, who just received a four-year F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Aging (NIA/NIH) for his project, Oscillatory Markers of Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Alex is a graduate student in the IGPBS Neuroscience Program working in Dr. Tony Wilson's Laboratory. Great work, Alex!
Jul 31, 2017
![Alex Wiesman](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Alex_Wiesman2.jpg)
UNMC study aims to improve pancreatic cancer therapies
Study is published in Cancer Cell, a leading cancer research journal
Jul 31, 2017
![Pankaj Singh, Ph.D](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Singh0728.jpg)
UNMC/UNL team develops growth plate model where cells grow, communicate
Team achieves first step in quest to begin search for new ways to treat growth plate disorders.
Jul 17, 2017
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UNMC Internet support program focuses on women with new breast cancer diagnosis
Study will form the basis for a future larger study to compare one group of women using the program to a group who don’t use it.
Jun 27, 2017
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Fremont organization donates $25,000 to help fund Alzheimer’s research at UNMC
Collaboration has contributed more than $100,000 over past five years
Jun 26, 2017
![Marv Welstead, 96, has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for Alzheimer's research at UNMC. His wife, Jean, died of Alzheimer's in 2009. Here Welstead is seen as he demonstrates the driving simulator in 2016 in the Mind and Brain Health Labs at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MarvWelstead11.jpg)
Regents approve new Child Health Research Institute
Will strengthen 10-year affiliation between Children’s and UNMC and build research in four key areas
Jun 1, 2017
![John Sparks, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/JohnSparks.jpg)
Public invited to May 27 open house at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
The facility, which opens to patients June 5, is the largest project ever for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.
May 25, 2017
![The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FBCC2A_release_photo.jpg)
Munroe-Meyer Guild’s Garden Walk set for June 11
49th annual event will feature five gardens, including H.O.P.E. Garden
May 24, 2017
![The H.O.P.E. Garden is one of the featured gardens in this year's Garden Walk.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/HOPEGarden.jpg)