News & Publications

Consortium chair Susan M. Wolf  and Dr. Ronald Petersen (Mayo Clinic) were interviewed yesterday about the practical, ethical and legal implications of new tools for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The interview was conducted by Kerri Miller of MPR News,… Read more

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, a fellowship in medicine and health. Prof. Elliott is on the faculty of the Center for Bioethics, a Consortium member, and in the Department of Pediatrics; he is also an affiliate faculty… Read more

The University of Minnesota's Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received a $42.6 million grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. CTSI, a Consortium member, will use the funding to train and… Read more

A large-scale international study has found that the use of antibiotics is increasing around the world, largely driven by improving living standards in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). An article from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), a Consortium… Read more

The Consortium has announced the successful applicants for this year's research grants. Five graduate students at the University of Minnesota were awarded a total of $31,285 to support research and writing occurring during summer, 2018 or academic year 2018-19. This year's applicant pool… Read more

New York representative Louise M. Slaughter died last week at the age of 88. She was trained as a microbiologist and was one of the longest-service members of the US House of Representatives. Among her many accomplishments was serving as lead author of the Genetic Information… Read more

In a recent KARE 11 interview, Consortium Chair Susan M. Wolf discussed current challenges to research integrity and described how they can be addressed. The news report hints at a larger set of issues that threaten to slow advances in knowledge and undermine the public’s trust in science.… Read more

A lecture delivered on Feb. 28 by H. Morgan Scott, DVM, PhD, is now available for viewing via the Consortium's YouTube channel. In his talk, Prof. Scott discussed antimicrobial stewardship in the production of food animals. An article published by the Center for Infectious… Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today authorized the first direct-to-consumer (DTC) test to report on three specific BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations that are most common in people of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent. These three mutations, however, are not… Read more

A major paper just published in Cell Host & Microbe sheds light on a question that has puzzled scientists for years: while we know fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) works for people suffering from recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, how exactly does it… Read more