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Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s BioTechnology Institute are using synthetic biology to create new forms of DNA that will eventually produce products useful to humans, such as drugs for treating disorders like stroke or Parkinson’s disease. They also aim to discover new ways to modify… Read more

Currently, there is a shortage of viable human livers for transplantation, and thousands of potentially available organs go unused each year, as livers can only be preserved for only a short time. The NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of… Read more

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.5 million to the University of Minnesota to fund the “Minnesota Precision Medicine CKD & Resilient Diabetes Recruiting Site: Engagement, Enrollment & Ethics (Minn-KPMP)." Minn-KPMP will be a recruitment site for the Kidney Precision Medicine… Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a groundbreaking 2-year project on NetEthics: Building Tools & Training to Advance Responsible Conduct in Complex Research Networks Pioneering Novel Technologies. The project team is led by Consortium Chair Susan Wolf and includes Profs. Gillian… Read more

Registration is now open for the 2022 Minnesota Water Resources Conference, which will be held in-person October 18-19 in St. Paul. The conference will feature plenary sessions on climate change adaptation and the future of the Minnesota Clean Water Fund; presentations on wetlands, agriculture,… Read more

While a new COVID vaccine booster to provide improved protection against Omicron variants has now received FDA authorization and CDC approval, experts warn that access to vaccine boosters is worsening. In a recent New York Times article, Prof. Stephen Thomas, Director of the Center for Health… Read more

Judy Illes, CM, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, was recently presented the Alvin J. Thompson award in recognition of her partnership with the Tahltan, a First Nations people living in what is now considered British Columbia, Canada. Their program is recognized for being a "genuine research partnership between… Read more

Professor of Neurosurgery and Stem Cell Institute faculty member Walter Low, PhD, is among a group of researchers who were recently awarded a five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the potential impact of SARS-CoV2 infection on cognitive function, especially in people at risk… Read more

Researchers demonstrated that rat livers could be preserved 5 times longer using partial freezing, a new approach to organ preservation. Increasing the length of time organs can be stored prior to transplantation is a national research priority, and will ultimately enhance the supply of organs for… Read more

Professor Debra DeBruin authored a chapter in a recently published book, Ethical Public Health Policy Within Pandemics: Theory and Practice in Ethical Pandemic Administration. DeBruin’s chapter focuses on disparities in how COVID-19 affected BIPOC communities, provides a model that explains those… Read more