The University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center has been elected to the Consortium, bringing the total number of member centers to twenty. Masonic Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and serves as the focal point for cancer research at the University. The Center's director, Prof.
On today's Friday Roundtable, Minnesota Public Radio News host Kerri Miller asked three medical experts to share the big ideas they'll be focusing on in 2016. Consortium chair Susan M.
Last week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) includes a paper from the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network that presents important new information on the interpretation of gene variants.
An editorial by Vice President for Research Brian Herman in The Hill outlines positive news for research universities, including the University of Minnesota.
As we move through the health insurance enrollment season, parsing terms like "coinsurance" and an alphabet soup of acronyms (FSA, HSA, HRA, HDHP) can present real obstacles to making informed decisions. An article from National Public Radio (NPR) provides some comfort for the bewildered, noting that even those who work in health care fields struggle with the terminology.
An article in Atlantic Monthly offers real-world examples of the ways incorrectly classified genetic variants can lead to wrong treatment decisions, and what's being done to address this problem. Heidi Rehm, PhD, describes a patient who terminated her pregnancy when informed her fetus had a mutation that causes h
Consortium faculty member Steven Miles, MD, of the University's Center for Bioethics will be offering a new, 15-week lecture series beginning January 19, 2016. The series, Standards for Research with Human Participants, is designed to foster better understanding and compliance when conducting human participant research.
A project aimed at developing polyurethane foam that can be recycled has won the Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award competition held Dec. 3 at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) in St. Paul.
In 2008, Minnesota voters passed the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment to increase the state's sales tax; a good portion (33%) of the resulting funds is meant to "protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams." A post on the Minnesota Public Radio website evaluates whether these new resources have had a positive impact.