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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Jan. 25, 2021 - A collaboration between a broad group of Minnesota entities has launched Escape the Vape, a vaping/e-cigarette prevention video contest for Minnesota high school students. The objective of this video…

Each year the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund awards grants to groups across the state of Minnesota that are working to reduce the burden of cancer. The mission of the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund is…

For the longest time, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases have been considered at the opposite end of the spectrum of human diseases. That is because cancer is characterized by highly dividing cells that resist death while…

Dr. Shujun Liu research will focus on new target to control leukemia

New Institute scientist publishes research on a natural compound’s effects on breast cancer

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - January 7, 2021 - Physicians and scientists at the University of Minnesota have opened a new brain cancer clinical trial and have treated their first patient. This Phase I, first-in-human trial is enrolling patients with…

January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society estimates there were 140 new cases of cervical cancer in Minnesota in 2020.  Deanna Teoh with the University of Minnesota answers questions on the symptoms,…

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The University of Minnesota is pioneering a novel therapeutic approach to improve the curative potential of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma that are at high risk of relapse.…

Researchers at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota have developed a system to produce and expand natural killer (NK) cells derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). These manufactured NK cells were shown as…