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University of Minnesota opens clinical trial for new treatment of COVID-19
A patient with COVID-19 and lung failure at the University of Minnesota is the first to be treated in the U.S. on a new FDA-approved clinical trial determining the safety and effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). This new…
University of Minnesota expands clinical investigation of engineered iPSC-derived NK cells, opening U.S. clinical trial for the treatment of COVID-19
The first patient has received treatment in a new clinical trial that has opened at the University of Minnesota to test whether a novel cell therapy currently under clinical investigation as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and…
2020 Health Disparities & Cancer Research Summer Internship
This summer the University of Minnesota Medical School Program in Health Disparities Research (PHDR) and the Masonic Cancer Center are hosting the 11th annual Health Disparities & Cancer Research Summer Internship program. This…
Kolawole S. Okuyemi and David Horne Added to Masonic Cancer Center’s External Advisory Board
Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH, and David Horne, PhD, will join the External Advisory Board of the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.
Lindsey Sloan, MD, PhD, set to join Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center
The University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Radiation Oncology announces the appointment of Lindsey Sloan, MD, PhD, as an assistant professor starting July 31, 2020. Sloan, a radiobiologist, will also join the Masonic Cancer…
Masonic Cancer Center Members Awarded NCI Research Grants
The following Masonic Cancer Center members are the Principal Investigators on projects that were awarded National Cancer Institute (NCI) Research Grants in the latest grant cycle.
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University of Minnesota Researcher Awarded 2020 Order of the Eastern Star Scholar Award
Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH, was named the 2020 Order of the Eastern Star Scholar, an honor recognizing her commitment to the Masonic Cancer Center and to the Order’s extraordinary commitment to supporting the development of novel therapies…
Faculty promotions for Masonic Cancer Center Members
A number of Masonic Cancer Center members recently received promotions in their home base colleges.
College of Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Yue Chen, PhD, promoted to Associate Professor with…
Three important pieces of health-related legislation that were endorsed and supported by the Masonic Cancer Center were passed by the Minnesota House and Senate
Three important pieces of health-related legislation that were endorsed and supported by the Masonic Cancer Center were passed by the Minnesota House and Senate before the end of the current session, with one of them being signed into law…
University of Minnesota Researchers Study Radiation Resistance in Brain Cancer Cells
Author: Kelly Glynn, Media Relations Coordinator
In a vertical climb to avoid collision with a towering mountain, a plane ejects cargo to gain altitude. Investigators at the University of Minnesota showed that cancer cells perform…