November 14 Science Cafe will discuss opioids and addiction
Alëna A. Balasanova, M.D., director of addictions education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will discuss opioids and addiction at the next Omaha Science [...]
2018 Nebraska Science Festival Registration Opens Oct. 25
Registration for the 2018 Nebraska Science Festival, scheduled for April 19-28, opens October 25. The sixth annual event will feature student expos and a variety [...]
Fetal tissue research is essential for scientific discovery and improving human health
Decades after the U.S. Congress repeatedly reaffirmed its support for publicly funded fetal tissue research, investigators find themselves facing efforts by this same body to prevent this kind [...]
October 24 Science Cafe will discuss parasites
Paul Davis, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will discuss parasites that infect cats, rats and humans at [...]
Fall 2017 Newsletter
Read about the 2017 INBRE Award winners, UNMC's glaucoma breakthrough and Dr. Crouse's letter against clinics claiming to cure diseases via stem cells, citing ethical and [...]
Nebraska weather topic of Sept. 26 Omaha Science Cafe
KETV Ch. 7 morning meteorologist Matt Serwe will lead a discussion on Nebraska weather at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m. on Sept. [...]
FDA cracks down on stem-cell clinics, including one using smallpox vaccine in cancer patients
The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on stem-cell clinics offering unproven and potentially dangerous treatments.
Glaucoma breakthrough by UNMC research team published in journal Stem Cells
A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher has discovered that a common form of glaucoma that strikes adults may have early origin.
At 80, former UNMC chancellor is back to work as part-time pediatrician
Dr. Harold Maurer spent 15 years as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, retired three years ago, then returned to work as a [...]
Take a Look Inside the Lab Where Scientists are Editing DNA in Human Embryos
This summer, scientists, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, at Oregon Health & Science University corrected a mutation that causes a potentially fatal heart condition.