“Cure HIV: A Fantasy or Reality” is topic of Omaha Science Cafe
The next cafe is scheduled for Tuesday August 13, 7:00 pm, at the *Slowdown. Please join, Howard E. Gendelman, M.D., the Margaret R. Larson Professor [...]
Vaping is topic of Omaha Science Cafe
Physician assistant, Jill Selzle is featured speaker on July 23 Jill Selzle, a physician assistant with Nebraska Medicine in the department of surgery’s division of [...]
NCLC attends the Central Nebraska AHEC’s Summer Teacher Workshop
Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures Executive Director Victoria Kohout recently attended the Central Nebraska AHEC's summer teacher workshop. The Coalition is a sponsor of AHEC [...]
Spring 2019 Newsletter
Read about Lifesaver Award and Mauer Scientific Achievement Award winners at the 2019 Tribute Luncheon, as well as other news and notes.
Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., receives Maurer Scientific Achievement Award
From left, Mary Ann "Andy" Holland, Nora Sarvetnick, Ph.D. and Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., at the 17th Annual Spring Tribute Luncheon for the Nebraska Coalition for [...]
Devoted Omaha couple, Carol and Rick Russell, receives Lifesaver Award
Article courtesy of Tom O’Connor, UNMC public relations One of Omaha’s most devoted couples – Carol and Rick Russell – received the annual Lifesaver Award on April 29 [...]
The Birth-Tissue Profiteers: How well-meaning donations end up fuelling an unproven, virtually unregulated two-billion-dollar stem-cell industry.
Because amniotic-stem-cell treatments don’t undergo the clinical trials required for F.D.A. approval, there’s little data or research on them. Illustration by Ben Jones.
Hearing loss is topic of May 14 Omaha Science Cafe
UNMC neurotologist, Jonathan Hatch, M.D., is featured speaker Jonathan Hatch, M.D., assistant professor and neurotologist, in the department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery [...]
In conjunction with Nebraska Science Festival, attorney/bioethicist discusses Right to Try Act in Nebraska and clinical research trials
Beth Roxland, J.D., M. Bioethics, is an experienced attorney and ethicist who has worked in a wide range of areas including law, government, academia, and [...]
NE SciFest starts Friday
More than 100+ activities to take place during the festival April 5 marks the beginning of the 2019 Nebraska Science Festival. And, with more than [...]