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  • Minnesota Partnership awards target cancer and neurological disease

    Children’s cancer, brain tumors, pancreatic cancer and a range of neurological conditions comprise the diseases targeted by this year’s research projects selected by the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical […]

  • New strain of mice opening pathways for treating osteoporosis

    Lincoln Potter, Ph.D., and colleagues created a breed of mice with longer, stronger and thicker bones. But, the University of Minnesota professor needed to understand the importance of this strain […]

  • Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants

    Diabetes, stress-induced aging and Alzheimer’s disease, immigration-related obesity, and implantable drug testing devices are the targets of the research awards from the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics in […]

  • Malaria Detecting Lasers

    Developing new diagnostic technologies involves both scientific research and clinical applicability. That is why the partnership between John Bischof, Ph.D., a mechanical engineer at the University of Minnesota, and Bobbi […]

  • Genetic Signature for Multiple Myeloma

    Each patient is unique, and so is their response to treatment. Shaji Kumar, M.D., Brian Van Ness, Ph.D., and Jin Jen, M.D., Ph.D., are working to identify a set of […]

  • Smart Fabric

    It’s not always about new discoveries – it is figuring out how to apply existing technology in innovative ways. That is what a team from the University of Minnesota and […]

  • More Than the Sum of Its Parts

    Stephen Brimijoin, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic pharmacologist, discovered a surprising similarity between cocaine addiction and weight control. He was using an enzyme mutated to break down cocaine faster. So, at […]

  • Minnesota Partnership Awards Five New Research Grants

    March 5, 2018 ROCHESTER, Minn. ─ Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis, colorectal cancer and bacterial infections are the targets of the research awards from the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical […]

  • Microbiotic Therapies for IBS

    Testing new hypotheses may require more than a good idea – new tools may be needed to answer the research question. That is the case for the clinical study that […]

  • Three New High-Tech Tools for State Scientists from Minnesota Partnership

    Biomedical researchers in Minnesota will be able to use some of the latest high tech research tools thanks to the latest infrastructure awards from the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and […]