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U. of Minnesota profs demand investigation of drug trial death

U. of Minnesota profs demand investigation of drug trial death

December 6, 2010 9:10 am by | 2 Comments

A group of University of Minnesota professors want the board of regents to investigate the suicide of a patient enrolled in a university-run drug study. the professors demand ... Read more
Orasi Medical raises nearly $1.8M for advanced imaging software

Orasi Medical raises nearly $1.8M for advanced imaging software

November 17, 2010 12:43 pm by | 0 Comments

Orasi Medical Inc., a University of Minnesota-bred software startup that is developing software designed to help pharmaceuticals makers speed the development of drugs targeting neurological diseases, like Alzheimer's, has raised ... Read more
University of Minnesota names finalist for president

University of Minnesota names finalist for president

November 12, 2010 5:53 pm by | 0 Comments

Eric Kaler, a chemical engineer expert who is provost of SUNY's Stony Brook University, is the sole candidate to replace outgoing University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks, the Board of ... Read more
Vision unrealized? University of Minnesota faces new reality

Vision unrealized? University of Minnesota faces new reality

November 9, 2010 4:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Dr. Frank Cerra has hitched his wagon to outgoing University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks. Cerra, medical school dean and head of the school's Academic Health Center, is retiring at ... Read more
Believe it or not, healthcare reform law benefits medical devices

Believe it or not, healthcare reform law benefits medical devices

November 2, 2010 5:21 pm by | 2 Comments

Medical device firms have good reason to dislike the healthcare reform law. You would, too, if Uncle Sam taxed you $20 billion to pay for it. The industry warned ... Read more
University of Minnesota researchers find way to detect PTSD

University of Minnesota researchers find way to detect PTSD

October 28, 2010 11:47 am by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota said Thursday its scientists may have identified an area of the brain that indicates a patient suffers from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a relatively ... Read more
University of Minnesota startup to attack vein disease in legs

University of Minnesota startup to attack vein disease in legs

October 27, 2010 4:30 pm by | 0 Comments

When Mike Selzer first reviewed the work of University of Minnesota scientist Dr.Erik Cressman -- a way to kill cancer cells in the liver using chemical-generated heat -- the veteran ... Read more
Is Minnesota’s big diabetes project the real deal?

Is Minnesota’s big diabetes project the real deal?

October 21, 2010 3:52 pm by | 0 Comments

In launching Decade of Discovery, a $250 million-to-$350 million diabetes partnership, the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are opting for an approach that requires the help of virtually everyone ... Read more
University of Minnesota licenses lupus test to LabCorp

University of Minnesota licenses lupus test to LabCorp

October 19, 2010 4:15 pm by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota has licensed a test for lupus to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE:LH). Developed by Emily Baechler Gillespie, an assistant professor of medicine at the university's ... Read more
University of Minnesota Venture Center moving to new leadership

University of Minnesota Venture Center moving to new leadership

October 12, 2010 4:43 pm by | 0 Comments

There is a (gradual) changing of the guard at the University of Minnesota's Venture Center. Beginning last July, director Doug Johnson trimmed his work schedule to three days a week, ... Read more
Diabetes chief supports NYC soda plan (but don’t tell anyone)

Diabetes chief supports NYC soda plan (but don’t tell anyone)

October 11, 2010 9:05 am by | 2 Comments

Sometimes, things just come together. On Friday, American Diabetes Association (ADA) CEO Larry Hausner gave the keynote address to LifeScience Alley's Diabetes Leadership Roundtable. Hausner was in town for the ... Read more
Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota launch fight with diabetes

Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota launch fight with diabetes

October 5, 2010 6:35 pm by | 1 Comments

It's diabetes or bust. The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are betting Minnesota's economic future on treating and even curing diabetes, the leading cause of death in the United ... Read more
Cerra leaves University of Minnesota with a mixed legacy

Cerra leaves University of Minnesota with a mixed legacy

September 29, 2010 12:47 pm by | 3 Comments

A quick scan of Dr. Frank Cerra's 14-year tenure as head of the University of Minnesota's health science programs causes one word to come to mind: "Big." Yet big doesn't ... Read more
University of Minnesota pursues big hospital expansion projects

University of Minnesota pursues big hospital expansion projects

September 28, 2010 1:14 pm by | 0 Comments

It seems like just yesterday the Minnesota Nurses Association packed up the picket signs and cut a deal with six hospital chains in the Twin Cities for a new contract. ... Read more
Carl Elliott doesn’t do Big Medical any favors

Carl Elliott doesn’t do Big Medical any favors

September 27, 2010 9:00 am by | 0 Comments

"Well, the book is not particularly kind to the drug and device industry, which seems to be your main readership," Dr. Carl Elliott wrote in an e-mail. Um... yeah. With ... Read more