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Released: 5-Jun-2018 4:45 PM EDT
'North Korea Has Come Out of Its Shell': Creighton Professor Optimistic on Diplomatic Possibilities
Creighton University

Whatever shenanigans have transpired in the ongoing saga to foster a summit between North Korea and the United States, Creighton University political science professor Maorong Jiang, PhD, is certain what’s happened lately has been for the best.

Released: 9-May-2018 6:00 AM EDT
University of Nebraska Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Goal is to make University of Nebraska go-to place for biodefense education for students hoping to work for the Department of Defense. Vision is to build an education pipeline that starts at the undergraduate level and continues through the graduate level, providing unique opportunities for brightest students from Nebraska and around the country.

Released: 30-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Streck Announces Launch of Diesse CUBE 30 Touch Sed-Rate Analyzer
Streck

Streck, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of clinical laboratory products, and Diesse Diagnostica Senese S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic systems, introduce the CUBE 30 Touch, the newest automated instrument for high-volume erythrocyte sedimentation rate testing in EDTA tubes. Streck is the exclusive distributor of the CUBE 30 Touch in the United States and Canada.

Released: 27-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Black, White and Shades of Gray
Creighton University

While the latest dental fad has gotten high marks from celebrities, a group of Creighton University School of Dentistry students has spent the past year taking a more in-depth look at how well charcoal toothpaste whitens and what detrimental effects such an abrasive substance could have on teeth.

   
Released: 18-Apr-2018 4:00 AM EDT
UNMC, Genomoncology Combine to Launch First System Using HL7 2.5 Formatting to Transmit Discrete Genetic Data on Cancer Patients to Electronic Health Record
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Breakthrough streamlines patient information into a manageable, digestible format, so oncologists can view discrete genetic data in the patient 's electronic health record

Released: 17-Apr-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Researchers Establish Link Between Hormone, Generosity in Birds
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

A new experimental study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has found that administering a naturally produced hormone to pinyon jays can increase food sharing among the highly social species.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 3:30 PM EDT
Bringing Back the Buzz
Creighton University

Colony collapse disorder has claimed more than 50 percent of honeybee populations the world over. A Creighton biologist is looking at a virus spread by a mite that could be a leading culprit.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
University University Hosting 10th Annual Value Investment Panel Ahead of Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting
Creighton University

The Value Investing Panel (VIP) is organized and run by the University’s Portfolio Practicum students, and is designed for those interested in value investing by bringing some of the biggest names in business to discuss the current state of the stock market and alternative investment strategies.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Legal Experts: Conflict in Outer Space Will Happen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Some of the best legal and policy minds at the University of Adelaide, UNSW Canberra, University of Exeter and the University of Nebraska College of Law will develop the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations, to be completed in 2020.

28-Mar-2018 5:00 PM EDT
Two Leading Oncologists Co-Author Paper on Nuclear Terrorism
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Special report details serious concerns that medical community would be able to do much, if anything, to assist people in event of major nuclear event. Prevention is best option as well as carefully conceived, long-term plan within the public education system to provide lessons on radiation biology

Released: 28-Mar-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Streck Granted Another Patent Directed Toward Direct-Draw Blood Collection Tubes for Blood Stabilization
Streck

The United States Patent Office granted U.S. Patent No. 9,926,590 today to Streck, Inc. The patent is directed generally toward a direct-draw blood collection tube for the stabilization of a patient blood sample and to subsequent downstream isolation of nucleic acids for analysis.

Released: 27-Mar-2018 2:05 PM EDT
New Delivery Strategy for NRTIs Could Reduce Side Effects for Antiretroviral Therapy
Creighton University

New strategies in antiretroviral therapy, however, are charting a course for reducing dosages with longer-acting medications that have fewer side effects.

Released: 5-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EST
1-Month Treatment as Effective as 9-Month Treatment for Preventing TB in HIV Patients; May Have Application in Healthy People Too
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

A one-month antibiotic regimen to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) disease was at least as safe and effective as the standard nine-month therapy for people living with HIV, according to results of a large international clinical trial. Adults and adolescents in the trial were more likely to complete the short-course regimen consisting of daily doses of the antibiotics rifapentine and isoniazid for four weeks than the standard nine-month regimen of daily isoniazid.

Released: 26-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
Streck, Inc. Files Suit Against Cenata GmbH for Infringement of Its European Patent
Streck

Streck, inc. has filed suit against cenata gmbh, for infringement of its european patent no. 2228453b1, in the german district court in mannheim.

Released: 7-Feb-2018 7:05 AM EST
Chemically Modified Drug Shows Promise for HIV Treatment and Elimination
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Significant breakthrough could hasten an eventual HIV cure as modified antiviral drug is able to reach cells and tissues where HIV resides

Released: 2-Feb-2018 10:05 AM EST
Henry James Review to Have New Home at Creighton
Creighton University

Next year, the scholarly journal, Henry James Review, will have a new home at Creighton University. Greg Zacharias, PhD, professor of English and director of the Center for Henry James Studies, will serve as the journal’s new editor.

Released: 1-Feb-2018 3:40 PM EST
Pre-Clinical Research Aided by Customized Collection Capabilities
Streck

Conversant Bio™ has partnered with Streck to provide cancer researchers with customized clinical plasma samples that are research-ready, allowing researchers to focus on their studies and not their sample collection processing and logistics.

Released: 16-Jan-2018 3:05 PM EST
Smartphone App Now Recognizes FASD Thanks to MMI Geneticist
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

With a smartphone and an app, qualified health care professionals can now diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in their office thanks to a suggestion from Omar Rahman, M.D.



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