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U of M Academic Health Center nets nearly $35 million in federal stimulus grants

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (November 10, 2009) – Academic Health Center scientists, physicians, and research centers have attracted 128 grants totaling nearly $35 million in federal stimulus money (as of Nov. 10) since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was approved in February 2009. This will result in a total economic impact of more than $105 million; according to the National Institutes of Health, $1 of research funding multiplies to more than $2 of goods and services in the economy.

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Greg Bielman One of our top critical care and trauma surgeons Greg Bielman appeared on a CNN special called “Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles that are Saving Lives Against All Odds.” CNN's Sanjay Gupta and Bielman discussed research about a resuscitation fluid that he hopes will increase the survival rates of trauma victims.
 
Rat Heart World renowned heart researcher Doris Taylor was featured on a BBC Horizon special called “Fix Me?” The program featured patients with yet-to-be-cured diseases and showed researchers – and the therapies they are developing – that may one day remedy their ailments. Taylor and her research team were the first to build a beating heart using a dead rat heart and then reseeding it with cells.
 
Jeff Bender Animal health and food safety expert Jeff Bender was a guest on the Charlie Rose program. They discussed recent E. coli outbreaks, how consumers can make healthy choices, and the safety of ground beef.
 
Biomedical Discovery District The University of Minnesota Academic Health Center’s new Biomedical Discovery District was featured in Delta Sky Magazine. The research park is designed to foster discoveries that will translate basic science into the next generation of medical therapies.

 

 

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