By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – An eye-opening experience. That’s how University of Nebraska at Kearney students describe their recent medical outreach trip to Panama. Twenty-one members of the UNK chapter of Volunteers Around the World traveled to the Central American country last month to work in mobile medical clinics that provided free care and medication to more than 300 patients. “I think a lot of people take for granted … [Read more...] about UNK students bring medical care to remote Panama islands
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World-renowned geneticist Shoukhrat Mitalipov to speak at DNA Day
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – World-renowned geneticist Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov will speak at the Fourth annual Doug Lund DNA Day at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. DNA Day takes place at 5 p.m. Thursday (April 21) in Copeland Hall room 142. Mitalipov will present “Applications of Nuclear Transfer in Regenerative and Reproductive Medicine.” Mitalipov is director of the Center for Embryonic Stem Cell and Gene Therapy and senior scientist in … [Read more...] about World-renowned geneticist Shoukhrat Mitalipov to speak at DNA Day
JCM Symposium examines state of health care
2013 JCM Symposium Theme: Markets & Medicine: Can the Free Market Cure our Healthcare Ills? Location: Ponderosa Room, Nebraskan Student Union at UNK More Information: http://www.unk.edu/academics/bt/2013_morality_of_capitalism_symposium Monday, Oct. 28 10:10 a.m. – Panel: Should We Use the Market to Address End of Life Resource Use? 11:15 a.m. – Panel: How Will the Affordable Care Act Influence Healthcare? 7:30 p.m. – Keynote Thomas Bowden Tuesday, Oct. 29 9:30 … [Read more...] about JCM Symposium examines state of health care