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Start-up Company at the U Seeks Stem-cell Solutions to Restoring Kidney Functions

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Restoring kidney function with stem cells could be as easy as donating blood. Nephrogen, LLC is a new biotechnology start-up company located in Research Park at the University of Utah. Scientists at Nephrogen are exploring the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells collected from blood. The technology of Nephrogen is based on the collaboration of two physicians; one from the University of Utah, and the other from Germany (the University of Hamburg). Dr. Christof Westenfelder is a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Utah as well as section chief of Nephrology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Partner, Dr. Axel Zander is also a professor of medicine and the director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the University of Hamburg in Germany.

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March 25, 2011

University, LDS Hospitals Ready to Enroll Patients in Study of New Blood Substitute for Trauma Patients

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After listening to public comment for five months, Utah\\\’s two major trauma centers for adult patients, University of Utah Hospital and LDS Hospital, are ready to enroll patients in a groundbreaking national clinical trial to test a new synthetic blood product in the treatment of trauma patients. The hospitals will hold a media briefing on Dec. 20 at the West Valley City Fire Department.

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March 25, 2011

Singing in the Brain

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University of Utah scientists taught baby sparrows to sing a complete song even though the birds were exposed only to overlapping segments of the tune rather than the full melody. The study provides clues about how musical memories are stored in the brain and how those memories help birds learn to sing.

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March 25, 2011

U of U, Sentrx Surgical awarded by National Institutes of Health

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The University of Utah and Sentrx Surgical, Inc., a company incorporated in March 2004, jointly announced today that they have received two Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On September 1, 2004, Sentrx Surgical and the University of Utah signed a license agreement that gives the company exclusive, world-wide rights to the use of a proprietary technology invented by Dr. Glenn Prestwich at the University of Utah. The STTR program makes research awards to small businesses that collaborate with research universities on promising health-related technologies. Phase I projects are for $100,000 for one year with 40% of the funds typically remaining to support work in the company and the other 60% sub-contracted to the university.

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March 25, 2011

Science in the Clouds

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University of Utah meteorologists are using a NASA research jet to examine icy, wispy cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere – a study aimed at determining how much the clouds warm Earth’s climate and how much they cool it.

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March 25, 2011

Economist to Speak at U of U on American Economy and Strategic Alternatives for Peace and Security

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The University of Utah’s Department of Economics will present a public lecture, “The American Economy: Strategic Alternatives for Peace and Security,” by James Kenneth Galbraith, former executive director of the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, on Monday, Feb. 2nd, at 12:30, in the Olpin Union East Ballroom on the University of Utah campus.

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March 25, 2011