Good Health and Well-Being

Imagine a substance that can perform an array of valuable services, and is also astoundingly durable. In the 1940s, 3M and DuPont discovered this wonder product. A class of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) offered long-lasting use in a spectrum of applications and products but today their ubiquity and durability have come back to haunt humanity. 

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. 

Veterinary students at the University of Minnesota are embracing an unlikely patient: the honeybee.

To post or not to post? That is the question, especially when potential social media content involves other people. 

For the first time, the University of Minnesota ranked first among U.S. institutions in two categories in the Times Higher Ed (THE) Impact Rankings.

Among Minnesota’s many military veterans are a number of highly skilled and experienced combat medics who are completing their military service and thinking about a future as physicians. 

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy(CIDRAP) is launching an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health have developed the first comprehensive analysis of state and local public health workers in the U.S. since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the FDA has approved over 20 different categories of contraceptives, only two are available for men to prevent pregnancy in their partners — condoms and vasectomies. 

Research from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, published in Communications Medicine, has laid the groundwork for the first hormone-free male birth control pill to enter clinical trials.