Profiles (Winter, 2009) v.8 (1)

Abstract

In this issue Researchers Find Gene for Exercise-Induced Collapse 3 College works with Medical School, Masonic Cancer Center to Develop Experimental Therapy for Brain Cancer 5 Research Discovers Genetic Cancer Link Between Humans, Dogs 7 College Researchers Awarded Major Grants 8 Around the College 10 Veterinary Medical Center 13 Graduate Programs 16 Faculty and Staff News 18 Student News 22 Philanthropy 24 Alumni News 25 Contact us 27

On the cover Dr. Liz Pluhar performs surgery to remove a brain tumor from a dog as Stephen Haines, a neurosurgeon from the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, and Brian Rose, a third-year surgical resident, assist. The procedure was part of an experimental therapy that also included gene therapy and the administration of a vaccine created by John Ohlfest, director of the University’s translational neurosurgery gene therapy program. See the story on page 5.