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A bearded white male with a stethoscope examines examines a female Asian patient.
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Breaking the Care Barriers

The University Community Health Care Center is celebrating 50 years of breaking through divides of poverty, language, race, and culture to serve its patients.
Bernhard J. Hering, M.D.
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Proving the Theory

Lead researcher Bernhard J. Hering, M.D., confirms that pancreatic islet cell transplantation can benefit people who have difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes.
Gunda Georg standing in her lab
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Curtain Up

A new drug for pancreatic cancer takes the stage for clinical trials, thanks to the Masonic Cancer Center experts who developed it.
Some kids pose with Goldy Gopher.
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Kids who stutter find support

The University of Minnesota Kids Who Stutter Camp brings together children who stutter to meet, connect, and become good communicators.
An elderly male patient with Parkinson’s disease grasps a walker.
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Taming Tremors

A U medical team delivers precision stimulation to the brain, relieving the debilitating symptoms of disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
A child holds a butterfly in front of his face.
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We All Would Fly

As they race to give “butterfly children” a future beyond their fifth birthday, U physicians seek a treatment for all genetic diseases.
James Kelm standing with nurses and doctors using his bionic eye for the fist time.
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Seeing His Wife for the First Time

Legally blind for more than 20 years, James Kelm had never seen his wife, Kimberley. That changed when U doctors gave the Duluth pastor a bionic eye.
Cynthia Cattell stands looking into the sunlight.
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Cancer in the Crosshairs

A new drug developed at the U of M targets cancer cells while leaving healthy ones undisturbed. Physics professor Cynthia Cattell knows how well it works: It saved her life.