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At the University of Minnesota, it travels a corridor of discovery. Corridors are virtual pathways that lead from imagination to practical application. Nurtured by funds, facilities, partnerships, and technologies, researchers make major breakthroughs in medicine that affect us all.
From stem cells to surgical solutions, we search for treatments, preventions and cures for diabetes.
Interdisciplinary research means more breakthroughs, as we study and prevent global health threats like HIV and AIDS.
From Alzheimer’s to Parkinson's, we reduce the toll of neurological disorders on patients and families.
Basic science and clinical studies combine, as we increase survival rates of some of the most deadly cancers.
Pioneers in early heart surgery, we discover new techniques, medications, and devices to treat cardiovascular diseases.