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Selected MU News Releases

Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology on Edge of ‘Knowledge Frontier’—Professor Katti named 2008 Outstanding Missourian for his work in treating cancer

MU Partnership Opens New Facility to House Cyclotron—MU, Mid-American Cyclotron will supply diagnostic medicine to mid-Missouri area

Research Leading to More Efficient, Effective Cancer Drugs with Fewer Side Effects, a Cancer Drug Menu for Doctors

MURR Expanding Its Arsenal In the Fight Against Cancer, critical equipment acquisition

New Power Cells Can Provide Power for Nearly 20 Years Without Charging—MURR Researcher Teams with Qynergy Corporation

MU to receive $10 million award for cancer research—NIH/NCI grant awarded to team led by Professor Wynn Volkert to create the Center for Single Photo-Emitting Cancer Imaging Agents

National Cancer Institute awards MU nanomedicine scientists grant—Tiny particles target prostate cancer

$3 million awarded for research that could result in early detection of cancer cells—NIH funds work by Kattesh Katti and Raghuraman Kannan

Hawthorne at helm of nanomedicine institute —Renowned cancer researcher joins campus brimming with big plans for fascinating particles

St. Louis Academy of Science recognizes Kattesh Katti for groundbreaking contributions to science

Common ingredient in food can stabilize gold nanoparticles for medical use, collaborative work by Kattesh Katti and Raghuraman Kannan

Magic Bullets for Killing Cancer, faculty focus on Curators' Professor of Radiology, Wynn Volkert

Other Relevant Stories

Ten Research Facts About Mizzousee #2 on this Office of Research document

A Mizzou Timeline of Accomplishments

Crafting a Cure, a profile of Dr. Cathy Cutler

Adventures in Archaeometry, Rachel Popelka's unique research in archaeometry...Rachel came to Mizzou to study because there's no other place in the nation where she could do her research...

University Team Effort Helps Cut Pain to the Bone—story on Quadramet® in the Veterinary Medical Review, Spring/Summer 1999

On the Frontiers of Cancer, a golden retriever finds relief—from the College of Veterinary Medicine's publication, Arkeology, Spring 1999

Reducing Cancer Pain, a springer spaniel's success story


selected MU News Releases and other relevant stories




MURR Relicensing
The reactor is in the process of relicensing for another 20 years of nuclear-based research, education and medical and other applications. Check here for project updates.



Click here to view the presentations from the 2004 Annual Meeting of the TRTR Organization hosted by MURR October 12-15, 2004

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