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While construction continues at the site of the new $494 million Sanford Medical Center Fargo, planning teams have narrowed in on an opening date for the hospital which is one year away: end of July 2017. Exterior work, such as parking lots and landscaping, will finish in fall of 2016. Interior construction continues to span […]

Genetic profiling of cancer tumors provides new avenues for treatment of the disease, according to a study conducted by Sanford Health and recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. In 2014, Sanford developed and launched the Genetic Exploration of the Molecular Basis of Malignancy in Adults, or GEMMA, to determine if evaluating genetic information […]

To improve senior services in the Bismarck-Mandan area, Sanford Health and the Good Samaritan Society are combining expertise and resources to create a joint venture. As part of this partnership, a 120-bed rehabilitation/skilled care center is being built in southeast Mandan. The joint venture will also include existing Sanford Health Continuing Care Centers in Bismarck-Mandan […]

A drug that blocks neurotransmitters could reduce nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, research co-authored by a Sanford Health physician and published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds. Sanford oncologist and cancer researcher Steven Powell, M.D., was among a team of researchers who discovered that the drug olanzapine, which is FDA approved for […]

Mark and Claudia Thompson are announcing a $500,000 gift to the Sanford Health Foundation.  The generous donation will benefit Sanford Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Bismarck. The Thompsons are the owners of Bismarck based H.A. Thompson & Sons, a plumbing, heating, air conditioning and mechanical contractor servicing North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota […]

Studies performed by a Sanford Research scientist using an innovative stem-cell model for a fatal developmental disorder is the focus of a recent study published in Nature Medicine. Kevin Francis, Ph.D. uncovered unique cellular defects associated with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) by modeling this disease using induced pluripotent stem cells. Francis’ study is titled “Modeling Smith-Lemli-Opitz […]

Sanford Research scientists are published in Nature Cell Biology for their work developing a model to explore therapies for a pediatric brain tumor known as choroid plexus carcinoma. Haotian Zhao, Ph.D., is the lead author on the study titled “Sonic Hedgehog promotes proliferation of Notch-dependent monociliated choroid plexus tumour cells.” Zhao is an associate scientist […]

Sanford Health is collaborating with Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., a New Jersey-based cell-therapy company, on a clinical trial that explores whether increasing the number of a person’s regulatory T cells (Treg cells) can help adolescents fight newly onset type 1 diabetes. The trial, known as “The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study” (NCT02691247), tests the safety and effectiveness […]

Sanford Health’s weight management system has helped its members lose more than 1 million pounds. Profile by Sanford’s members, which now total nearly 50,000, reached the milestone across its 25 locations in 10 states. Built on clinical research and advisory oversight from Sanford physicians and researchers, Profile uses meal-replacement products, nutritionally complete food and health […]

Sanford Health has more than doubled its locations in Ghana in the past three months thanks to a public-private partnership with the national government in the African country. Ghana Health Services recently transitioned 12 of its facilities in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana to Sanford World Clinics.  These locations were operating under the […]