Research - Sanford Health News

Music and Memory: iPod and headphones can change the lives of dementia patients

Music triggers memories in Good Samaritan Society study

Dementia patients love their high school era music as much as the rest of us

Aubrey Gilbert ⋅ 5 min read

Scientist L-J Pilaz wears a lab coat, seated at a lab bench at Sanford Research.

Brain researcher L-J Pilaz is ‘like a discovery junkie’

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 10 min read

Sanford Health Dr. Paola Vermeer in her lab at Sanford Research

Nerve-wrecking: ‘New way of attacking cancer’

Carson Walker ⋅ 8 min read

Two Ph.D. student researchers in lab coats point at a computer screen in the lab.

Want to work at Sanford Research? Here is some advice

Angie Vognild ⋅ 11 min read

A young girl with a KNCMA1 gene mutation smiles as her mother smooths her hair.

Netflix ‘Diagnosis’ family searches for rare disease clues

Katie Foutz ⋅ 50 min

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Stem cell research at Sanford Health set for next phase

Clinical trials around adipose-derived regenerative cells focus of program

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 8 min read

Kyle Roux stands in a research lab.

Research: Kyle Roux pushes ‘envelope of what we understand’

Focus on diseases associated with nuclear envelope has led to breakthroughs

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 25 min read

A lab instructor is surrounded by middle school students during an experiment.

PROMISE lab shows kids they can do science

Lab combines fun, facts and field trips to and from Sanford Research

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 18 min read

Dr. Michael Kareta wears a lab coat and stands with his hands on his hips. Two lab members work at tables in the background.

Sanford cancer researcher earns $1.9M grant

Dr. Michael Kareta talks stem cells and cancer, plus more Sanford Research news

Angie Vognild ⋅ 25 min read

Yesenia Barrera-Millan works in a Sanford Research lab using a pipette and test tubes.

Research student benefits from engineering perspective

Yesenia Barrera-Millan is inspired to advance research into muscular dystrophy

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

A small group of Alagille syndrome patients and families gather in a resarch lab. The woman in the center wears a T-shirt that says "ALGS Warrior."

How CoRDS gives hope and impacts research

Rare disease registry helps connect causes, treatments and patients worldwide

Angie Vognild ⋅ 8 min read

Michelle Carlson wears a lab coat, goggles and gloves while working in the SPUR program lab at Sanford Research.

Finding the path to Sanford Research

SPUR program helped change Michelle Carlson's outlook on lab work

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

Haydee Torres stands in a white lab coat at a research bench.

First-generation Cuban American researcher aims to give back

Haydee Torres has curiosity for science and thanks her immigrant parents

Angie Vognild ⋅ 6 min read

Mason Schmidt examines a test tube while wearing goggles, gloves and a lab coat as part of Sanford Research's SPUR program.

SPUR program exceeds student’s expectations

Drake University junior Mason Schmidt reflects on summer of undergrad research

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

An American medical student bends down to pose with three Guatemalan children.

Med student: Education lab helps people to ‘understand why’

Lessons from Sanford Health PROMISE lab and other research successes

Angie Vognild ⋅ 22 min read

Research student benefits from engineering perspective

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

Finding the path to Sanford Research

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

Screening study brings Sanford Health, Harvard together

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 5 min read

PROMISE lab shows kids they can do science

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 18 min read

HPV vaccine for cancers: Team turns an idea into reality

Ashley Schwab ⋅ 4 min read