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FARGO, N.D. – The Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI) in Fargo, North Dakota, and Sanford Health announced they have agreed to a letter of intent (LOI). This is a non-binding first step in a potential partnership. A proposed partnership would give NRI access to Sanford clinical resources in North and South Dakota – allowing NRI to […]

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One of the eight areas of focus at Sanford Research is pediatric and rare diseases. Generally, a rare disease is defined as a disease that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States. About 7,000 of these diseases exist with treatments for less than five percent. Ben Forred, a project manager at Sanford Research, […]

Sanford Health has more than 350 ongoing clinical studies, 150 open clinical trials, and 24 open immunotherapy clinical trials that address 11 types of cancer. In 2016, Sanford Health was awarded the Association of Community Cancer Centers Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology Innovator Award for advancing Immuno-Oncology in the community setting. Recently, Sanford Health was honored […]

Sanford Health recently was recognized by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs for its rigorous standards. To be fully accredited, institutions must go beyond the federal government requirements for how to treat human research subjects. Sanford Health is the only accredited health care system in eastern South Dakota and all of […]

“Before, it was kind of this far-fetched idea that we see in movies, but now it is actually at our front door."

MINNEAPOLIS — Members of the Sanford World Clinic team co-presented on their experiences delivering health care in Africa at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg University on Sept. 15. The forum is the only Nobel event held outside of Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway. Additionally, Sanford World Clinic experts participated in a panel titled […]

Sanford Health recently launched a clinical trial using a genetically engineered virus that aims to destroy therapy-resistant tumors. The Phase I immunotherapy trial is for those ages 18 and older with metastatic solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The treatment injects a cancer-destroying virus into the tumor. The virus is engineered to […]

Sanford Health is one of only four sites across the nation that will offer a clinical trial to determine whether a vaccine can help fight advanced breast cancer. It’s part of Cancer Breakthroughs 2020, which was started by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong in early 2016 and is considered by many to be the most comprehensive cancer […]

The Neonatal Research Network is the nation’s largest team of doctors, nurses and researchers performing clinical research for critically ill newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units. There are only 15 sites selected to participate in the Neonatal Research Network. Sanford Health participates with the University of Iowa as the network’s Upper Midwest regional center. […]