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Andrew:  For many cancers, we don't have good technologies for early detection 
and so we're always continually looking
for new ways to detect cancer 
at a stage when it can be 
treated most efficiently. 
Male: KU researchers, Andrew Godwin 
and Yong Zeng,
earned a $640,000 grant 
to develop a lab on a chip, a tiny biomedical testing device that could detect 
cancer at earlier stages 
and give patients a better chance of a cure. 
Kelly: We often overlook the local, you know,
what's here in Kansas just never gets appreciated enough.
And yet there's a lot of opportunity 
for discovery right here at home 
and with our wild plants. 
Male: Professors Kelly Kindscher and Barbara Timmerman
are using a $400,000 
strategic grant from KU 
to find whether wild Kansas tomatillos 
can be useful in treating cancer.
Mikhail:  Well uncovering the 
greatest mysteries of the 
universe is, I think, 
that's the most interesting thing in life.
Male: Professor Mikhail Medvedev is doing breakthrough research
on a cosmological enigma, dark matter. 
His discoveries merited the
 cover of the world's most 
prestigious journal of physics research. 
Kenneth: I started out doing basic science just
 because of my passion for science, 
even though it was disease oriented. 
The fact that all the work we've done 
could be turned into 
something to treat patients is pretty exciting. 
Male: Kenneth Peterson is using basic science
to find treatments for sickle cell disease, 
a disorder that affects 
more than 3 million people worldwide. 
Emily: I was taking an environmental science class 
and we talked about algae for about a week
and I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard, 
using algae to fuel cars.   
Male: An entire team of students 
and researchers at KU 
are finding ways to remove nutrients
 from waste water 
and turn it into biofuel for cars. 
KU welcomed David Roediger, 
Foundation Distinguished 
Professor in American Studies and History,  
as the first of a planned
 12 foundation professors. 
David: I'm particularly attracted to thinking about
the kind of flashpoints in history,
these moments where struggles
 that have been going on
in a little way for a long time 
all of a sudden move to the center stage. 
Male: K. Christopher Beard, Paleontology, 
and William Picking, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 
joined Roediger in this elite group of faculty 
who will enhance scholarship 
across all disciplines. 
Today, KU researchers strive to make fundamental breakthroughs 
that will change countless lives tomorrow. 
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