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Greater KC Chamber roles out "Big 5"
September 13, 2011 

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced plans to focus on five ideas for regional economic growth, including the KC Regional Translational Research Inititiative. The Initiative plans to raise $40 million to triple the $20 million National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) given to the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2011.

The Ethics of Translational Research

July 8, 2011
It's called Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Based at the University of Kansas Medical Center its aim is to transform laboratory discoveries into treatments and cures.

We'll talk about Frontiers - and the ethical component of the program - in this edition of the Bioethics Channel.

Viewers without Flash may listen to the podcast here: The Ethics of Translational Research

The Bioethics Channel is a podcast produced by the Center for Practical Bioethics, one of the partners in Frontiers. Each Bioethics Channel episode provides a forum to discuss a bioethics issue, featuring Center staff and national experts as guests.