Women's basketball vs. Michigan State, Big Ten Tournament

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03/02/2023 Added

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Ronnie Green talks about research that could someday lead to the development of even better infant formula.

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[00:00:00.150]We're at halftime at the Target Center.
[00:00:01.830]As always, we're very happy
[00:00:03.570]when University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:00:05.430]Chancellor Ronnie Green can join us.
[00:00:07.200]It's March,
[00:00:08.250]and we're playing tournament basketball.
[00:00:09.990]This is about as good as it gets
[00:00:11.190]for college basketball fans, isn't it?
[00:00:12.710]It sure is,
[00:00:13.710]and Jane and I are really happy to be here
[00:00:15.480]and be at the Target Center today
[00:00:17.040]for this big game and matchup,
[00:00:18.660]and we're gonna be able to see
[00:00:21.150]some great basketball,
[00:00:22.260]great competition in the conference
[00:00:24.240]and great to be here cheering on the Huskers,
[00:00:26.250]and hoping that we advance to the next round.
[00:00:28.412]And I understand the University is
[00:00:30.150]doing some exciting things,
[00:00:31.500]research that could someday lead
[00:00:33.360]to even better infant formula.
[00:00:35.250]What can you tell us about that?
[00:00:36.990]Well, you know, we have become,
[00:00:40.230]over the last period of years,
[00:00:42.570]a real leader internationally here
[00:00:44.850]at the University of Nebraska
[00:00:46.650]in gut microbiome work.
[00:00:48.720]So if you think about every one of us
[00:00:51.390]is a walking microbiome,
[00:00:53.580]and one of the most complex parts
[00:00:55.560]of our microbiome are all the organisms
[00:00:57.960]that make up our digestive tract,
[00:00:59.700]or populate our digestive tract.
[00:01:02.232]So we've become a real global leader
[00:01:04.597]in this area.
[00:01:06.195]It has big implications on food digestion,
[00:01:09.150]on human health and our help in this area,
[00:01:13.410]our leadership in the gut microbiome area,
[00:01:15.690]has helped lead to a federal research grant
[00:01:18.090]here recently to study what Nebraska scientists
[00:01:21.269]hypothesize might be a key differentiator
[00:01:25.740]in milk that is currently not
[00:01:28.470]in infant formula, right?
[00:01:30.030]So a component of breast milk,
[00:01:33.360]which we understand is healthier for infants,
[00:01:38.456]that is identified now,
[00:01:40.560]or possibly to be identified,
[00:01:42.150]through this kind of work.
[00:01:43.590]So that ultimately down the road
[00:01:46.080]research in this field could lead
[00:01:47.850]to the development of new infant formulas
[00:01:49.980]that contain these fortified specific
[00:01:52.800]nutritional enhancements.
[00:01:54.303]This particular research is being led
[00:01:56.970]by Professor Janos Zempleni,
[00:01:58.950]who is a professor of Molecular Nutrition in our
[00:02:01.620]Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences
[00:02:03.540]and our College of Education and Human Sciences
[00:02:06.540]at U.N.L.
[00:02:07.980]It's just the latest project
[00:02:09.600]in Janos's lab that pursues wide-ranging
[00:02:13.080]nutrition science research involving milk
[00:02:15.840]and involving the microbiome and human health.
[00:02:19.290]He recently, in his lab,
[00:02:21.780]another notable project that they have had,
[00:02:25.140]has done research into milk as
[00:02:26.880]a potential vehicle that delivers
[00:02:28.650]cancer-fighting exosomes, they're called,
[00:02:31.950]directly to the brain,
[00:02:33.330]now is considered a kind of
[00:02:34.920]leading international work in this area.
[00:02:37.680]So great work going on
[00:02:39.488]in Doctor Zempleni's lab in this particular area
[00:02:43.560]now in fortifying of infant milk.
[00:02:46.950]I just am always amazed
[00:02:48.360]at all the great stuff going on at U.N.L.
[00:02:49.890]Chancellor Ronnie Green, thank you very much,
[00:02:51.722]we appreciate you.
[00:02:52.830]Go Big Red, beat the Spartans.
[00:02:54.090]All right (laughing).
[00:02:54.960]We're at halftime at the Target Center.
[00:02:56.400]More halftime comes your way in a few moments.
[00:02:58.320]This is Big Red basketball.

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