Your Sight Matters: Finding a Cure for Macular Degeneration Jan. 15, 2019 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in individuals over age 55 in developed nations and more than 10 million people in the United States have AMD, according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Read more Image
UA Researchers Lead Study to Encourage Children With Asthma to Use their Inhalers Jan. 8, 2019 UA researchers are studying if the combination of dispensing asthma inhalers (corticosteroids) in the emergency department and supervising their use in elementary schools will increase the medication’s use among children with asthma and decrease emergency department visits. Read more Image
UA Researchers Developing 15-Minute MRI Jan. 3, 2019 UA engineers are using a $2.1 million grant to improve scanning technologies for challenging patient populations. Read more Image
UA Scientists Discover Diabetes Drug Could be Used to Treat Common Heart Failure Syndrome Dec. 20, 2018 A cardiovascular research team at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center investigated in a lab model whether metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be an effective treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The researchers found that the drug reduced left ventricular stiffness, thereby improving capacity for exercise. Metformin relaxes the left ventricle by making a heart muscle protein called titin more compliant. Read more Image
With a Nurse in their Corner, ‘Navigating’ Care Is Getting Easier for Cancer Patients Dec. 14, 2018 Banner Health nurse navigators at the University of Arizona Cancer Center are paired with patients to guide them through their cancer journeys. Read more Image
UA Chemical Biologists Unearth Cause of a Rare Brain Disorder Dec. 13, 2018 In pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1b, two key biological structures are blocked from binding to one another — which ultimately stunts critical brain growth. Read more Image
National Academy of Inventors Welcomes Two UA Professors as Fellows Dec. 12, 2018 Two distinguished University of Arizona professors and innovators have been named as National Academy of Inventors Fellows. Thomas Koch, professor and dean of the College of Optical Sciences, and Harrison Barrett, Regents’ Professor of medical imaging, optical sciences and applied mathematics, will now join a growing cadre of distinguished fellows from the UA. Read more Image
New Faculty Join UA Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine Dec. 12, 2018 Family medicine physicians Ashley Krauser, DO, and Ana Mendez, MD, MPH, will provide a wide array of primary care services for patients of all ages across Tucson. Read more Image
Reconnecting the Disconnected: UA Physiology Professor Receives $1.2M NIH Grant to Use AI to Restore Movement in Paralyzed Limbs Dec. 6, 2018 When a person is paralyzed by a stroke or an injury, the brain and the neuron networks that control movement become disconnected from the muscles. Dr. Andrew Fuglevand is using artificial intelligence to stimulate multiple muscles to elicit natural movement in ways previous methods have been unable to do. Read more Image
First-Ever Clinical Trial to Treat Liver Cancer Through Immunotherapy is Accepting Patients Dec. 5, 2018 UA Cancer Center opens clinical trial in Greater Phoenix for novel liver cancer treatment. Read more Image