First dose administered in phase 1/2 clinical trial of OCU410, an emerging therapy for dry AMD Dec. 18, 2023 Biotech company Ocugen has started the ArMaDa Phase 1/2 clinical trial of OCU410, a modfier gene therapy product candidate being developed for dry age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology Times
Training and keeping primary care physicians in Arizona Dec. 14, 2023 The Primary Care Physician Scholarship program is educating a new generation of doctors, reducing debt and providing a path to practice in Arizona. Read more Thumbnail
Buckmaster Show 12/13/2023: Dealing with holiday stress Dec. 14, 2023 Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is interviewed about topics including coping with holiday stress. KVOI-Radio (Tucson, AZ)
McCarthy + SmithGroup will develop UArizona’s CAMI Dec. 14, 2023 UArizona Health Sciences has selected the design-build team of McCarthy + SmithGroup to develop the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI. AZ Big Media
Pfizer stock plummets as people turn away from COVID boosters Dec. 14, 2023 Pfizer's stock dropped more than 44% in 2023, partly because fewer people than expected opted to receive COVID-19 booster shots. USSA News
Kelly, Sinema, Schweikert introduce bill to fight Valley fever Dec. 13, 2023 Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema and Rep. David Schweikert, introduced the Finding Orphan-disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development Act, which supports research initiatives to combat Valley fever. Yellow Sheet Report
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson names new Neurosurgery chair Dec. 12, 2023 Dr. Julie Pilitsis joins the Department of Neurosurgery and Banner Neurosciences on Jan. 8. Read more Image
Seed grant for researchers using All of Us dataset due Jan. 19 Dec. 12, 2023 All of Us Research Program University of Arizona-Banner Health Read more
Two new directions in Parkinson’s testing Dec. 12, 2023 A study published in Progress in Neurobiology and led by College of Medicine – Tucson researchers has developed an improved method to study Parkinson’s disease in the lab. LabPulse