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Photo of several people chatting together in a circular room filled with examining tables in the new lab space of the University of Arizona School of Health Professions Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant studios.

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program kicks off with open house

The University of Arizona’s Physical Therapy Program introduced advanced learning studios where students will train over the next three years to enhance community health.

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

A doctor applies sensors to the arm of a person sitting on a bed in a sleep lab while another person monitors the sensor output on a small digital device on the wall.

Putting sleep at the center of health care

An image if two liquid chemotherapy drugs in small bottles next to a needle laying on top of a plastic collection bag

Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

A woman in a bed using a CPAP machine

Peer support could help millions with sleep apnea slumber easier, study says

A person in a wheelchair chats with a two people in an office environment

$1.7M CDC grant will allow researchers to study spina bifida across the lifespan

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Addiction study yields promising therapeutic target to promote recovery

Close-up of prescription bottle with instructions for taking hydrocodone-acetaminophen for pain

9 things to know about opioids, pain relief and Heat shock protein 90

Portrait of a woman looking up from a microscope and smiling.

Study identifies potential new drug for Parkinson’s-related cognitive decline, dementia

Colorful microscope image of male neurons and orexin receptors

Bringing a precision medicine approach to pain management

Two immunologists, one seated and one standing, pose in a University of Arizona Health Sciences research laboratory

Reimagining autoimmune treatments with 5MCAR T cells inspired by nature

Exploring a microbial solution to food insecurity

A male soldier lies on a cot while watching a laptop computer and wearing headphones.

Can magnetic pulses aimed at the brain treat insomnia?

A female health worker chats with a seated male patient after administering a vaccine. Both are smiling.

$1.75M CDC grant funds study to boost vaccine acceptance in Arizona’s rural, border communities

group of people pose with shovels at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies

U of A Health Sciences breaks ground on the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies

Portrait of University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher Ghassan Mouneimne, PhD, sitting in front of a chalk board

Clinical study confirms tissue stiffening in breast cancer can drive metastasis