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A gloved hand points out a mutated cell on a display of cells under a microscope.

Collaboration aims to accelerate personalized cancer therapy development

Researchers are using AI and mRNA to turn tumor mutations into targets, training the immune system to hunt down and destroy cancer cells.

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AI patients help students around the world practice empathy

Two men sit at a desk and talk. Behind them are maps of the United States that show flu activity.

How a U of A tool is helping the world track flu activity in real time

An older woman suffering from apparent heat-related distress sits and holds a container of water as a man presses a cloth to her forehead and a second woman fans her with a wide-brimmed hat.

Study finds increase in EMS calls due to extreme heat among vulnerable populations

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

A person focuses on a fake head and eye using an ophthalmology simulator in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Another person is blurred in the foreground.

Teachers step into health science students’ shoes to spark STEM futures

Portrait of Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson in an outdoor setting with trees behind her.

Ann Marie Chiasson elected president of national physician board

Portrait of Alejandro Vazquez, PharmD, standing outside smiling.

Alejandro Vazquez lets his lived experience do the teaching

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Study lays groundwork for preventing dangerous falls on dry spills

White Coat Ceremony marks first step for next generation of physicians

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Christina Kalel awarded U of A Staff Award of Excellence

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$10M PCORI funding award will fuel study of sleep apnea in people with Down syndrome

A graduate student, pointing to a small digital monitor, explains a research poster to a faculty mentor

Can AI and a smartphone improve mental health treatment?

Portrait of Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, in a white doctor’s coat standing outside.

Jason Wertheim named to national dean fellowship program

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Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study

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Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

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Toxic metals linked to impaired growth in infants in Guatemala