Hematology and Oncology

UA College of Nursing Receives $1.6M Grant to Examine the Healing Potential of Curcumin for Acute Lung Injury

People with a high dependence on alcohol at risk of developing serious – and sometimes fatal – complications from respiratory inflammation soon may have a naturopathic supplement that would mitigate their risk factors.

Alcohol abuse is a significant contributor to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome, which kills 114,000 Americans annually.

Tim Bowden Cancer Biology Research Symposium: A Celebration of Life in Research

Celebrating the Life of Dr. Tim Bowden
Thursday, June 28, 2018
University of Arizona Cancer Center
1515 N. Campbell Ave.
Kiewit Auditorium

It is with great sorrow that the University of Arizona Cancer Center shares the news that George Timothy (Tim) Bowden, PhD, passed away on May 15. Dr. Bowden was a professor emeritus at the UA Cancer Center and a founding member of the Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. Dr. Bowden helped establish the Skin Cancer Institute.

Pancreatic Cancer Patients with BRCA Mutation May Benefit from Targeted Drug

A physician-scientist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center investigated a novel treatment for pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors exhibited a harmful genetic mutation.

The results, in which a type of drug called a PARP inhibitor showed early promise in treating pancreatic cancer in patients with mutations in the BRCA gene, were published online last month in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Precision Oncology.

BLAISER Minority Health Disparities Lecture Series: 'Clinical Research Disparities'

The Border Latino & American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences presents:

"Clinical Research Disparities"

Anna Valencia, MPH, MBEMH, Senior Director of Clinical Research Operations for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

WHEN: Friday, June 15, 2018 | 11 a.m .-Noon
WHERE: Drachman Hall A114

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