TUCSON, Ariz. – Physicians revealed biases affecting women, particularly African American women, when evaluating heart failure patients for advanced heart disease therapies such as heart transplants and ventricular assist devices (VADs), according to recently published research led by the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
TUCSON, Ariz. – As COVID-19 affects every aspect of American life, it has also emerged as a politically polarizing issue, and measures to mitigate the disease’s spread have brought about debates on balancing public health and civil liberty.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Based on the innovations of world-class entrepreneurial researchers, the University of Arizona launched 19 startups in fiscal year 2020.
TUCSON, Ariz. – From the movement of a finger to the creation of a memory, actions of the human body require the harmonious concert of protein interactions. A system of checks and balances ensures proper coordination of biomolecules, but when the scale is tipped, lopsided molecular relationships can lead to disorders and diseases. Discovering how proteins interact with one another under ideal conditions is critical to understand what goes awry in disease states, and to inform novel prevention and treatment strategies.
Masks are required in University of Arizona buildings and outdoor spaces where 6 feet of distance is difficult to maintain.
TUCSON, Ariz. – A University of Arizona College of Pharmacy scientist has received $3.8 million in federal funding to continue research to develop medications to help prevent or reverse the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has announced significant new appointments, promotions, honors, awards and other notable items in recent weeks, including:
TOPIC: "Contemporary challenges and opportunities in antifungal stewardship"
SPEAKER: Justin Hayes, M.D.
WHERE: Join Zoom Meeting: https://uits-arizona.zoom.us/j/4712743927?pwd=NzI5VEF1N0tIanhwVmRVZlRNdj...
WHEN: Tuesday, July 28, 2020| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Following a significant increase in the number of Arizonans who have been exposed to COVID-19, the University of Arizona and state of Arizona are expanding their free COVID-19 antibody testing program for 250,000 people across the state to include 15 new categories of essential workers considered at high risk for exposure. The antibody test, developed by researchers at UArizona Health Sciences, determines who has been exposed to and developed an immune response against COVID-19.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences have developed – and are continuing to improve – a handheld device to bring the next generation of skin cancer prevention and treatment options into more patient-care settings.
