Dr. Louise Hecker Named ‘Inventor of the Year’ at Tech Launch Arizona’s I-Squared Awards
On April 1, Tech Launch Arizona, the office of the University of Arizona that commercializes inventions stemming from research, hosted its sixth annual I-Squared Awards and Expo event. Along with honoring the top inventors and entrepreneurs dedicated to commercializing the UA's inventions, the evening included a series of tables where entrepreneurial researchers from across the UA presented their inventions and startups.
Chronic non-cancer pain is sometimes managed with high-dose opioids, which has partially contributed to the current opioid epidemic.
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Pneumonia starts like this: A bacterial cell called Streptococcus pneumoniae enters the nostril. It travels down the nasal passage and into the lungs, where a war begins. In the lungs, S. pneumoniae encounters immune cells called macrophages, which will do whatever they can to fight it off.
University of Arizona Professor of Immunobiology 
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Jacquelyn Hoffman, a second-year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has been awarded the Shirley D. Curson Medical Student Scholarship. The two-year scholarship provides about $15,000 a year and is awarded in a student’s third and fourth years of medical school.
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