Research Matters Archive

UA Researchers Lead Study to Encourage Children With Asthma to Use their Inhalers
Jan 8 2019 - 8:00am
UA researchers are studying if the combination of dispensing asthma inhalers (corticosteroids) in the emergency department and supervising their use in elementary schools will increase the medication’s use among children with asthma and decrease emergency department visits.
UA Researchers Developing 15-Minute MRI
Jan 3 2019 - 8:44am
UA engineers are using a $2.1 million grant to improve scanning technologies for challenging patient populations.
Reconnecting the Disconnected: UA Physiology Professor Receives $1.2M NIH Grant to Use AI to Restore Movement in Paralyzed Limbs
Dec 6 2018 - 8:34am
When a person is paralyzed by a stroke or an injury, the brain and the neuron networks that control movement become disconnected from the muscles. Dr. Andrew Fuglevand is using artificial intelligence to stimulate multiple muscles to elicit natural movement in ways previous methods have been unable to do.
First-Ever Clinical Trial to Treat Liver Cancer Through Immunotherapy is Accepting Patients
Dec 5 2018 - 8:38am
UA Cancer Center opens clinical trial in Greater Phoenix for novel liver cancer treatment.
UA Scientist Identifies Cellular Gene Signatures for Heart Muscle Regeneration
Nov 30 2018 - 9:20am
A research team led by Jared Churko, PhD, director of the University of Arizona iPSC Core in the UA Sarver Heart Center, used a transcriptomic approach — studying what genes are expressed — to identify gene signatures of cell subpopulations identified as atrial-like or ventricular-like. This understanding could lead to regenerative therapy discoveries for the millions of people living with damaged heart muscle caused by heart attacks or other chronic heart conditions.
UA Team Uncovers Promising Lead in Genetic Approach to Treating Glioblastoma
Nov 29 2018 - 9:23am
University of Arizona scientists hope they have made progress toward a next-generation drug that may slow tumor growth and boost radiation’s effectiveness in patients with the deadly brain cancer.
UA Researcher Awarded $3 Million to Study Genomics in Cerebral Palsy
Nov 29 2018 - 8:42am
Michael Kruer, MD, receives the first federally funded grant to research genetic causes of condition that affects 1 in 250 children.
UA Researchers Help Discover Genetic Factor That Can Help or Hurt Risk for Heart Disease
Nov 27 2018 - 9:55am
Individuals with a particular genetic factor may be more resistant to plaque build-up and have a reduced risk for coronary artery disease.
UA Researchers Study How to Regrow Long Bone Segments Using 3D Printing
Nov 26 2018 - 8:42am
A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support research on 3D-printed scaffolds that support the repair of devastating bone injuries.
UA Neuroscientist Roberta Diaz Brinton Awarded $1M Alzheimer’s Association Grant
Nov 15 2018 - 5:07pm
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, is one of six international researchers awarded funding through the Alzheimer’s Association's Part the Cloud program to support early phase human trials of potential therapies to save brain cells.

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