Research Matters Archive

UA Surgeons Developing New Tool to Detect Urine Blockage
May 19 2018 - 10:40am
Surgeons at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson are developing a tool that may make detecting urine blockage simpler for patients.
UA Health Sciences and UA Researchers Awarded ABRC Grants Totaling Nearly $6M for Health Research
May 17 2018 - 12:28pm
The three-year Arizona Biomedical Research Commission Awards will fund research relating to neuropathic and cancer pain, migraines, opioids, antibiotics, antivirals, sinusitis, obesity, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, pulmonary disease and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Enzyme's Movement May Be Key to New Cancer Drugs
May 15 2018 - 4:32pm
Interfering with the motion of a kinase enzyme might be a new approach for the development of anti-cancer drugs.
UA Sleep Researcher Receives $3.6M Grant to Study Sleep Health on U.S.-Mexico Border
May 14 2018 - 9:30am
The Nogales Cardiometabolic Health and Sleep Study seeks to learn more about sleep health and sleep disorders in the border region, how sleep issues are related to social, behavioral and environmental factors and their potential role in regard to risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
UA Researchers to Study How to Stop Stress from Causing Pain
May 14 2018 - 8:57am
Researchers at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson have received $2.7 million to learn how stress can produce pain — and how to stop it from occurring.
Unlocking Cancer’s Secrets Using the ‘Social Networks’ of Cells
May 8 2018 - 12:30pm
Megha Padi, PhD, of the UA Cancer Center has developed a method for probing the genetic underpinnings of cancer and other diseases, which could lead to better treatments.
UA, Banner Health Receive Largest NIH Award in Arizona History
May 3 2018 - 10:56am
The University of Arizona Health Sciences and Banner Health have received a $9 million award from the National Institutes of Health for the All of Us Research Program. The program, which will total $60 million over five years, represents the largest NIH award in Arizona history and is tied to an effort to enroll 1 million or more participants across the country.
UAHS Researchers Contribute to National CDC Study that Estimates 1 in 59 U.S. Children Having an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Apr 26 2018 - 1:05pm
In Arizona, the findings were slightly lower, with 1 in 71 8-year-old children in Maricopa County identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Dr. Megha Padi Arrives from String Theory Background at Harvard to Expand Collaboration in Bioinformatics at UA Cancer Center
Apr 23 2018 - 9:59am
Megha Padi, PhD, harnesses the computational power of bioinformatics to learn more about cancer and how best to treat it — and empowers other cancer researchers to do the same.
Immunotherapy: Cancer's New Frontier
Apr 6 2018 - 10:27am
Cancer patients' immune systems are receiving a boost from checkpoint inhibitors and other laboratory-made antibodies, which train T cells to attack cancer. An expanded understanding of cancer, genetics and immunobiology could revolutionize treatment.

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