Professor Linda Powers, shown here with one of her instruments in the Arctic, is taking her portable technology to a new level: diagnostics, checking blood for disease. Powers credits UA College of Engineering Dean Goldberg with making the research contract happen. "What an incredible extension of a hand of friendship to small businesses in the Valley," she said.
UA Professor Developing Rapid, Disposable Tests for Blood-Borne Disease Building on research that sent her biking across Tanzania a couple of summers ago to test remote water sources on the spot for bacteria, the UA's Linda Powers is moving into the diagnostic realm: developing fast, disposable blood tests for pathogens that cause diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.
Covering an area the size of New England with only 200,000 people spread across it, Arizona’s Four Corners region offers austere, beautiful landscapes but can be daunting because of poor roads for physicians and patients alike to navigate to provide or receive medical care. (Photo courtesy of UA Native American Cardiology & Medical Service Program)
Bringing Neurology Care to Arizona’s Four Corners Region The UA's Dr. David Labiner has offered quarterly neurology clinics at Indian Health Service and health-care facilities on the Navajo and Hopi reservations for about 15 years and bimonthly ones in Flagstaff for 20 years. Common consultations include treating patients for epilepsy, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease, stroke recovery, headaches and neuropathy.
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UA Study Finds Improved CPR Quality Saves Lives Life-saving CPR has been a foundation of emergency medicine for more than a half-century. But UA researchers are continuing to refine the procedure, with a new study concluding that improving the quality and effectiveness of CPR can have a dramatic impact on survival from a cardiac arrest.
Transgenic soybeans in the last stages of tissue culture.
Modified Formula Aims to Prevent Death in Premature Infants UA plant scientists are studying a novel approach at halting the leading cause of death in premature infants, adding a particular protein to soybeans that can be used in formula as a preventative measure. About 10 percent of infants in the United States are born premature and among the greatest risks those babies face is Necrotizing Entercolitis, an infection and inflammation that causes destruction of the intestine.
Krishna Veeramah, the study’s first author, and his colleagues took advantage of the high-throughput DNA sequencing capabilities offered by the UA Genetics Core, housed at the UA BIO5 Institute. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
UA Geneticists Find Causes for Severe Childhood Epilepsies Using a DNA sequencing technique capable of deciphering all human genes at the same time, UA researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed children. Efforts are under way to establish a genomics diagnostic center at the UA and extend the capabilities to other areas such as cardiology, immunology and gastroenterology.
Professor Linda Powers, shown here with one of her instruments in the Arctic, is taking her portable technology to a new level: diagnostics, checking blood for disease. Powers credits UA College of Engineering Dean Goldberg with making the research contract happen. "What an incredible extension of a hand of friendship to small businesses in the Valley," she said.
Covering an area the size of New England with only 200,000 people spread across it, Arizona’s Four Corners region offers austere, beautiful landscapes but can be daunting because of poor roads for physicians and patients alike to navigate to provide or receive medical care. (Photo courtesy of UA Native American Cardiology & Medical Service Program)
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Transgenic soybeans in the last stages of tissue culture.
Krishna Veeramah, the study’s first author, and his colleagues took advantage of the high-throughput DNA sequencing capabilities offered by the UA Genetics Core, housed at the UA BIO5 Institute. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)

If It’s Summer, It’s Also Scorpion Season

  • UANews
  • July 11, 2011
Summer in Southern Arizona brings out the shiny auto sunshades, the supersized water bottles – and the scorpions. The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the UA reminds desert citizens that venomous scorpions share the habitat.

UA Participating in Seafood Review After Spill

  • Bloomberg
  • July 8, 2011
A $7.8 million grant will be used by researchers – including those at the UA – to examine the safety and human consumption of seafood following oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers will seek to determine the vulnerability of affected coastal communities following the April 2010 spill.

UA Study Plays Key Role in International Lung Research

  • UANews
  • July 7, 2011
A long-running UA respiratory study of thousands of Tucson volunteers that began in 1972 continues to yield results and may hold the key to conquering Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.

High School Students Finishing UA Med-Start Program

  • UANews
  • July 7, 2011
Sixty high school students from across Arizona have spent the summer exploring health-care career opportunities that could change the direction of their lives, thanks to Med-Start, a program offered in Tucson and Phoenix by the UA College of Medicine's Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs.

5 Myths About Calories

  • Yahoo! Shine
  • July 6, 2011
Just because food is swallowed doesn't mean it will be digested. Insoluble fiber in some complex carbs tends to block the absorption of other calories. "With a very high-fiber diet, say 60 grams a day, you might lose as much as 20 percent of the calories you consume," said Wanda Howell, a professor of nutritional sciences at the UA.

E. Coli Found on Hotel Remote Controls

  • MSNBC
  • July 1, 2011
The next time you stay at a hotel, be sure to wash your hands after using the TV remote control. "In our studies, it was often the most germy object in the room," said Charles Gerba, an environmental microbiologist at the UA, who has found E. coli on some remotes.

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