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)

'Tweezers' Stretch UA Gene Studies

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • April 28, 2011
Cells control the way genetic information plays out in several ways, but UA researchers have found their own way to manipulate genes: by stretching DNA. Their findings may help show how cells function at a basic level.

Shift Mixing Hurts Air Traffic Controllers

  • UPI
  • April 27, 2011
The problem with air traffic controllers falling asleep is not the amount of hours they work, it is irregular scheduling of shifts, said Richard Bootzin, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the UA and director of the insomnia clinic at University Medical Center.

UA Receives Grant for Cancer Education

  • Arizona Daily Wildcat
  • April 27, 2011
Arizona Cancer Center researcher Jesse Nodora has received a five-year, $687,000 American Cancer Society grant to help low-income women at risk of developing cervical cancer get follow-up care.

In Online Games, a Path to Young Consumers

  • The New York Times
  • April 22, 2011
Despite pledges to limit food advertising targeting children, many companies find other ways to get their messages across, including online computer games. Research by Dale Kunkel, a UA communication professor whose work was cited in The New York Times story, says children are still bombarded with television ads for unhealthy food choices.

Public Forum to Explore Mental Health Issues

  • UANews
  • April 22, 2011
In the wake of the Jan. 8 shooting, the UA College of Medicine and other organizations are presenting a free public discussion on mental illness and the need for mental health services in the community. Panelists will include Ron Barber, district director for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured in the attack.

UA, Fire Departments, State, Take on Brain Injury

  • UANews
  • April 20, 2011
The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix is participating in a project that will bring first responders, the state health department and university researchers together to improve brain injury treatment throughout Arizona.

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