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Browse Health stories - May, 2008

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  • Cancer Survivor, Spouse Establish Research Post at Arizona Cancer Center |
    UA alumni and benefactors John and Doris Norton have donated $1 million to create an endowed prostate cancer research position at the Arizona Cancer Center. |
  • UA to Create Physicians with Business Skills |
    The UA Eller College of Management and College of Medicine have created a dual-degree track combining a medical degree with a master's of business administration. | |
  • Department of Neurology Developing New Treatments for ALS |
    Researchers at the UA College of Medicine may one day be able to treat Lou Gehrig's disease by using progenitor cells from a patient's own nervous system. |
  • Steele Children’s Research Center’s Novel Cancer Vaccine |
    A novel therapeutic cancer vaccine developed by a research team at UA's Steele Children’s Research Center is advancing toward use in human clinical trials. |
  • Mexico's Former Minster of Health to Speak on Border Health Risks, Opportunities |
    International health scholar Julio Frenk will give the inaugural lecture in the James E. Dalen Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture Series. | |
  • Researchers Tackling Unsolved Questions About Protein Structures |
    Their findings will help people better understand how proteins evolved to carry out the instructions encoded in the genes of every living thing. | |
  • UA Graduate Focuses on Minority Health Care |
    Mai-Ly Duong, who graduates from the UA this month, organized the University's first known walk to raise funds for hepatitis research. | |
  • Shelton Names Interim Dean of Phoenix Medical College |
    Stuart Flynn will serve as interim dean, effective immediately. |
  • Memory and Aging Clinic Opens at UA |
    Patients and clinical research participants can now be evaluated in a welcoming and centralized campus location. |
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