July 28, 2020 Researchers Detangle Protein Interaction Implicated in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's New findings by UArizona chemists Wolfgang Peti and Rebecca Page provide a foundation to better understand and treat two neurological disorders.
April 20, 2020 UArizona Launches Texting System to Gather and Provide COVID-19 Information AZCOVIDTXT will allow people to report the health and wellness condition in their household on a weekly basis through brief surveys on their mobile phones.
Feb. 20, 2020 Four Questions: The Parasite in Your Cat Box Doctoral student Oscar Mendez is studying how the "cat litter parasite" affects pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems.
Dec. 16, 2019 'Rainforest Under Glass' Kissed by Rain After Two-Month Drought An experiment at Biosphere 2 forced the “hottest tropical rainforest in the world” through a controlled drought and recovery to see how climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems.
Dec. 10, 2019 Two Faculty Inventors Named NAI Fellows Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Sept. 16, 2019 Renegade Genes Caught Red Handed Potentially dangerous genes embedded in human DNA were thought to be locked down by helpful structures called heterochromatin, but a UA researcher disputes that belief.
Aug. 29, 2019 Developing a High-Resolution Picture of Disease Biology UA inventions from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BIO5 are allowing for a deeper understanding of complex biological processes and opening possibilities for more precise disease diagnosis and treatment.
June 26, 2019 People with ALS May Benefit From More Glucose A new study led by scientists at the UA has uncovered a potential new way to treat patients with ALS, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
May 24, 2019 International Collaboration Aims to Predict Life-Threatening Reaction to Heparin Treatment No tests currently are available to evaluate risk for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, an adverse reaction to the drug that can result in catastrophic, life-threatening complications in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Oct. 16, 2018 Data on Demand: Creating a Search Engine for Microbiome Sciences The Hurwitz Lab corrals big data sets into a more searchable form to help scientists study microorganisms and how they relate to each other, their hosts and the environment.
