The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health provides free training and continuing education to the public health workforce in four states and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands with a focus on the top public health issues of today: childhood obesity, the opioid epidemic and mental health care.Continue reading
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This Virus Actually May Boost — Not Weaken — Our Immune System
Lifelong cytomegalovirus infection may be beneficial, boosting the immune system in old age, when we need it most, according to a study led by University of Arizona researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Continue reading
Complex brain circuitry revealed using new single-cell sequencing technology
TGen and Circuit Therapeutics lead discoveries that could help patients with neuro-related conditions such as Parkinson’s and drug addictionContinue reading
UA Researchers Develop Novel ‘Lung-on-a-Leaf’ Model to Study Pulmonary Diseases
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix scientists cross-utilize plant biology, medicine and engineering to create novel platform.Continue reading
TGen Bioscience Leadership Academy Welcomes Inaugural Class
Helios Education Foundation sponsors new program exclusively for high school studentsContinue reading
Pfizer to Expand Venture Investing with $600 Million Commitment to Pfizer Ventures
Approximately 255 of new funding to be dedicated to neuroscience.Continue reading
UA College of Nursing Receives $1.6M Grant to Examine the Healing Potential of Curcumin for Acute Lung Injury
The five-year National Institutes of Health grant will enable Charles Downs, PhD, to study whether the non-pharmacological supplement curcumin can prevent lung injury.Continue reading
INSYS Therapeutics Provides an Update on Its Ongoing Transformation
PHOENIX, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INSYS Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSY), a leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of pharmaceutical cannabinoids and spray technology, today reiterated its ongoing efforts to fundamentally transform the company. Below is a synopsis of these ongoing efforts.Continue reading