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UANews | Many opportunities are available for undergraduates who want to try their hands at research – in the natural sciences as well as in arts, humanities and the social sciences.

UANews | UA Steele Center researchers are investigating how curcumin – the biologically active ingredient in turmeric, used in curry – aids in treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

UANews | The Arizona Cognitive Test Battery, designed by UA psychologists Lynn Nadel and Jamie Edgin, can quickly and easily assess the cognitive abilities of persons with Down syndrome.

UANews | Kristen Hedger Archbold will research the effects of a ventilator therapy on behavior and cognition in school-aged children who stop breathing during sleep, a condition called obstructive sleep apnea.

UANews | The program seeks to understand the unique vision-care needs of children who display high levels of astigmatism, a condition that requires eyeglasses for clear vision.

UANews | Joyce A. Schroeder, an associate professor in the department of molecular and cellular biology, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a first-in-class breast cancer treatment, which is designed to block the interaction of two proteins in cells that cause the cancer to grow and spread.

UANews | The UA Center for Applied Nanobioscience and Medicine is developing technology to revolutionize procedures in law enforcement and medicine.

UANews | UA researchers plan to study whether turmeric, a relative of the ginger plant that has been grown and processed for centuries as a dye and a flavoring for foods such as curry, may aid stroke recovery in adults with diabetes.  

UANews | FRONTERA, a UA College of Medicine summer internship program, promotes public health disparities research along the U.S.-Mexico border. This summer, six students were paired up with UA faculty mentors.

UANews | Emmanuelle J. Meuillet of the Arizona Cancer Center will study the role of inflammation in colon carcinogenesis toward developing a new therapy to treat colon cancer.

UANews | The collaboration will expand the breadth and depth of research conducted in Arizona to prevent, cure and treat childhood diseases and injuries.

UANews | At the Aug. 6 event, first-year UA medical students will recite their class mission statement and don white coats for the first time, acknowledging their entrance into the medical profession. 

UANews | Comparing the genomes of disease-causing and harmless bacteria, UA microbiologists found no clear genetic demarcation between the two groups. The bacteria have swapped genes in the past, suggesting they can switch roles fairly easily.

UANews | Efforts by the Mexican government to control the manufacturing of methamphetamine resulted in a drop in treatment admissions in Mexico and in neighboring Texas, a study led by UA researcher James Cunningham finds.

UANews | Distance to the border is more important for methamphetamine and heroin purity than for cocaine, according to study by UA College of Medicine researcher James Cunningham.