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UANews | Invented by a UA professor, the new device is in the early stages of human study. It's designed to treat people with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in Americans age 60 or older. There is no known cure for the disease, which can lead to partial or complete vision loss.

UANews | The UA is participating in National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Feb. 28-29. Body image surveys will be offered, and a documentary will be screened, including a discussion with nationally known activist and eating disorder therapist Carolyn Costin.

UANews | In one of the first successful attempts to use whole-genome sequencing to track down the cause of a neurological disease in a patient, UA researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.

UANews | Nationally recognized health-care experts will lead free and open-to-the-public panel discussions at the Arizona Health Forum, "Achieving Affordable Health Care," in Tucson on March 3. A concurrent Health and Wellness Fair will feature free health screenings and information.

UANews | The NemaSym Research Coordination Network is an opportunity for scientists to collaborate on nematode research. Understanding the relationship between roundworms and their internal bacteria offers insights on an array of problems, including pest management in agriculture.

UANews | A public talk by Harvard Medical School's Catherine C. Ayoub will explore how to support parents in raising healthy children even in the face of adversity. The free presentation is Feb. 24 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the John and Doris Norton School Family and Consumer Sciences, Room 103.

UANews | A better, safer emergency treatment for potentially fatal seizure victims has been found, according to a federal study that involved the UA Emergency Medicine Research Center and the Glendale Fire Department.

UANews | An investigation found that refrigerator filters work the best, and some pitcher-style filters work to some degree to remove contaminants. Results of the study are scheduled for publication in the March issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

UANews | UA engineering alumnus Jim Todsen donated a kidney to his wife, Ae, for their 20th wedding anniversary. The two bounced back from the surgery back to ride with their children in El Tour de Tucson.

UANews | Local and national experts in Latino health will host a free public summit Friday and Saturday at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The summit focuses on the effects of excess weight on health in the Latino community and strategies to address the causes of this epidemic. 

UANews | UA professor Richard Michod is three months into his recovery from bypass surgery, and fresh from sailing in the Virgin Islands – a trip he was able to make thanks to a pioneering, minimally invasive, robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass graft procedure offered at The University of Arizona Medical Center.

UANews | The UA and the Translational Genomics Research Institute have received a three-year, $600,000 grant to study targeted cancer therapies. The grant will fund the Center for Targeted Cancer Therapies, created in 2002 to discover new therapies to treat pancreatic cancer.