UAMS News


February 1, 2005

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES ADOPTS ARDAIS® BIOSPECIMEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Lexington, MA and Little Rock, AR, February 1, 2005 – Ardais® Corporation and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today that UAMS has adopted the Ardais Corporation biospecimen management system, creating a comprehensive tissue bank for medical research.


January 28, 2005

Dr. Nancy Rusch Appointed Chair of UAMS Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

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LITTLE ROCK – The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has selected Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Her appointment was effective Jan. 1.


January 27, 2005

$3 Million Grant to Commercialize Drug Addiction Therapies Developed at UAMS

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LITTLE ROCK – InfleXion Therapeutics, LLC, a company started in the biomedical business incubator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $3 million grant to conduct clinical trials for the first antibody treatment for addiction to the drug known as phencyclidine, or PCP.


January 26, 2005

UAMS Marks Record Number of Stem-Cell Transplants In 2004

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LITTLE ROCK – More than 630 patients received stem-cell transplants at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2004, more than any other facility in the nation and a record for an institution that has performed more of the procedures on cancer patients than any other facility in the world.


January 21, 2005

Larry Milne of UAMS Elected to NSBRI Board of Directors

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LITTLE ROCK – Larry D. Milne, Ph.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and research administration at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).


January 20, 2005

UAMS Professor’s Article Among Health Affairs’ Most Read for 2004

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LITTLE ROCK – An article on rising health care costs co-authored by an associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was among the 10 most read online in 2004 by readers of the health policy journal Health Affairs.


January 19, 2005

Jones Eye Institute Receives $110,000 From Research To Prevent Blindness

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LITTLE ROCK – The Department of Ophthalmology in the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute (JEI) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received $110,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness, the world’s leading voluntary organization supporting vision research, for continued research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.


January 18, 2005

Less Than 10 percent of Schools Offer Low-Fat Snacks, Says UAMS Report Designed to Track Childhood Obesity Law

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LITTLE ROCK – Less than 10 percent of Arkansas schools offer low-fat snacks, according to a report by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) delivered to state legislators today.


January 14, 2005

UAMS Instructor Named Arkansas Gerontological Nurse of Year

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LITTLE ROCK – Patricia Edwards Schafer, Ph.D., clinical instructor with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, was recently selected by the Arkansas State Nurses Association as the Advanced Practice Council Gerontological Nurse of the Year.


January 10, 2005

UAMS Offers New Implantable Sleep Apnea Treatment

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LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is first in Arkansas to offer a new, minimally invasive treatment for sleep apnea, a serious health condition caused when an airway blockage triggers constant interruptions in sleep.



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