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October 29, 2025
UAMS Study Links Molecular Markers to Chronic Health Conditions in Marshallese
LITTLE ROCK — Differences in molecules that help build DNA could be the key to explaining why the Marshallese community faces high rates of Type 2 diabetes and related chronic health conditions, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds…
February 27, 2019
UAMS Researchers Lead First Rapid Sequencing of Multiple Viruses Using Pocket-Sized Device
An international team of researchers led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first to deploy a pocket-sized nanopore device for rapid genetic sequencing of multiple human viruses. The findings are published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, the world’s most cited microbiology journal. UAMS’ Thidathip (Tip) Wongsurawat, Ph.D., and Piroon…
March 31, 2017
Genomics Workshop Ignites Students’ Passion for Research
March 31, 2017 | A two-day workshop at UAMS made undergraduate student Daniel Games eager to get to something most people want to avoid — viruses. “I didn’t expect to get this much hands-on work,” Games said. “That was great. The workshop lectures were interesting, too, but today was all hands-on software work. We got…