UAMS Translational Research Institute
April 27, 2016
UAMS Invites Public to Learn About Research May 5
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans are invited to attend an information session May 5 about research that is being conducted at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus. The free session will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center, first floor auditorium, 3805 W. 12th St., Little Rock. The evening…
April 19, 2016
New UAMS Website Helps Arkansans Volunteer for Research
April 19, 2016 | Arkansans are now able to volunteer for research studies through a new website developed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute. Called ARresearch.org, the website announced today gives Arkansans a place to sign up if they want to be contacted about UAMS studies that are enrolling…
March 30, 2016
UAMS Researchers Help Uncover Possible Sex Determinant in Mammals
March 30, 2016 | A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) helped discover a new molecular “earmark” on DNA that may determine the sex of all mammals. The sex of human and all mammalian babies may be determined by a simple earmarking of an ancient virus that inserted itself…
November 24, 2015
UAMS, Community Groups Celebrate Research Partnerships
Nov. 24, 2015 | Twenty-five community groups were honored Nov. 13 for their contributions to research at the 3rd annual Community Partner Celebration sponsored by the UAMS Translational Research Institute. The celebration, at the Center at University Park in Little Rock, included welcome remarks from institute Director Laura James, M.D., and UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D….
October 15, 2015
Cancer Researcher Published in New England Journal of Medicine
LITTLE ROCK – Identifying a patient’s genetic mutation led University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician-researcher Ling Gao, M.D., Ph.D., to an existing drug that eliminated the patient’s stage IV Merkel-cell carcinoma. Gao’s findings, made in collaboration with two other UAMS researchers, were published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Metastatic Merkel-cell…
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