A University of Arizona-led team finds that mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — plug directly into the nucleus, fueling the genes that build the heart, brain and body.

Regents Professor Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, devotes her career to “hedgehog,” a cell signaling pathway that may hold keys for improving neuroendocrine cancer treatment and help identify new drug targets.

Researchers received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to examine how being awake in the middle of the night could impact a person’s ability to make decisions.

A study led by researchers from the departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine showed that azithromycin did not help preschool children in the hospital emergency department with bouts of severe wheezing.

People living with chronic pain are more likely to have treatment-resistant depression — or not receive any treatment at all. Dr. Jennifer S. De La Rosa hopes to address the unmet needs of this population.

A five-year, nearly $14 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, will support a University of Arizona-led clinical trial headed by Sairam Parthsarathy, MD, comparing three common treatments for obstructive sleep apnea.

The College of Medicine – Tucson and the College of Medicine – Phoenix, which Blue Ridge combines for ranking purposes, increased their combined funding to $108.2 million, boosting their national rank two spots to No. 55.

With the 100th anniversary of its “Bear Down” motto, the University of Arizona is looking back at remarkable moments in its history, including the Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center roles in revolutionizing CPR and creating an artificial heart.

As Ike Chinyere, PhD, a University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson third-year medical student, breaks it down, biomedical research, clinical care and entrepreneurship fit together naturally.

The ‘Costco 100’ brought scientists and fellow travelers together for a fun fall ride that sparked more than just conversation. Organizers hope to make it an annual tradition.