The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to treat cancers caused by human papillomavirus…
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UAMS Student’s Research Published in AMA Journal
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Austin Morgan’s results from his study on diversity among cancer centers’ leadership. The study, conducted in August 2020, examines racial, ethnic…
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Medical Marijuana Sales an Economic Juggernaut, But Some Patients Say Prices Too High
The medical marijuana program in Arkansas has been an economic success story with sales of $258 million from between mid-2019 when the first dispensary opened through March. Sales are averaging $716,900 per day. But patient proponents say people have to…
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Rejuvenix Technologies Receives $383K SBIR Award to Develop Chemotherapy Technology
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas health care company Rejuvenix Technologies has landed a National Cancer Institute contract worth more than $300,000 to develop new technologies to delivery chemotherapy. The company received a $383,213 National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract. The…
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Schueck-McCarty Family Pledges $1 Million to UAMS Cancer Institute for NCI Designation
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Schueck and McCarty family has committed $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ effort to achieve a National Cancer Institute Designation for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. According to Marge Schueck, her family is passionate…
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UAMS Receives $1 Million to Support National Cancer Institute Designation Effort
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1 million commitment toward its effort to obtain a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Larry Crain Sr. has pledged to provide the…
Dr. Fen Xia, a professor and chair of the department of radiation oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has received a five-year grant of more than $1.86 million from the National Cancer Institute. She received the grant…
Cam Patterson, M.D., M.B.A Over the last 20 years, cancer deaths in the United States have decreased by five percent. Unfortunately, in Arkansas, over that same time period, cancer deaths have actually increased by nine percent. We must do something…
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UAMS Houses National Cancer Institute Imaging Archive
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is now home the Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute. More than 40 terabytes of data have been transferred to UAMS from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St.…