Pictured above: Dr. Min Zou and her research team at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Tansel Karabacek’s research laboratory on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has the aesthetic quality of a well-run auto mechanic’s garage.…
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Xu works with the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University. (Photo provided) Arkansas’ scientific contribution to cost-effective biofuels is rooted in a plant not commonly associated with energy: tobacco. A landmark $206 billion settlement from the nation’s leading tobacco…
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NCTR Drug Research Could Save Consumers Millions
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffDr. Laura Schnackenberg with ARA’s Jerry Adams, NCTR Director Tucker Patterson and former Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Nestled discreetly in a densely wooded area of Jefferson County is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s only research lab located outside of the…
Dr. Hong-yu Li, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra reportedly said, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” This classic Yogi-ism is amusing and contains a larger truth: being a…
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Challenging Arkansas to Invest in Research (and a Better Tomorrow)
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffInnovation can seem to come out of nowhere. Like ChatGPT. In reality, the AI program was developed over years or decades with incremental advancements and a variety of victories and failures/false starts, both behind the scenes and quite public. Research…
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Power Plants: How Arkansas Leads Research of Plant-Based Cancer Treatments
Treatments for cancer and the search for cures are a multibillion-dollar industry, directed by the nation’s leading researchers and funded both federally and privately. The mission is critical. In 2022, an estimated 609,360 people will die of cancer in the…
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UAMS Researcher to Lead National Study on Antibiotic Resistance in Vegetables
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEn Huang, Ph.D., an associate professor at the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Health Sciences, has received a three-year, $1 million dollar grant from the USDA to research antibiotic resistance in American vegetables. His team…
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Arkansas Children’s Hospital Receives $11.5M for New Center
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFollowing five years of great success, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s Center of Translational Pediatric Research (CTPR) has been awarded $11.5 million in Phase II funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The center uses a cutting-edge systems biology approach,…
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McReynolds, Morris Join Arkansas Research Alliance Board
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced Wednesday the addition of two new members to its Board of Trustees: Judy McReynolds of ArcBest and Jason Morris of Walmart. The new board members, whose tenure has already begun, will be introduced formally…
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Dr. Susan D. Emmett to Lead UAMS Center for Hearing Health Equity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has announced Susan D. Emmett, M.D., will lead its new Center for Hearing Health Equity. Emmett is an otolaryngologist and public health-trained researcher. In addition to obtaining a MPH, she also holds four grants…