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Health Care Supply Chain Immature and Expensive Due to Lack of Data Standardization, Study Shows

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. � A comprehensive survey conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas reveals that the American health care supply chain is an immature and expensive system with significant barriers to efficiency. Specifically, stakeholders � manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organizations and providers such as hospitals, surgical centers and long-term care facilities � lack good and accurate information because they have not implemented universal standards for data, despite a recent movement in this direction.
Release Date: 10/14/2009

Researcher Discovers New, Better Method of Treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. �

Dr.Zaharoff
A biomedical researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleagues at the National Cancer Institute have discovered a superior method for treating superficial bladder cancer, which leads to muscle-invasive and then metastatic bladder cancer, the fifth most common form of cancer in the United States. David Zaharoff, assistant professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering, combined Interleukin-12 (IL-12), a powerful cytokine, which is a type of protein, with chitosan, a biocompatible and adhesive polysaccharide, to successfully cure mice with bladder tumors.
Release Date: 9/10/2009

Arkansas Receives $3.3 Million Grant From National Science Foundation

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. � Arkansas scientists, students and information-technology workers will benefit from a new $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award, made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will enable researchers at the University of Arkansas and other colleges and universities in the state to build and support cyberinfrastructure and to train students and workers in information-technology systems, tools and services.
Release Date: 9/3/2009

Researchers Use Golden Nanotubes for Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Node

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. �

Dr.Kim
Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes. The new material could be used as a more efficient and less toxic alternative to nanoparticles and fluorescent labels used in the non-invasive, targeted molecular detection of normal cells, such as immune-related cells, and abnormal cells, such as cancer cells and bacteria. Findings were published Sunday in Nature Nanotechnology.
Release Date: 8/28/2009