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• C-Path Awarded Grant to Continue Drug Safety Work

  - 2007-10-16

  TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced the receipt of a $4 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ to continue support for its Arizona Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics AzCERT. The AzCERT (www.AZCERT.org) is one of only fourteen federally funded Centers,...

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• First Online Climate and Environmental-Reporting Service Launches; Details Climate Change Impact, Disease and Other Address-Based Environmental Risks for Consumers

  - 2006-11-29

  Company Plans to Reinvest Half of Its Net Profits to Advance Research and Development in Climate and Environmental Science Communication EASTON, Conn. -- The nation's first online, address-based climate and environmental-risk-reporting service has launched to meet a growing need for information. Climate Appraisal Services, LLC (www.ClimateAppraisal.com) is the...

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• 17th Surgeon General of the United States Joins Canyon Ranch to Continue Health Agenda

  - 2006-10-02

  TUCSON, Ariz. -- Health and wellness industry icon Mel Zuckerman, founder and chairman of Canyon Ranch, has announced that Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, has joined Canyon Ranch as vice chairman of the 27-year-old life enhancement company. Dr. Carmona will also...

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• Latest advancements in cellular DNA repair revealed.

  - 2006-10-01

  Elaine L. Jacobson has discovered the role of niacin and niacin-derived molecules in cellular response to genetic damage and the prevention of photodamage in the skin. Key findings from her research include demonstrating that niacin and its derivatives are crucial in preventing cellular DNA damage,...

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• Study: Valley Fever a Common Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

  - 2006-05-10

  Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., May 10 AScribe Newswire -- Arizona state statistics show that reported cases of valley fever are at record levels. As of the end of April, 2,305 cases of the infection were reported in Arizona, four times the five-year...

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• Arizona Telemedicine Program Director Dr. Ronald Weinstein to Make Presentation at White House Feb. 3.

  - 2005-02-01

  Byline: University of Arizona WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 AScribe Newswire -- Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, is scheduled to demonstrate the latest Web-based technologies for expanding and enhancing health care and ...

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• Group Leader Says Arizona Biosciences Cluster Needs More Help from Industry.

  - 2004-01-08

  By David Wichner, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--While business links to the University of Arizona are vital, the area's biosciences cluster needs more help from the industry if it is to succeed in driving bio-based economic...

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• Obituary: Dr. L. Edwin Hirschi

  - 2003-04-06

  10/12/09 ~ 4/2/03 L. Edwin Hirschi, age 93, retired professor of Mathematics Education from the University of Arizona, Tucson died April 2, 2003 in American Fork, Utah. Born Oct 12, 1909 in Montpelier, ID a son of Jacob J. Hirschi and Rosina Knutti Hirschi, he married...

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• SRC Awards $6.8 Million in University Research Contracts in Q3 2000

  - 2000-10-24

  Business Editors/High Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 24, 2000 -- Largest Contracts Went to MIT and University of Arizona-- University research contracts totaling $6.8 million were awarded in the third quarter of 2000 by the Semiconductor Research Corporation SRC, the chip industry's long-term research consortium....

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• The TesseracT Group, Inc. Names Richard C. Yonker Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  - 1999-04-26

  PHOENIX, AZ--BUSINESS WIRE-- April 26, 1999- - Completes Senior Management Reorganization with Additional Appointments of Director of Academic Affairs and Director of Business Development - The TesseracT Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSST), today announced the appointment of Richard C. Yonker, 51, to the positions of Vice...

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