UAMS to study drugs to stem excessive blood loss in injured patients

LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are partnering with the University of Pittsburgh to study whether calcium, vasopressin, or both, will help severely injured patients survive life-threatening blood loss early in treatment.   The CAlcium and VAsopressin following Injury... Read More.
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UAMS gets grant to study drugs involved in cancer

LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding... Read More.
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DETENTION DEPUTY ARRESTED AFTER SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO ADULT JAIL

Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods, Jr. announced the early morning arrest of Deputy Jailer Stephen Young, 24, shortly after reporting for work at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center, whereby supervisory staff uncovered a significant amount of contraband in Young's possession. Sheriff Woods emphasized... Read More.
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