PHOENIX, Ariz. — Bhavik Patel, M.D., has been appointed chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer for Mayo Clinic in Arizona. In this role, Dr. Patel will lead Mayo Clinic’s Advanced AI and Innovation Hub in Arizona with a focus on expanding AI-based solutions within Mayo’s three shields of Practice, Research and Education, in addition to business operations. Continue reading
The City of Hope-developed investigational small molecule selectively disrupts DNA replication and repair in cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unaffected, a new study reports.Continue reading
The findings could lay foundations for cognitive impairment therapy and help improve memory.Continue reading
Flagstaff, Arizona — July 25, 2023 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, today announced that J. Gregory Caporaso, Ph.D., has joined the Institute as a Professor in its pathogen and microbiome division located in Flagstaff, more commonly known as TGen North. Continue reading
July 24, 2023 (Tucson, Ariz.) – Applications for the 2023 IdeaFunding competition are live and startups can submit applications before August 28, 2023. IdeaFunding is Southern Arizona’s largest and longest entrepreneurial conference and pitch competition, where this year over $70,000 in prize funding will be awarded to Arizona companies. IdeaFunding is co-led by Startup Tucson and the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) and presented by the Arizona Commerce Authority. Continue reading
Gene splicing defect known as “cryptic exons” detected using single-nuclei RNA sequencingContinue reading
TUCSON, Arizona — The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies received a strong vote of support from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors with the June 28 approval of $4 million in funding for the life sciences innovation hub being developed on the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix.Continue reading
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.– HonorHealth Research Institute played a key role in what is being described as a substantial improvement in the treatment of primary advanced or first recurrent endometrial cancer, the nation’s most common gynecological malignancy.Continue reading
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.– HonorHealth Research Institute announced today that it is among the first healthcare providers in the U.S., and the first in Arizona, to use an advanced radiation protection system as part of the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.Continue reading