The annual Health Careers Institute for High School Students at Midwestern University is an interactive, hands-on opportunity for young people interested in a future in healthcare to sample medical careers.Continue reading
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Arizona Bioscience Week Celebrates Life & Science in 2020
CHANDLER, Ariz — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced the lineup for the fifth annual Arizona Bioscience Week including its schedule of daily online community educational programs, a 1-hour television special Celebrating Life & Science, and the White Hat Life Science Investor Conference. All events will take place between September 14, 2020 and September 19, 2020.Continue reading
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Announces New Commercialization and Distribution Agreement for Companion Diagnostics with QIAGEN
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced the signing of a Commercialization and Distribution Agreement (Master Agreement) with QIAGEN Manchester Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) (QIAGEN).Continue reading
FDA Approves Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) for Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in Adults and Children 2 Months and Older
In two clinical trials, Evrysdi improved motor function in people living with SMA over a broad spectrum of ages and levels of disease severity, including Types 1, 2, and 3 SMA
- Evrysdi helped infants survive without permanent ventilation and achieve the ability to sit without support, a key motor milestone not normally seen in the natural course of the disease
- Evrysdi is the first and only medicine for SMA that can be taken at home
UArizona Announces On Ramp to In-Person Classes Beginning Aug. 24
Labs and art studios will be among the first courses to take place in person, while other classes will begin online on Aug. 24.
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University of Arizona Awarded $26M to Architect the Quantum Internet
The University of Arizona will lead a new National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, called the Center for Quantum Networks, with core partners Harvard, MIT and Yale.
Ensuring Scientific Justice by Building Bridges to Minority Communities is Centerpiece of BIOEquality Agenda
The BIOEquality Agenda is a national effort in collaboration with our partners and member organizations in the biotechnology sector that aims to counteract the systemic inequality, injustice, and unfair treatment of underserved communities. Continue reading
Researchers to Develop Device to Accurately and Quickly Detect COVID-19
The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine Awarded Grant from NASA to Develop Prototype by September 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix are developing a device that will easily and accurately detect COVID-19 in a matter of minutes.Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson Announces Agreement with U.S. Government for 100 Million Doses of Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine
Company working to ensure broad global access to COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following approval from regulatorsContinue reading
Woodbury named CEO of Science Foundation Arizona
ASU’s chief science and technology officer will lead the nonprofit, which connects researchers, businessesContinue reading