2024 is the Year the ASU Biodesign Institute Celebrates 20 Years of Nature-Inspired Innovation

Posted on Thu/25/JanuaryThu/25/January by AZBio

Biodesign scientists have created a therapy against the Ebola virus, discovered an early diagnostic for breast cancer and provided data that brought potentially harmful chemicals in personal-care products to light.

These are just a handful of ways our research is leading to discoveries and inventions that answer today’s challenges. As the premier scientific research institute in the nation’s fastest-growing research university, Biodesign’s impact is accelerating. We invite you to explore highlights of our accomplishments and join us in designing a better future.Continue reading→

Opportunity Alert: TechConnect World innovation Conference and Expo Reimbursement Grant

Posted on Wed/24/JanuaryWed/24/January by AZBio

For over 20 years, the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo has connected top applied research and early-stage innovations from universities, labs, and startups with industry end-users and prospectors.Continue reading→

City of Hope, TGen Researchers Develop Machine-Learning Tool to Detect Cancer Earlier via Liquid Biopsy

Posted on Wed/24/JanuaryWed/24/January by AZBio

The innovative “fragmentomics” approach could one day allow doctors to identify cancer in patients sooner than possible today using smaller blood drawsContinue reading→

Ceria Therapeutics, Inc. Awarded a $2,000,000 SBIR Grant to Advance Development of a Novel Treatment for Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Posted on Mon/22/JanuaryMon/22/January by AZBio

The award will go towards the development of CTX-001 in preparation for clinical studies.Continue reading→

How Every Arizonan Can Help Shape Public Policy

Posted on Sat/20/JanuarySat/20/January by AZBio

Did you know that the Arizona Legislature has a system that makes it possible for the people of Arizona to provide feedback on proposed policy as it moves through the process? It is called the Request to Speak System (RTS) and your voice matters.Continue reading→

Get an Inside Look at the AZ State Health Lab

Posted on Sat/20/JanuarySat/20/January by AZBio

Protecting Arizonans at every stage of life at the AZ State Health LabContinue reading→

Bill Proposing an Appropriation into the Arizona Health Innovation Trust Fund Receives Unanimous Support in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee

Posted on Wed/17/JanuaryWed/17/January by AZBio

SB1019: appropriation; health innovation trust fund received its first hearing in Arizona’s Senate Health and Human Services Committee on January 16, 2024. As currently written, SB1019 appropriates $5M to the Arizona Health Innovation Trust Fund, and declares that it is the Legislature’s intent that the Fund, consisting of monies appropriated by the Legislature, gifts or grants donated or given to the Fund and earnings from the Fund, steadily grow to ultimately maintain a permanent endowment balance of at least $200 million.

SB1019 received a unanimous do pass recommendation. It now is eligible for consideration by the Senate Appropriations Committee.Continue reading→

NuvOx Pharma Announces Issuance of a New Patent

Posted on Mon/15/JanuaryMon/15/January by AZBio

NuvOx Pharma has been issued US Patent No. 11,857,627, entitled “Fractionated Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy with an Oxygen Therapeutic.”
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Study shows genetically modified pluripotent stem cells may evade immunological rejection after transplantation

Posted on Sat/13/JanuarySat/13/January by AZBio

Researchers say the genetically engineered stem cells also could pave the way for new regenerative medicine treatments for diseases such as Type 1 diabetes.Continue reading→

An Interview with AZBio President and CEO on Life Sciences M&A in Arizona

Posted on Thu/11/JanuaryThu/11/January by AZBio

Recently, PULSE had a conversation with Joan Koerber-Walker, president and CEO of AZBio, which recently celebrated 20 years of supporting the growth of Arizona’s life science industry. Joan, who has led AZBio since 2011, has a vested interest in making Arizona a place where bioscience organizations can thrive and find success, while supporting economic growth at the local and state level. PULSE asked Joan for her perspective on how mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have impacted and benefited Arizona’s economic outlook and contributions to the state.

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