The Pre-Launch Consortium aims to establish the first global, multi-specialty clinical trials network dedicated to the timely and efficient development of safe and effective therapies for children.Continue reading
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TGen developing quick, affordable and accurate test to diagnose debilitating Lyme disease
Focus On Lyme funds TGen research; plans scientific conference promoting better diagnostics and treatments for infected patients Continue reading
AZBio Members Named to Most Influential Women List
Az Business honors the Most Influential Women in Arizona. They are the best business minds in Arizona. They are innovators, trailblazers and leaders of industry. — Michael Gossie, Editor, AZBusiness Magazine
TGen discovers genetic mutation that causes the appearance of premature aging and severe loss of fat in children
Study of 3-year-old girl by TGen Center for Rare Childhood Disorders is published today in PLOS ONEContinue reading
Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (H.R.1599) Advances
Bipartisan action on July 14, 2015 by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee advances the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (H.R. 1599).Continue reading
Groundbreaking Clinical Trial to Assess Use of Newborn Stem Cells in the Treatment of Pediatric Stroke
Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®) is launching an FDA-regulated clinical trial to investigate autologous stem cell therapy in children diagnosed as having had a prenatal or perinatal pediatric stroke.Continue reading
A Vote for Our Future: 21st Century Cures Passes in the House
In a 344 to 77 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.6: The 21st Century Cures Act on the morning of July 10, 2015. Continue reading
NSF Award Propels Northern Arizona University Team Toward All-Terrain Prosthetic
Researchers slogging through a tangle of sensors, motors and algorithms face a challenging path, but it’s nothing like the terrain that must be crossed by someone walking with a prosthetic ankle.Continue reading
Doctors to Get Better Access to Digital Data
UA researchers are developing software that lets doctors more quickly and effectively analyze digitized biomedical images like this one of breast tissue. Continue reading
UA Startup to Develop Cancer Treatment
A drug by Synactix Pharmaceuticals starves and obstructs tumor growth by preventing blood vessel formation and oncogene signaling.Continue reading