Author Archive: AZBio
$10 million in new funding at Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI)
Surf’s High for a Desert Plant
When you hear “surf’s up,” the last thing you might think of is a desert shrub called “guayule” (pronounced “why-oo-lee”). But technology that began with a partnership between USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and a small Arizona-based company, Yulex Corporation, recently put wetsuits made with this daisy relative on the market that are more elastic and more comfortable than those made with conventional, petroleum-based neoprene.Continue reading
Engineering New Lungs
In new research by Cheryl Nickerson and her team at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute and external collaborators, a radical approach to addressing the problems of transplantation potential and repairing scarred lungs is under investigation.Continue reading
Senestech To Be Honored by the SBA with the 2015 Tibbetts Award
The Tibbets Award Recognizes High-Tech Small Businesses to for Innovative and Outstanding Contributions
ClearData lands $25 million in latest funding round
By Hayley Ringle, Reporter- Phoenix Business Journal
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Calimmune Completes $15 Million Series B Financing
Proceeds Will Advance Clinical Trials for Gene-Based HIV/AIDS Therapies Continue reading
Robert P. Bowser PhD honored by The American Academy of Neurology and The ALS Association
The American Academy of Neurology and The ALS Association awarded the 2015 Sheila Essey Award to Robert P. Bowser, Ph.D., from Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, and Adriano Chio, M.D., F.A.A.N., from the University of Turin, Italy. The award recognizes significant research contributions in the search for the cause, prevention of and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Continue reading