Accurate Diagnosis Can Lead to More Effective, Personalized Treatments, Data Presentation at 4th Annual ITMIG Meeting was Selected to receive “Barbara Neibauer Award”.Continue reading→
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SynCardia Setting a Record Breaking Pace in 2013
Surgeons Worldwide Implanted a Record 125 SynCardia Total Artificial Hearts So Far in 2013. SynCardia Certified Centers on Track to Implant 180 SynCardia Hearts by Year’s EndContinue reading
Excelsius Surgical, LLC Names Fred Moll and Rich Grant to Board of Directors
Experienced Medical Device Executives Join Excelsius Surgical BoardContinue reading
FDA finalizes new system to identify medical devices
Rule will help to improve patient safety (FDA NEWS RELEASE)Continue reading
Linda Hunt of Dignity Health Named Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year
Linda Hunt, President and CEO Dignity Health in Arizona to receive the 2013 Jon W. McGarity Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year Award on October 10, 2013 at the AZBio Awards in Phoenix.Continue reading
Mayo Clinic Joins the Arizona Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator
Mayo will add medical technology transfer expertise and intellectual property to second installation of competition.Continue reading
20 Early Stage Companies Named Recipients of the Arizona Commerce Authority AZ Fast Grant
20 EARLY STAGE COMPANIES NAMED RECIPIENTS OF THE ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY AZ FAST GRANT: Latest Round Includes New Category Supporting Arizona Manufacturing Continue reading
’Ick’ Factor Aside, Mayo Clinic Study Finds Fecal Transplants Effective
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A simple treatment that involves transplanting healthy feces into a patient suffering from a debilitating and sometimes deadly infection of the colon called Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, is continuing to show significant promise, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.Continue reading
Ventana to collaborate with Boehringer Ingelheim on the development of companion diagnostic tests
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, Arizona USA. (Photo: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.) Continue reading
NIH funding boosts new Alzheimer’s research on prevention, novel drug targets
$45 million in awards to test early interventions, explore new approaches including to the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative APOE4 Trial — Drs. Eric Reiman and Pierre Tariot, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Phoenix, and co-investigators. Fully funded in fiscal 2013 at $33.2 millionContinue reading