University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix has forged a clinical education affiliation with Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, a nonprofit serving about 70 percent of the state’s at-risk AIDS population.Continue reading
Author Archive: AZBio
Dr. Esther Sternberg joins UA Center of Integrated Medicine as Director of Research
She will establish and direct the Institute on Place and Well-Being to explore and measure the effects of built space and the physical and green environment on human health, emotions and spirituality.Continue reading
ASU appoints DuBois executive director of Biodesign Institute
Raymond DuBois, an internationally renowned physician-scientist whose research has advanced the understanding of the molecular basis for the prevention of colon cancer, has been named executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.Continue reading
TGen cancer researcher one of first recipients of ARM scholarships
Anne Rita Monahan (ARM) Foundation also names 2012 ‘Crusader’Continue reading
Meet the 2012 AZBio Fast Lane Winners
Global Cancer Diagnostics, Inc.(Tempe, Arizona), The Critical Path Institute (Tucson, Arizona and Rockville, Maryland) and Ulthera, Inc.(Mesa, Arizona) announced as 2012 AZBio Fast Lane Award Winners.Continue reading
Brain State Technologies® Releases a New Fourth Generation Neurotechnology System
Brain State Technologies announced the release of its BST Optimization Suite 4.0 software platform on Friday September 21, 2012. The system is based on 10 years of research and development, and employs over 3,000,000 brainwave patterns. More than 200 global offices feed the world’s largest relational data warehouse of brainwave activity 24/7/365. This continuous data stream generates a dynamic software infrastructure that adapts itself to newly acquired information, updates its own algorithms, and ‘automagically’ pushes these updates, in real-time, to worldwide offices.Continue reading
Provista raises $2.5 M
Provista Diagnostics Announces the Closing of Additional $2.5 Million Series A Preferred Financing Continue reading
UA Professor Directs Manufacture of Experimental Stroke Drug
By Alexis Blue, University Communications | September 20, 2012
Researchers think the drug 3K3A-APC, currently undergoing clinical trials in Europe, may help reduce brain damage and improve motor skills after a stroke.Continue reading
Medtronic seeks pharma partners for Alzheimer’s treatments
According to a receint article in FierceMedicalDevices, Medtronic ($MDT) believes its pump technology could pair well with the next generation of Alzheimer’s treatments, and the company is on the hunt for pharmaceutical partners.Continue reading
Mayo Clinic spies enzyme that destroys brain-clogging Alzheimer’s protein
Mayo Clinic scientists believe they’ve found an enzyme that could defeat Alzheimer’s disease by destroying the brain-clogging protein that is a hallmark of the condition as it advances.Continue reading