Washington, DC, USA (June 3rd, 2021): Virgin Galactic has announced a new contract to fly International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) researcher Kellie Gerardi on a test flight of the company’s spaceflight system, during which Kellie will conduct experiments and test new healthcare technologies (including the Astroskin Bio-Monitor) while she’s in space. Continue reading
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Phoenix Innovators are Driving Translational Discovery
It is challenging to find anyone who has not had their life impacted by cancer, a debilitating illness, or a degenerative condition. These diseases affect not only the patient’s life, but those of their families and their surrounding community. The advancement of medicine is changing this trajectory, and that advancement will go right through Phoenix.Continue reading
University of North Dakota Centers for Family Medicine Pursuing Research Study on Blood-based Colorectal Cancer Screening
Phoenix, Arizona, June 1, 2021 – The University of North Dakota (UND) Center for Family Medicine (CFM) in Bismarck is partnering with Beacon Biomedical Inc. to study a new blood-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, called BeScreened-CRC, for North Dakota patients.Continue reading
ASU’s new Health Futures Center provides fresh intersections with Mayo Clinic to transform health care
State-of-the-art facility designed to support medical research, learning and entrepreneurshipContinue reading
Caris Life Sciences Raises $830 Million in Growth Equity Capital to Continue to Expand its Precision Medicine Platform
Caris Life Sciences Raises $830 Million in Growth Equity Capital to Continue to Expand its Precision Medicine Platform
Accelerates Caris’ rapid growth as the market leader reshaping precision oncology through basic science research and the application of artificial intelligence to one of the largest clinico-genomic databases
Capital raise represents one of the largest private financings in precision medicine supported by a diverse, high-quality syndicate of leading investorsContinue reading
Castle Biosciences Supports the American Skin Association with Research Grant
The ASA Castle Biosciences Research Grant Melanoma was awarded to Joel Sunshine, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Rays of Hope Conference Brings Brain Injury Survivors Together
Rays of Hope provides an annual opportunity for survivors, their families, and caregivers to share experiences on their respective roads to recovery. This emotional connection often leads to greater insights about the invisible disability known as brain injury.Continue reading
CSL Behring Announces Closing of Global Commercialization and License Agreement with uniQure for etranacogene dezaparvovec
• Etranacogene dezaparvovec (AMT-061) is an investigational gene therapy that may potentially provide people with hemophilia B with years of functional levels of Factor IX, a blood-clotting protein that prevents excessive bleeding.
• uniQure will complete the Phase 3 HOPE-B trial and scale up manufacture for initial commercial supply under an agreed plan with CSL Behring.
Arizona Expands Telehealth Law, Making it Broadest in the Nation
On May 5, 2021, Governor Ducey signed H.B. 2454, legislation which dramatically expands access to telehealth services in Arizona. The legislation—the most expansive in the country—makes telemedicine a permanent fixture of Arizona’s healthcare system.Continue reading
Pfizer and BioNTech Receive First U.S. Authorization for Emergency Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents
- In a Phase 3 trial, the vaccine was 100% effective and generally well tolerated in participants aged 12 to 15 years
- Data also submitted to European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other global regulators, with additional authorizations expected in coming weeks