PHOENIX, Ariz. — June 6, 2022 — Today marks the start of the 16th class of Helios Scholars at TGen, the flagship internship program at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope.
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TGen works with Arizona zoos and state and federal wildlife agencies to test wild animals for SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19 in humans
Program helps ensure animals and the general public are protected from SARS-Cov-2 and serves as a model for monitoring other zoonotic diseases in the futureContinue reading
Complementary Legal Resources for AZBio Members
In partnership with Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio), Booth Udall Fuller and Perkins Coie are offering weekly office hours to give AZBio members the opportunity to ask questions regarding the legal strategies of their businesses.
University of Arizona Launches Incubator Outpost at Biosphere 2
TUCSON, Ariz.– The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) held a grand opening yesterday to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.
Avery Therapeutics, Inc Announces a Publication in Nature Scientific Reports Outlining Methods of Acquiring Cardiac MRI Endpoints in High Value Pre-Clinical Models of Heart Failure from University of Arizona Study
TUCSON, Ariz., – April 11, 2022 – Avery Therapeutics, Inc. (Avery), a privately held, pre-clinical stage therapeutics company, today announced a publication in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nature Scientific Reports, outlining a novel technique in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) data acquisition utilizing smart-signal gradient recalled echo (GRE)-based array sequences, entitled, “Free-breathing gradient recalled echo-based CMR in a swine heart failure model,” (Morris, el al. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07611-8).
Study describes new method for probing the bewildering diversity of the microbiom
In recent years, researchers have begun to explore the vast assemblage of microbes on and within the human body. These include protists, archaea, fungi, viruses and vast numbers of bacteria living in symbiotic ecosystems.
Aqualung Therapeutic’s ALT-100 Monoclonal Antibody Cited as A Novel Therapeutic for Lung Fibrosis
TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / April 4, 2022 / Aqualung Therapeutics, an early-stage immunotherapeutics biotech company developing an anti-inflammatory therapeutic platform for unchecked inflammation has published another study touting the effectiveness of its anti-inflammatory ALT-100 monoclonal antibody (mAb)
TGen-Temple review suggests even normal weight individuals are susceptible to severe fatty liver disease
Risk factors could include diet, genetics and ethnicity; no global consensus on how to screen for potentially deadly liver conditions
Could diet modification make chemotherapy drugs more effective for patients with pancreatic cancer?
Laboratory experiments at Princeton University and TGen, testing a ketogenic diet, lead to nationwide clinical trial
TGen, HonorHealth and Irish biomedical firm initiate promising ‘Nieto’ clinical trial against pancreatic cancer
Named for a respected Arizona scientist, this trial uses a combination of drugs against advanced cancer in patients where other treatments have failed