WASHINGTON – Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema today led a bipartisan letter from members of the Arizona Congressional Delegation urging Congressional leaders to permanently repeal the medical device tax. Sinema was joined on the letter by Senator Martha McSally and Representatives Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02), Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), David Schweikert (AZ-06), Debbie Lesko (AZ-08), and Greg Stanton (AZ-09).Continue reading
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Bright lights, big science: Revolutionary laser instrument receives $4.7 million boost from the National Science Foundation
Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C—the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University—a pathbreaking machine is quietly taking shape. Designed to unlock some of nature’s tiniest and most fleeting mysteries, the Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser (CXFEL) is the only instrument of its kind in the world.
The device is the brainchild of physicist William Graves, a passionate authority on massive, intricate machines for leading-edge science. For the past 30 years he has worked on the design and construction of particle accelerators. The CXFEL represents ASU’s bold attempt to dramatically reduce the size of such instruments, making them suitable for universities and medical institutions.Continue reading
Hushabye Nursery is telling their story with a new video
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is the diagnosis given to infants that are withdrawing from opiates due to exposure prenatally. Neonatal withdrawal can take up to 8 weeks. Hushabye Nursery provides a therapeutic and inviting environment of short-term medical care to infants suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and their families. They offer non-judgmental support, education and counseling to families in a cost-effective manner. Continue reading
Application opens for Flinn Foundation program offering $30K to bioscience startups
The Flinn Foundation’s Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program has opened its 2020 application for Arizona early-stage bioscience firms seeking funding, professional support, and networking opportunities to grow their business.
The program provides $30,000 in non-dilutive funding support for up to six firms each year, administered through a nonprofit partner, and a professionally developed, yearlong plan specific to the needs of the individual firms.Continue reading
Regenesis Biomedical, Inc. named Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year
CHANDLER, Ariz — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced that Regenesis Biomedical, Inc. has been named the Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year and will be honored on October 2, 2019, at the AZBio Awards.
“Pain is real. If it is your pain, relief can be life changing,” stated Joan Koerber-Walker, president & CEO of AZBio. “Regenesis Biomedical discovered an underutilized therapy and developed a unique platform that is delivering a solution to help patients manage their pain with a safe, easy to use, non-drug medical device.”Continue reading
Can the Alzheimer’s Brain Regenerate and Recover?
A $37.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow the University of Arizona to test a unique treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Aural Analytics, Inc. Receives $4.3 Million in Series Seed Round & National Science Foundation Grant Funding to Advance Development of Proprietary Speech Analytics Platform
- Series seed round led by Morningside Ventures and Tamarisc Ventures with participation from established Silicon Valley investor Jamie Gates of TPG, among others
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National Science Foundation provides ongoing support with Small Business Innovation Research phase II grant
$5 Million Gift from Fulton Family Foundation Supports Prevention, Treatment and Research of Childhood Obesity
Gift establishes the Dr. Robin Blackstone Childhood Obesity Center of Excellence at Banner – University Medical Center PhoenixContinue reading
Noted cardiothoracic surgeon joining the All of Us Research Program leadership team in Arizona
Dr. Irving Kron named contact principal investigator for Arizona program
The University of Arizona-Banner Health All of Us Research Program, in partnership with Mariposa Community Health Center, has enrolled more than 32,800 participants to date from across a two-state region of Arizona and Colorado, with more than 82% of volunteers from communities historically underrepresented in biomedical research, representing diversity in race/ethnicity, age, sexual and gender minorities and socioeconomic status.