Major milestone will improve detection of drug-induced acute kidney injury in clinical trialsContinue reading
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Arizona-based biotech startup BioLab Sciences announces patent for regenerative tissue therapy, MyOwn SkinTM
BioLab Sciences, an innovator in regenerative medicine technologies, today announced its exclusively licensed technology for MyOwn SkinTM, a painless, non-surgical procedure, which leverages a patient’s own skin to produce full-thickness skin grafts in 5-7 days.Continue reading
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Announces the Institute of Oncology Research Has Adopted the HTG EdgeSeq Technology in its Genomics Facility
HTG’s extraction-free, targeted next-generation sequencing technology adopted to support the IOR’s research and clinical trials in hematological cancers and solid tumorsContinue reading
Hope for People With PD-L1-Positive Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With Abraxane Improves Outcomes as an Initial Treatment for People With PD-L1-Positive Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
– Tecentriq combination first immunotherapy regimen to demonstrate positive Phase III results in breast cancer –
– Tecentriq and nab-paclitaxel significantly reduced the risk of disease worsening or death in both the intention-to-treat and PD-L1-positive populations –
– Clinically meaningful overall survival improvement in the PD-L1-positive population at this interim analysis –
– Data are being presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2018 Congress, featured in the press program and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine on October 20, 2018 –
‘Leading women’ of biotech share insights
Gathered on the 20th floor of a Phoenix skyscraper on a Monday evening, nearly 40 women – and a few brave men – looked out over the valley and shared their “no boundaries” spirit. They came to connect on the topic of women’s leadership in the biotech industry in Arizona at an Arizona Bioscience Week event, “Leading Women: Biotech and Beyond.”Continue reading
ASU and BioXFEL consortium awarded $22.5 million to capture biology at the atomic level using X-ray lasers
Eight Arizona State University faculty researchers are part of an eight-campus consortium of U.S. universities that is revolutionizing bioimaging through collaborations with academia and industry.Continue reading
UA-Banner Health All of Us Research Program Reaches Enrollment Milestone
Joining the national research effort, 15,000 Arizonans have enrolled as All of Us Research Program participants, supported by local partners Banner Health and the University of Arizona Health Sciences.Continue reading
Announcing the 2018 AZBio Trailblazers
The 2018 AZBio Trailblazer Honorees are: Senator Nancy Barto, Senator Sean Bowie, Senator Kate Brophy McGee, Representative Douglass Coleman, Representative Heather Carter, Representative Regina Cobb, DDS, Representative Randall Friese, MD, Representative Mark Finchem, Representative Maria Syms, and Representative Jeff Weninger.
Senator Kimberly Yee will be honored with the Chairman’s Award.