2014 MedTech Innovator Award Semi-Finalists Announced. $175,000 in Awards Available to Winning TeamsContinue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
Senestech signs exclusive licensing agreement with Neogen
AZBio Member Senestech has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Neogen to manufacture and market a rodent control product that uses fertility control to manage rat populations.Continue reading
NIH Awards UA $2M to Study Recovery of Language After Stroke
An interdisciplinary team of UA researchers has received a $2.098 million grant to study recovery of language in the early phase of recovery after a stroke.Continue reading
Slepian-Led Startup Targets Paradigm Shift in Heart Valve Surgery
University Relations – Communications | June 11, 2014Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, UA professor of medicine and biomedical engineering and a cardiologist at the UA Sarver Heart Center, is the founding CEO of PolyNova.Continue reading
TGen and Arizona Community Foundation partner to support ASU football concussion research
TGen Concussion Research Fund is first under ACF’s new Jerry Colangelo Center for Sports PhilanthropyContinue reading
HTG Launches an Automated, Sequencing-Based miRNA Whole Transcriptome Digital Gene Expression Assay for Challenging Sample Types
TUCSON, AZ– – Today HTG Molecular Diagnostics announced the availability of HTG EdgeSeq miRNA Whole Transcriptome Assay for measuring the expression of 2,275 human microRNAs (miRNAs) described in the miRBase v20 database.Continue reading
VisionGate® Adds Three Prominent Board Directors
VisionGate Inc., an in vitro diagnostics company that has developed the patented Cell-CT®,a 3D cell imaging platform being utilized in early disease detection, recently added three new esteemed business leaders to its Board of Directors. The directors come on board at a pivotal time for VisionGate, as its revolutionary, non-invasive test for the early detection of lung cancer – LuCED® – is poised to enter the market.Continue reading
Arizonans in the Spotlight at BIO 2014
Leaders from across Arizona will be sharing insights on stage at BIO 2014 in San Diego.Continue reading
Regents Approve New UA Downtown Phoenix Project
Construction of Biosciences Partnership Building Set to BeginContinue reading
Nationally Noted Physician-Scientist, Health Administrator Dr. Andrew S. Kraft Named Director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center
TUCSON, Ariz. – Andrew S. Kraft, MD, a nationally recognized prostate cancer physician-scientist and cancer center administrator, has been named the Sydney E. Salmon endowed chair and Director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center and Associate Vice President for Oncology Programs for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. In addition to his Cancer Center leadership role, Dr. Kraft joins the University as tenured Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research in the College of Medicine.Continue reading