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Science Writer: Biodesign Institute richard.harth@asu.eduContinue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
Meet Amanda Grimes – Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year
Amanda Grimes of the Mesa Public Schools Biotechnology Academy to receive the 2013 Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year Award at the 8th Annual AZBio Awards on October 10, 2013.Continue reading
Mayo Clinic to Open Stem Cell Laboratory in Phoenix
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, with one of the most active bone marrow transplant programs in United States, will open its own stem cell laboratory in summer 2014. The laboratory will be initially dedicated to storing and processing stem cells used for bone marrow transplants at Mayo Clinic Hospital and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.Continue reading
Scott Arden Joins Xeridiem® as Product Development Director
Xeridiem has expanded the leadership team with the appointment of Scott Arden as Product Development Director, he has extensive experience in new product development.Continue reading
ASU Spinout HealthTell Raises $4 million in New Funding for Innovative Cancer Tests
AZ-based company developing inexpensive tools for individual health monitoringContinue reading
BioDirection Completes $3.95 Million Series A Financing
Tucson Arizona Company Developing Rapid Point of Care Testing for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)Continue reading
Illumina, Qiagen set to drive adoption of NGS testing for clinical use with new platforms (BioPharm Insight)
- Next-generation sequencing could help find answers behind misunderstood pediatric diseases
- Results are now available within a day or two
- Costs of genomic sequencing have dropped dramatically
Insys Therapeutics on the rise
In the three months since Chandler, Arizona based Insys Therapeutics had its initial public offering Insys stock has been on the rise with a gain of over 120% from its original offering price. Continue reading
Today’s Students;Tomorrow’s Bioscience Leaders
STEM education is one of the hottest topics in education and economics today. To be globally competitive in the future, our nation and our industry needs to encourage and inspire students to pursue STEM careers and to support the teachers who are nurturing our future leaders.Continue reading