PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic in Arizona has completed its 2,000th kidney transplant since the program opened in 1999 – a milestone that places the program among the 10 largest kidney transplant programs in the U.S. The 2,000th patient, a 24-year-old man from Arizona, received a kidney from a deceased donor and was recuperating well following the two-hour surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital.Continue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
Accelerate Diagnostics Raises $20M in Rights Offering
Accelerate Diagnostics Announces Final Results of Rights OfferingContinue reading
Ventana founder, Tom Grogan, named AZBio Pioneer
Dr. Thomas M. Grogan of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, will be honored with AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2013 AZBio Awards.Continue reading
Over 50% of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Heart Hospitals” Are Certified to Implant the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Demonstrates Growing Acceptance As The New Standard Of Care For End-Stage Biventricular Heart FailureContinue reading
Brain State Technologies Expands Global Reach
New Licensees Provide Brainwave Optimization to the World
Brain State Technologies extends its global reach with new licensees in US, Canada, and Barbados now providing Brainwave Optimization.Continue reading
Native American students complete 10-week cancer research projects
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Students who are part of the Native American Cancer Prevention program, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, presented their research Aug. 1 at Northern Arizona University.Continue reading
Step Right Up – Take The Arizona Innovation Challenge
Calling All Entrepreneurs & Stakeholders of Arizona’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
Applications are now open for the Fall Arizona Innovation Challenge.Continue reading
TGen’s ‘Medical Miracle’ — now wheelchair-free — celebrates 13th birthday
Shelby Valint, following TGen genomic sequencing, able to walk and talk, even run and dance; urges public to help other children like herContinue reading
ASU Spinout Heliae Raises $28.4 Million in New Funding
New funds to accelerate growth and expand commercial footprint.Continue reading
UA Researchers Explore Root of Diabetic Retinal Damage
The UA’s Erika Eggers has received an Innovative Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to identify the early mechanisms of diabetic retinal damage.Continue reading