The newest edition of BioCentury This Week television explores the molecular diagnostic conundrum — where tests are expected to show the kind of clinical evidence required for drugs, but without the reward system that exists for therapeutics.Continue reading
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A bit of certainty for biotech investors and innovators added to “The Fiscal Cliff Bill” this week
This week’s “Fiscal Cliff Bill” included some key provisions that help support biotech innovations here in Arizona. Continue reading
The Tomorrow Project Comes to Biodesign
Intel’s Tomorrow Project asks… What kind of future are you imagining? What kind of future do you want to live in? What future do you want to avoid?
Through conversations about the future, can we make that future better? The Tomorrow Project sets forth that “if we want to imagine a better future and then build it then we need to change the story we are telling ourselves about the future we want to live in.”
In the videos below, Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson visits with thought leaders at The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University to explore the possibilities for shaping health, science and a better tomorrow…
(To learn more about The Tomorrow Project, Click Here.)
Biodesign, Biosignatures and Sensorbots with Deirdre Meldrum
Brian David Johnson talks to Deirdre Meldrum — ASU Senior Scientist, Director of the Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, and Professor of Electrical Engineering – about transforming healthcare by detecting diseases before any symptoms appear. For instance, detecting lung cancer before a CT image would. Other topics include the development of Sensorbots monitoring biogeochemical processes in the ocean.
Biodesign, Science, and Stories of Possible Futures – a Conversation with Michael Birt
Intel futurist, Brian David Johnson talks with Michael Birt to contemplate a future in which people have a greater degree of personal control over predicting and preventing disease. Michael is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Health and Interim Co-director at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute – and author of a medical thriller set in Japan.
Dr. Gholam Peyman, LASIK Surgery Inventor, Wins National Medal of Technology and Innovation
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Physician Among Those Honored by President
Stimwave joins BioInspire Incubator
BioAccel Adds Stimwave Technologies To BioInspire Medical Device Incubator. Stimwave Becomes Sixth Company in 3 months to join the BioInspire Incubator Model Moving Innovations to Commercialization for ArizonaContinue reading
Moving Up The Ranks
Over the last decade, Arizona’s bioscience sector has made amazing progress in building foundational infrastructure for research and discovery in the life science sector. This next decade of focused collaboration is our opportunity to move up the ranks and along the path from Discovery to Development to Delivery. Continue reading
AZBio Unveils 2013 Public Policy Initiatives
AZBio’s policy initiatives in 2013 focus on the path from Discovery to Development to Delivery of life science innovations that will benefit the people of Arizona today and in the future.Continue reading
ACA announces Arizona Innovation Challenge Finalists
The Arizona Commerce Authority’s Fall 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) is down to the finalists. Ten companies remain in contention for grants ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 each.Continue reading