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Category Archives: AZBio News
Phoenix City Council Adopts New Economic Development Strategic Plan
Bio-Life Sciences tops the list of key areas of focus for the the City of Phoenix
Allegheny General Hospital Implants Region’s 1st SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Doctors Estimate up to 10 Patients a Year at Allegheny Could Benefit from the Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to TransplantContinue reading
State Net Capitol Journal
AZBio partners with LexisNexis and State Net to bring you all the latest updates from Washington DC and around the nation. Check out the latest in the March 5, 2012 edition.Continue reading
Strategic use of research fund may give NAU an edge
Sunlight streams through re-glazed glass panels at the Northern Arizona University research greenhouse because of research investments by the university. Continue reading
NAU and TGen teams lead in New Research on MRSA
Evolution of staph ‘superbug’ traced between humans and food animalsContinue reading
UA researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.
Genome Sequencing Finds Unknown Cause of Epilepsy
University of Arizona researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.Continue reading
Arizona Bioscience: Moving Forward Faster for Ten Years
2012 marks Arizona’s state centennial year. It is also the tenth year of Arizona’s Bioscience Road Map and the anniversary of the launch of TGen (The Translational Genomics Institute.)
Employment in the biosciences field in Arizona has grown 41 percent over the past 10 years, showing growth even during the Recession.
Ted Simon of HORIZON on EIGHT (AZ PBS) speaks with Marty Shultz, co-chair of the Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and what we need to do to keep moving forward faster.Continue reading
1,000th Implant of the World’s Only Approved Total Artificial Heart Performed
SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that the 1,000th implant of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart was performed on Feb. 10 at The University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. Since then, an additional four implants of the Total Artificial Heart have been performed at SynCardia Certified Centers in Germany, France and the United States.Continue reading
ASU helps state attract venture capital for high-technology firms
ASU News: 02/23/2012
Heliae, a technology-development company based in Chandler, is working to design an industrial process that starts with the creation of high-fat strains of algae and ends with the production of jet fuel and other commercial products.
Fluidic Energy, located in Scottsdale, is dedicated to transforming the way electricity is generated, delivered and consumed through an innovative energy storage approach. Its core technology enables a lower cost and its high energy density delivers ultra-long run times in comparison to traditional batteries.Continue reading