Marana, Ariz. – Mayor Ed Honea joined Roche Tissue Diagnostics leaders and employees for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the expansion of manufacturing operations in Marana.
Click here for a link to b-roll and photography from the event.
Category Archives: AZBio News
New Study Identifies Connection Between Diabetes Medications, Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science examined the impact of medication exposure in people with Type 2 diabetes on the risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
The study found that anti-hyperglycemic medications used to treat Type 2 diabetes resulted in an increased risk of multiple sclerosis for people older than 45, particularly among women.Continue reading
San Tan Tech Center has Move-in Ready Life Science Space Available
San Tan Tech Center is a Life Science project located in Chandler, Arizona just 1 mile west of the Loop 101 freeway at the intersection of McClintock & Chandler Blvd. Currently there is approximately 65,000 SF of life science space in the project with notable users such as the State of Arizona Dept. of Agriculture, Cowper, DHIA and FirstCyte Biologics.Continue reading
New UArizona Health Sciences Center Receives $150M State Investment Plus Philanthropic Support
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey designated $150 million in new funding for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, which also received part of a new $10 million gift from the Steele Foundation.
AZ FAST Grants – Apply by Dec 31 2022
FEDERAL AND STATE TECHNOLOGY (FAST) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
The Arizona Commerce Authority has partnered with the Small Business Administration to facilitate the SBIR program in Arizona. Arizona’s FAST program provides funds, resources, training, and network opportunities to help entrepreneurs succeed in their SBIR proposal.
Please note: FAST Grant funding is only available to Arizona businesses seeking an SBIR-funded grant. FAST Grant applications are being accepted through December 31, 2022.
C-Path and Eisai Data Sharing Collaboration to Include Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Registry and Clinical Trial Data
TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2022 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and the Eisai Co., Ltd. (Eisai) today announced a joint collaboration to significantly promote data sharing and incorporate Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) clinical trial data, into C-Path’s Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform (RDCA-DAP®).Continue reading
Time to Apply for the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program
Seed Grants application now open
In 2023, the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program will fund up to 10 research teams affiliated with an Arizona university, research institution, or health-care system that are advancing new products or services to improve patient care.Continue reading
CashLabs LLC Acquires Beacon Biomedical Inc.
Phoenix, Ariz. (November 1, 2022) – CashLabs LLC, a Tucson Arizona based national laboratory platform, announced the acquisition of Beacon Biomedical, a Phoenix Arizona based CLIA accredited medical laboratory focused on the development and commercialization of early detection cancer screening tests.Continue reading
Crispr in diagnostics will be a revolution . . . eventually.
Two years ago this month, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two of the pioneers of the Crispr DNA-editing technique. Since then, it has displaced all other laboratory techniques for that purpose by virtue of its accuracy, simplicity, ease of use, and low cost.
How it works and why it was Nobel-worthyContinue reading