Soham Puvvada, MD, awarded prestigious Coltman Fellowship
Category Archives: BioScience
Have questions about GMO. Check out GMO Answers.
BIO has launched a new initiative called “GMO Answers” that will reach out to the American people, engage with them, embrace their curiosity and skepticism, and answer their questions about how our food is grown – in particular questions they may have about the use of “genetically modified organisms,” or GMOs.Continue reading
Nearly 450 Innovative Medicines in Development For Neurological Disorders
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2013) – America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are developing 444 new medicines to prevent and treat neurological disorders, according to a new report released today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).Continue reading
Learning from a Virus: Keeping Genes Under Wraps
By studying how a virus that infects most people at some point in their lives packages its genetic material during infection, an international collaboration of researchers has made discoveries that help scientists better understand virus-host interactions and may open new avenues for therapies.Continue reading
How Strong Is Arizona’s Health-Care Safety Net?
Center for Rural Health to Study Arizona’s Health-Care Safety Net System Under the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
TGen experience helps Helios Scholars prepare for future
Focused scientific internship helps build Arizona’s biomedical workforceContinue reading
Putting the Brakes on Inflammation
Researchers have uncovered a signal that prevents the immune system from spinning out of control. The findings could help develop more effective therapies for autoimmune disorders, allergies, chronic inflammation and cancer.Continue reading
Without fair payment, biomedical innovation cannot make it the last mile.
Biomedical innovations in the area of molecular diagnostics are the framework for a new golden age of medicine. Unfortunately, a hurdle on the path from discovery to development to delivery could block these life sustaining and life saving innovations from getting to the patient.Continue reading
State of Biomedical Innovation – Global Leaders share ideas at Brookings
On July 16, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted the second annual State of Biomedical Innovation conference.Continue reading