NACMCF makes policy recommendations to President Obama’s CabinetContinue reading
Category Archives: BioScience
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Student Showcases SHARE at National Conference
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Student Presents at National Meeting : Second-Year Ryan Murphy Shows Research at Emergency Medicine Physicians GatheringContinue reading
Cheerio! First UK Patient Heads Home with an Artificial Heart
Article on the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Published in British Journal of Hospital Medicine
United Kingdom’s First Discharged Total Artificial Heart Patient Supported for Nearly 600 Days and CountingContinue reading
University of Arizona and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center/Dignity Health sign affiliation agreement for University of Arizona Cancer Center-Phoenix
The University of Arizona has formally affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center/ Dignity Health to develop a cancer care program in Phoenix to include a new outpatient clinic at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus and inpatient care at St. Joseph’s Hospital in central Phoenix.Continue reading
UA Science Lecture Series: Genomics Now
This year’s talks, beginning Jan. 30, will focus on how genomics is expanding our ability to understand life and the possibilities and challenges presented by our increasing ability to modify nature.Continue reading
SynCardia Is Front Page News
The Sunday, January, 27th edition of the Arizona Daily Star had two significant articles, one above the fold on page one of the paper, about the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart and one of SynCardia’s patients at UAMC, Justin Ryder.Continue reading
ASU Spinout Helps You Take Control of Your Metabolism
Breezing, a new startup based on technology developed by researchers at Arizona State University, is offering the world’s first portable device that can track an individual’s metabolism and use that information to provide diet and exercise recommendations for maintaining or reaching a healthy weight.Continue reading
Apply to be a TGen Helios Scholar
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is pleased to announce the 2013 application opening for the Helios Scholars paid summer internship program in biomedical research!Continue reading
Ernst and Young “Fire Power” Report Looks at Closing the Gap
Big pharma will increasingly tap M&A to close $100 billion growth gap, but path to deals grows more complex
Ernst & Young’s newly released “Firepower Index” finds big pharma’s capacity for M&A has decreased just when it needs transactions for growth and shareholder returnsContinue reading
Molecular Cancer Diagnostics on BioCentury This Week
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