Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development

Posted on Fri/11/MayWed/23/January by AZBio

Infectious diseases – both old and new – continue to exact a devastating toll, causing some 13 million fatalities per year around the world.

Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens, and now Kathryn Sykes and Stephen Johnston, researchers at ASU’s Biodesign Institute, along with co-author Michael McGuire from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, are using clever functional screening methods to attempt to speed new vaccines into production that are both safer and more potent.Continue reading→

Immunosignaturing: an accurate, affordable and stable diagnostic

Posted on Fri/27/AprilWed/23/January by AZBio

Identifying diseases at an early, presymptomatic stage may offer the best chance for establishing proper treatment and improving patient outcomes. A new technique known as immunosignaturing harnesses the human immune system as an early warning sentry – one acutely sensitive to changes in the body that may be harbingers of illness.Continue reading→

AZ Biosciences: Innovation, Investment and ROI

Posted on Mon/5/MarchWed/23/January by AZBio

2012 marks year 10 of Arizona’s Bioscience Road Map, a collaboration between private investors, philanthropists, public and private corporations, universities, governments and a dedicated group of leaders who share a vision for Arizona’s Bioscience Industry and our state’s future. Committed to bioscience innovation and the social and economic benefits it brings, our community has invested and now is reaping measurable returns on those investments. To stay the course, we must continue to innovate and invest.Continue reading→

The end goal – overcoming the need for donor organs

Posted on Fri/3/FebruaryFri/3/February by AZBio

ASU Biodesign Team explores radically new approach for developing viable lung tissue suitable for transplantation.Continue reading→

Sustaining Our Future: The Center for Sustainable Health Partners with Piper on Sustainable Aging

Posted on Fri/3/FebruaryWed/30/January by AZBio

The Center for Sustainable Health has launched a major initiative called Sustainable Aging aimed at two powerful and global demographic forces—rapid population aging and plummeting birth rates—that will draw on affordable technology, social innovation and effective behavioral interventions to meet this unprecedented dual challenge, and receives support in the form of a $3 million grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.

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2011 AZBio Awards Honorees Announced

Posted on Tue/20/SeptemberWed/23/January by AZBio

The Arizona BioIndustry is Moving Forward Faster in 2011

The Arizona BioIndustry Association has selected finalists and honorees for its annual awards gala to be held at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass on Oct. 13. Awards to be presented include: 2011 Michael A. Cusanovich Educator of the Year, Fast Lane Company Awards, the Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year, the Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year Award, and the Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year Award.

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ASU to develop early diagnostics against colorectal cancer

Posted on Wed/7/SeptemberWed/23/January by AZBio

Leland Hartwell, Nobel laureate and chief scientist at the Biodesign Insitute's Center for Sustainable Health at Arizona State University

ASU’s Leland Hartwell, Nobel laureate and chief scientist at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health, spearheaded the agreement with Jianping Wang, director of the SYSU Gastrointestinal Institute of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

ASU, China’s Sun Yat-Sen University partner

Arizona State University and China’s Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) have formalized a research collaboration aimed at developing early and predictive diagnostics to improve patient outcomes for colorectal cancer. ASU’s Leland Hartwell, Nobel laureate and chief scientist at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health, spearheaded the agreement with Jianping Wang, director of the SYSU Gastrointestinal Institute of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

“Recent advances in molecular technologies promise great improvements in medical care through prevention and early detection of disease,” Hartwell said.