Grant allows for development of new online platform which will be a cell phone app for pregnant women and new moms struggling with opioid addiction is helping them get to doctor appointments on time, chat online with counselors, message their physician and watch videos that teach them about changing their behavior.Continue reading
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TGen Physician-In-Chief receives Distinguished Public Service Award from AACR
Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has been selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Public Service Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The AACR is the world’s first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer.Continue reading
New Patient Tower Opens at Banner – UMC Tucson
Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7Continue reading
ASU Receives $50 Million Gift to Support Dementia Research and Education
Donation to establish center at nursing school, initiative at Biodesign.
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As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations
LumosVar — a name inspired by Harry Potter — could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patientsContinue reading
Beacon Biomedical Teams with National Phlebotomy Providers Network To Launch a Nationwide Blood-Draw Service to Support BeScreened™-CRC
Despite being one of the most preventable cancers, colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the United States. In 2018 alone, there were an estimated 140,250 new cases of colorectal cancer and 50,630 deaths. While existing screening tests, such as fecal-based tests and colonoscopies, are extremely effective at finding colorectal cancer, they only work if they are used.
BeScreened™-CRC provides people the option for an easy, accurate & now convenient Blood Test for CRC Screening.Continue reading
Mayo Clinic, ASU medical journalism fellowship applicants sought
Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication are accepting applications for a fellowship program. As part of this program, journalists from across the country will receive intensive training to cover medicine.Continue reading
TGen and ABL pursue global rollout of advanced TB test
Licensing agreement puts DeepChek®-TB one step closer to clinical application Continue reading