Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS), Creighton University School of Medicine, Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, and District Medical Group, Inc., have announced a new alliance aimed at increasing the number of doctors and other health professionals in Arizona in order to meet the state’s growing demand for physicians and other healthcare professionals.Continue reading
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National Cancer Institute Awards Grant to NuvOx Pharma for Phase II Clinical Trial in Brain Cancer
The National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a grant for up to $3 million to NuvOx Pharma to initiate a Phase II clinical trial for the investigational drug, NVX-108, in the brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).Continue reading
INSYS Therapeutics Files New Drug Application (NDA) for Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray with FDA
Advances R&D for promising portfolio of innovative medicinesContinue reading
Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of the State of Arizona, to be honored as the Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year at the 2017 AZBio Awards
The Arizona Bioindustry Association will honor Arizona Governor Douglas A. Ducey as the Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year at the 2017 AZBio Awards. Arizona life science and business leaders as well as guests from across the country will be on hand to applaud Governor Ducey for his leadership and support of Arizona’s growing life science industry and his commitment to growing the state’s knowledge economy.Continue reading
Brain State raises $200K on Kickstarter
Brain State Technologies®, a leading neurotechnology company, today announced that it recently raised nearly $200,000 via Kickstarter. The proceeds will be used to fund production of the company’s new B2v2® brainwave balancing headband. Over 623 backers pre-ordered the B2v2, exceeding the original Kickstarter goal by nearly 1,000%.Continue reading
HTG Announces Issuance of Two Method Patents Related to its Technology
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTGM), a provider of instruments, reagents, and services for molecular profiling applications, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued two U.S. Patents covering HTG’s technology and applications of its technology. Continue reading
ASU’s Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center part of $5 million to apply big data to the fight against the unremitting illness
Alzheimer’s, a mysterious disease of cognitive decline, was first recognized a century ago. The unremitting illness continues to frustrate the best efforts toward treatment or prevention, and a tidal wave of new cases in the coming decades threatens to overwhelm the nation’s health-care system.Continue reading
$30M Gift Announced for UA’s Biosphere 2
As the world’s population nears 8 billion, a $30 million endowment from Edward P. Bass will enable Biosphere 2 to address some of the century’s most critical questions in food, water and energy security.Continue reading
Could chili peppers become the hottest new thing in weight loss?
ASU study shows 1st promising links between active ingredient capsaicinoids and an individual’s energy-burning abilityContinue reading