Dr. Fernando Martinez and his colleagues have received a $27 Million federal grant to lead a national clinical study with the aim of working toward a cure for asthma.Continue reading
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Life Science Leaders Comment on Medicare Part B Drug Payment Proposed Rule
The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) together with 42 other state bioindustry associations submited comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Medicare Part B Drug Payment Proposed Rule, released March 8, 2016.Continue reading
Scientists reveal low-cost, paper-based test for Zika
Hoping to foil Zika’s rapid advance, researchers from the Wyss Institute in Boston, along with colleagues from Arizona State University, have developed a low-cost, practical diagnostic that can be easily administered, even in areas where resources and medical expertise are scarce.Continue reading
Help Is Just a Phone Call Away – Telephone CPR Improves Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, UA Research Finds
“These outcomes demonstrate that it is feasible to save lives from cardiac arrest through implementing and measuring this key intervention of Telephone-CPR instructions delivered by 9-1-1 dispatchers,” said UA Emergency Medicine researcher Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow.Continue reading
IMS Health and Quintiles to Merge
Quintiles IMS to Become Industry-Leading Information and Technology-Enabled Healthcare Service Provider
TGen SU2C Melanoma Dream Team member receives $200,000 Sharp Award
Sharp Innovation in Collaboration Award recognizes teamwork and development of new ideas among SU2C researchersContinue reading
Making Precision Medicine a Reality: Genomics Researchers Discover Road Map to Disease Origin
University of Arizona Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and rheumatoid arthritis – and to identifying new drug targets and therapies.Continue reading