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Rachna Nath is Developing Future Innovators
Rachna Nath is developing future innovators as a teacher at the Arizona College Prep High School within Chandler Public School District. She is being honored as the Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year at the AZBio Awards on September, 28, 2022. Continue reading
The 2023 Flinn Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
The Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program offers funding, professional support, connections, and networking opportunities to Arizona early-stage bioscience firms.Continue reading
App Created by MD/PhD Student Provides Accessible Training Resource for Adaptive Sports
“I did some research and saw there were almost zero apps specifically designed for people who use wheelchairs,” Conner said.Continue reading
C-Path to Lead Pre-Consortium Aimed at Transforming, Accelerating Medical Product Development in Lysosomal Diseases
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 1, 2022 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced the launch of a pre-consortium collaboration focused on accelerating medical product development in lysosomal diseases, supported by a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Continue reading
Meet Arizona Bioscience Pioneer Dr. Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch honored with the 2022 Arizona Bioscience Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement Continue reading
Upcoming Rare Disease Workshop Focuses on the Importance of Data Sharing in Drug Development
C-Path, NORD and FDA to host annual workshop September 13-14 to highlight the impact of their innovative data and analytics platform on rare disease drug developmentContinue reading
Oak Hill Bio Joins C-Path’s International Neonatal Consortium
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2022 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that Oak Hill Bio (Oak Hill), a clinical-stage neonatology and rare disease therapeutics company, has become a member of its International Neonatal Consortium (INC).Continue reading
New UArizona center to support Native American entrepreneurs
The University of Arizona has received a five-year, $500,000 matching grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to establish a new center to support economic growth in tribal communities in Arizona.
Decreased PEMT Gene Expression In The Liver Is Linked To Severity In Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
PHOENIX, Ariz. — August 22, 2022 — Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is both increasingly common and potentially deadly; yet its causes remain poorly understood. Now, a collaborative team of researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and Temple University has uncovered a link between decreases in an enzyme that makes choline in the liver —an essential nutrient for humans— and severity of NAFLD.