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Category Archives: Health

Check out the Nanotechnology Startup Challenge in Cancer

Posted on Mon/5/OctoberMon/9/November by AZBio

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer and the Center for Advancing Innovation have partnered to create a “first of a kind” Nanotechnology Startup Challenge in Cancer or NSC2.Continue reading→

Scientists determine structure of important drug target using groundbreaking approach

Posted on Fri/24/JulySun/13/September by AZBio

Tempe, Arizona (July 23, 2015) – Using the brightest X-ray laser in the world, scientists have determined the structure of a molecular complex that is responsible for our sense of sight.Continue reading→

Paradigm Initiates Genomic Profiling for Pharmatech’s AccessPPM Cancer Registry Program

Posted on Fri/8/AugustWed/17/December by AZBio

Novel clinical trial matching protocol enables greater access to genomic profiling and targeted clinical studies for cancer patients nationwide.Continue reading→

NAU Reseachers Study Link Between Uranium Exposure And Skin Cancer,

Posted on Fri/8/AugustWed/17/December by AZBio

After years of delving deep into DNA and researching ways in which metal damage may lead to cancer, a team of researchers is taking a step back to look at the surface where one answer may have been all along.Continue reading→

Biodesign’s Arntzen using tobacco as a way to make and deliver a promising vaccine for the Ebola virus

Posted on Wed/6/AugustWed/17/December by AZBio

Charlie Arntzen has worked tirelessly on new platforms to deliver vaccines. He has focused on plant-based vaccine delivery systems, testing a wide range of plants as possible “manufacturing platforms” for vaccines for the developing world.Continue reading→

UA Researchers Exploring If Diet Can Make You Live Longer

Posted on Tue/5/AugustWed/17/December by AZBio

UA Researchers Study Increasing Lifespan and Immune FunctionContinue reading→

FDA Approves the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart With SynHall Valves

Posted on Tue/5/AugustWed/17/December by AZBio

SynCardia Systems, Inc., now controls last key component in heart manufacturing.Continue reading→

NuvOx announces Phase Ib trial for Glioblastoma and additional NIH funding

Posted on Thu/31/JulyWed/17/December by AZBio

NuvOx Pharma, a privately held biotechnology company based in Tucson, Arizona, announced that on July 14th, it began a Phase Ib clinical trial of its new drug NVX-108 in patients with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer.Continue reading→

The Freedom® portable driver from SynCardia Receives FDA Approval for Bridge to Transplant

Posted on Wed/16/JulyWed/17/December by AZBio

TUCSON, Ariz. – July 16, 2014 –  The Freedom® portable driver received FDA approval on June 26, 2014 for use with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart as a bridge to transplantation in cardiac transplant candidates who are clinically stable.Continue reading→

UA Discovery Shows Curcumin Effect on Colon Cancer

Posted on Sat/12/JulyWed/17/December by AZBio

TUCSON, Ariz. – A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center discovered that curcumin—the bioactive molecule derived from the spice turmeric—blocks the protein cortactin in colon cancer.Continue reading→

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