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Category Archives: BioScience

Amgen Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Investigational BiTE® Antibody Blinatumomab In Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Posted on Thu/3/JulyWed/17/December by AZBio

Breakthrough Designation Reinforces Significant Unmet Need in the Treatment of This Highly Aggressive CancerContinue reading→

Slepian-Led Startup Targets Paradigm Shift in Heart Valve Surgery

Posted on Thu/12/JuneWed/17/December by AZBio

University Relations – Communications | June 11, 2014Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, UA professor of medicine and biomedical engineering and a cardiologist at the UA Sarver Heart Center, is the founding CEO of PolyNova.Continue reading→

ASU embarks on $9 million next phase of an effort to assess rapidly an absorbed radiation dose

Posted on Tue/3/JuneWed/17/December by AZBio

Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute announced today it is entering a new, $9 million phase of a multi-million, multi-institutional development project to produce a diagnostic test to measure rapidly an individual’s level of absorption of ionizing radiation in the event of an unplanned radiological or nuclear event. Continue reading→

Ventana Companion Diagnostics CAP/CLIA lab launches new Robust Prototype Assays

Posted on Wed/21/MayWed/21/May by AZBio

New diagnostic tests offer pharma and biotech companies more options for targeting cancer in research studies

 Continue reading→

1,300th Implant of the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Was Performed in April 2014

Posted on Tue/20/MayTue/20/May by AZBio

When All Other Treatments Fail, the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Can Save the Sickest of the Sick. The Freedom Portable Driver Allows a Majority of SynCardia Patients to be Discharged from the Hospital to Live at Home & Get In Better Shape for Their Heart Transplant.Continue reading→

Dr. Jason X.-J. Yuan Appointed Associate Vice President for Translational Health Sciences at the Arizona Health Sciences Center

Posted on Mon/19/MayMon/19/May by AZBio


An internationally recognized physician-scientist in pulmonary vascular disease research, Dr. Yuan will provide critical leadership in translational health strategies and training physician-scientists at AHSC.Continue reading→

$19M donation will create thoracic institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix

Posted on Wed/14/MayWed/14/May by AZBio
 The new John and Doris Norton Thoracic Institute will stretch across several buildings on the nonprofit hospital’s campus.Continue reading→

Scientists find key steps linking dietary fats and colon cancer tumor growth

Posted on Tue/13/MayTue/13/May by AZBio

Scientists have shown new genetic evidence that could strengthen the link between the role of dietary fats with colon cancer progression.Continue reading→

SynCardia Total Artificial Heart with SynHall Valves Receives CE Mark

Posted on Tue/13/MayTue/13/May by AZBio

CE Mark Gives SynCardia Systems, Inc. Control over Last Critical Component for SynCardia Heart ManufacturingContinue reading→

21st Century Cures Initiative Launches to Pick Up the Pace on BioMedical Innovation

Posted on Thu/8/MayThu/8/May by AZBio

A path to 21st century cures being mapped by the Senate Energy and Commerce CommitteeContinue reading→

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