Faster, cheaper, better: the rise of blood tests for Alzheimer’s / Nature
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix is playing a key role in identifying disease-specific biomarkers in the bloodstream, leading to minimally invasive, affordable alternative Alzheimer’s tests.
Taiwan-based JelloX Biotech to open US research base in Phoenix / KTAR
JelloX Biotech Inc. of Taiwan, which creates 3D pathology services and platforms to help cancer researchers, is setting up a new lab at Discovery Oasis biotechnology corridor adjacent to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
More deals, less money for AZ startups in Q1 / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno)
Arizona startups, including Solera Health and GT Medical Technologies, inked $203.1 million across 37 venture capital deals in the first quarter, compared with $260.4 million across 32 deals during the same period a year ago.
University of Arizona researchers develop technique to improve eye-tracking technology / KJZZ
University of Arizona researchers say they’ve demonstrated an approach that could revolutionize eye-tracking, which is used in scientific research. Their method integrates a 3D imaging technique known as deflectometry with advanced computation.
Why 4 colleges at the University of Arizona to merge into 2 / Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona announced it will merge four colleges into two: the College of Health Sciences will be integrated into the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to create the new School of Health Professions and Global Medicine, and the College of Applied Science and Technology will be integrated with the College of Information Science.
Local opinion: A force for good, a moment of momentum / Arizona Daily Star (Op-ed)
Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Arizona, writes that Arizona’s flagship, land-grant university is rooted in a remarkable legacy. From mapping the moon to exploring distant asteroids, and from leading environmental science to advancing medical breakthroughs, the U of A has shaped discovery on a galactic scale. To not only sustain that legacy, but build on it, the university will draw from its rootedness in its home state.
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