Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
Welcome to the Flinn Foundation Bio Blog where you will receive the latest news throughout 2025 (and beyond) on the next iteration of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The Roadmap is the nation’s longest-running, statewide bioscience strategic plan. Bookmark this page for regular updates on the biosciences in Arizona and the development of the new Roadmap coming this fall.
Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
TGen investigators devise faster, cheaper way of analyzing the human genome
September 15, 2008
[Source: TGen] – Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced a faster and less expensive way for scientists to find which genes might affect human health.Using bar-codes, not unlike what shoppers find in grocery stores, TGen researchers…
International TGen-led team finds link between brain protein and Alzheimer’s disease
September 15, 2008
[Source: TGen] – Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced a link between the brain protein KIBRA and Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that could lead to promising new treatments for this memory-robbing disorder. The new discovery builds…
Developer floats cancer center in suburbs
September 15, 2008
[Source: Jahna Berry and Edythe Jensen, The Arizona Republic] – An influential developer wants the University of Arizona to consider putting a sought-after cancer center in a suburb, not downtown Phoenix. Officials from UA, which would oversee the future cancer…
Tucson-created cancer drug advances
September 15, 2008
[Source: Dan Sullivan, Arizona Daily Star] – A local drug-development company with links to the University of Arizona got a boost from a drug-licensing deal with a South Korean company
Develop a career-focused education pipeline, says ASU
September 14, 2008
[Source: Eugene E. Garcia and George W. Hynd, Special for The Republic] — Within five years, most jobs paying a livable wage will require education beyond high school. Currently, fewer than two in 10 Arizona ninth-graders graduate from high school…
Bio educator finalists named for AZBio annual awards
September 11, 2008
The Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio) today released the names of the finalists for its 2008 annual awards. The winners will be named during the AZBio Annual Dinner, held in partnership with Arizona CURE, on Thursday, September 18 at The Buttes,…
Ovarian cancer drug tested at Scottsdale site
September 10, 2008
[Source: Julie Janovsky, East Valley Tribune] – A new cancer drug being tested at Scottsdale Healthcare is the latest weapon medical researchers are using in their fight against ovarian cancer. Often called a “silent killer,” ovarian cancer strikes approximately 20,000…
