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
Drug may help cancer survivors
September 10, 2008
[Source: Arizona Republic] – A drug trial aims to help cancer survivors feel stronger, no matter the type of cancer.More than 65 percent of cancer patients survive at least five years after diagnosis.That success has generated a new focus:improving life…
Laurence Hurley has been awarded one of 38 NIH grants for research projects that could have an extraordinary impact on many areas of science.
September 09, 2008
[Source: University of Arizona Communications] – Laurence Hurley, professor of pharmacy at The University of Arizona and associate director of the BIO5 Institute, has been awarded one of 38 National Institutes of Health grants for exceptionally innovative research projects that…
TGen fellow awarded $180,000 grant to help fight breast cancer
September 09, 2008
[Source: TGen] – The American Association for Cancer Research has awarded Dr. Timothy Whitsett, a post-doctoral fellow at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) a three-year $180,000 grant to study breast-tumor biology. The AACR is the oldest and largest scientific…
Poultry Vaccines May also Improve Human Health
September 08, 2008
[Source: Stacy Kish, CSREES Staff] – The United States is the world leader in the poultry industry, with annual profits of $50 billion; however, food pathogens threaten the industry. Scientists are especially concerned about Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), which…
Arizona Cancer Center receives $11.5 million SPORE grant to fight Lymphoma
September 08, 2008
The Arizona Cancer Center Lymphoma Program in partnership with the University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, has received an $11.5 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). These lead institutions will…
Algae-to-fuel work gets $3 mil
September 05, 2008
[Source: The Arizona Republic, Ken Alltucker] – An Arizona State University spinoff company has secured $3 million in public and private funds to advance its technology that converts algae to jet fuel. Two ASU scientists who are developing the technology…
NIH’s $42M in EUREKA Awards Backs ‘Omics, Biomedical Resarch
September 05, 2008
[Source: By a GenomeWeb staff reporter , GenomeWeb News] – Nearly 40 biomedical and biotech researchers have been awarded a total of roughly $42 million under the National Institutes of Health
