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
Arizona Public University Board Hopes To Double Research Spending by 2020
September 05, 2008
[Source: Alex Philippidis , BioRegion News] – The board that oversees Arizona
Carondelet Institute moves neurosurgery to new heights here
September 05, 2008
[Source: Ed Egger, Inside Tucson Business] – Several hundred patients who have needed to leave Tucson for complex neurological care should not have to do that starting early next year when Carondelet Health Network
Banner researchers part of Alzheimer’s study
September 05, 2008
[Source: East Valley Tribune, Mary K. Reinhart] – Arizona researchers are part of a nationwide study involving a new drug that could halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing plaque from forming in the brain. Scientists at Banner Alzheimer’s…
New clues found to treat brain cancer
September 05, 2008
[Source: The Arizona Republic, Ken Alltucker] – A massive scan of tumor samples from a Phoenix lab has revealed new genetic clues about an aggressive form of brain cancer, which could open the door to new treatments and explain why…
Improved Statistical Tool To Rank Sickest Patients Waiting For Liver Transplants
September 05, 2008
[Source: ScienceDaily] – Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an improved statistical model that could help ensure that the sickest patients receive liver transplants first. Researchers found that including serum sodium concentration in the statistical model now used could reduce by…
South Mountain C.C. receives $290,000 bioscience grant
September 05, 2008
[Source: Media Newswire] — The third time is a charm for area students — just as charming and exciting, that is, as the first two times that the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted awards to South Mountain Community College for…
Northern AZ business partners will help expose students to new science, tech curriculum
September 05, 2008
[Source: Arizona Daily Sun, via Acquire Media NewsEdge] — A handsome flower blooms atop a solid stem. That’s the kind of image Flagstaff Unified School District Superintendent Kevin Brown has in mind as he begins to outline a strategic plan…
