Improving the quality of life in Arizona to benefit future generations.
The study is the first to track concentrations of carotenoids, which are naturally occurring plant pigments, in a wild bird or animal species over the course of the grueling breeding season. Carotenoids can offer the benefits associated with over-the-counter nutritional supplements that protect cells from free radical damage, said CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Rebecca Safran.
Mayo Clinic is responsible for $1.5 billion in economic impact in Arizona, according to data from a study conducted by the Battelle Memorial Institute. Mayo generates more than $747 million in direct economic output in Arizona, and this spending leads to more than $700 million in additional economic output.
In terms of job creation, Mayo Clinic overall employs more than 57,000 people, including 10,600 in Arizona. In Arizona, Mayo employs 4,651 full-time workers and supports an additional 5,964 jobs, resulting in employment for more than 10,000 people.
The study shows that Mayo Clinic, as a three-site organization, (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota) is responsible for $22 billion in economic impact nationwide.
Intel Corp.'s plans to direct $3.5 billion of investments into U.S. technology companies could help cash-strapped startups in Arizona, where venture-capital activity is lagging.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based semiconductor giant said Tuesday that its venture-capital arm, Intel Capital, was forming a $200 million fund to focus on domestic companies developing "clean" technology, information technology
and biotech.
On April 11, more than 2,000 scientists, researchers and industry leaders from around the world will converge in Phoenix for the SBS 16th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that PKC-iota (PKCi), an oncogene important in colon and lung cancers, is over-produced in pancreatic cancer and is linked to poor patient survival. They also found that genetically inhibiting PKCi in laboratory animals led to a significant decrease in pancreatic tumor growth and spread.
The discovery, reported in the March 1 issue of Cancer Research, is especially encouraging, they say, because an experimental agent that targets PKCi is already being tested in patients at Mayo Clinic.
Aphids could be considered the "mosquitoes" of the plant world, depending on the "blood" of plants to survive. They live in symbiosis with bacteria that pass from one generation to the next, producing essential amino acids. Aphids with the same genotype can be wingless or winged. In different seasons, they develop as asexual females who produce offspring with identical genes through parthenogenesis. When temperatures drop, they can give birth to males who then fertilize the eggs laid by females.
The genome of the pea aphid, sequenced by the International Aphid Genomics Consortium, reflects these unusual characteristics and more, said Dr. Stephen Richards, assistant professor in the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center and leader of the sequencing effort. The consortium released the 464 megabyte draft genome of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) in the current issue of PLoS Biology.
Arizona Mobile DNA Testing Services, LLC, recently announced that they had retained the services of Cochrane & Associates. The company is a leading public relations firm specializing in the DNA, paternity and environmental industries.
Paul Cochrane, the founder and president of Cochrane & Associates has extensive experience in the DNA and paternity testing industries. He was a former vice president of business development for Chromosomal Laboratories; one of the nation’s foremost AABB accredited DNA testing laboratories.
Dr. Thomas Beach removed a heart and brain from containers Monday at the Banner Health Research Institute to show a small delegation of South Korean visitors how researchers use the organs to study the development of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Beach, the director of the brain and body donation program, talked with the group of 10 researchers about the institute and gave them a tour of the facilities in Sun City, just one of many places they’re expected to visit this week. They also will visit the Sun City Visitors Center and Grandview Terrace in Sun City West.
Dr. Richard Jacoby, DPM, of the Scottsdale Neuropathy Institute, will present the preliminary findings of a ground breaking blood flow study to the International Congress XXIII during its annual meeting February 28 through March 4 at Scottsdale’s Phoenician Resort.
‘The Neurovascular Evaluation of the Triple Nerve Release of the Lower Extremities,’ is expected to provide a greater understanding of the impact of blood flow in diabetic neuropathy. The study is a joint collaboration with the Arizona Heart Institute (AHI), with Dr. Jacoby conducting the study and Dr. Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD, FACS, of the Arizona Heart Institute, evaluating the blood flow rates. This is the first formal study conducted that investigates the link between neuropathy and blood flow.
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