Bioscience
New Supercomputer Can Do 50 Trillion Operations Per Second
[Source: ScienceDaily] – In less time than the blink of an eye, the Translational Genomics Research Institute’s new supercomputer at Arizona State University can do operations equal to every dollar in the recent Wall Street bailout. That would be 700 billion computations in less than 1/60th of a second, says Dan Stanzione, director of the […]Toward Non-invasive Disease Diagnosis With Wellness Cards
[Source: ScienceDaily] – Scientists are reporting development of a device that could serve as the electronic “reader” for a coming generation of “wellness cards,” specimen holders used to diagnose disease from a drop of a patient’s saliva or blood. The research, done by scientists in Utah, Iowa, Arizona, and Minnesota, is presented in two papers […]Chandler-Gilbert CC expands Valley’s bio education options
Among all the bad news in the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there was at least one bright spot: the health-care sector continued to show job growth. That's one of the key reasons that Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) launched its Biomedical Research Technology program this fall.
Science programs worth cost
[Source: Jeffery Trent: My Turn, The Arizona Republic] – The Translational Genomics Research Institute helps Arizona students pursue a lifetime of science learning Recently published results from this spring’s first science test administered by Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) showed only 38 percent of Arizona high-school students passed. Without judging the validity or necessity […]Company picks Valley to develop skin products
[Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic ] – Sunshine and skin damage have prompted a San Diego biotechnology company to expand in Arizona to develop a line of anti-aging skin products. Histogen Inc. has opened a Tempe office and plans to begin selling three new skin-care products in the first quarter of 2009. The company […]Arizona receives federal DNA grant
[Source: Judy Nichols, Sandra Day OPanel weighing UA overhaul’s proposals faces daunting task
[Source: Aaron Mackey, ARIZONA DAILY STAR] – One day into a review of roughly 75 proposals to make the UA more efficient, those charged with sorting through the ideas see a monumentally confusing task before them. While there are several large-scale plans to merge colleges or create new ones at the University of Arizona, most […]Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and US Oncology Enter Collaboration to Increase Patient Access to National Clinical Trials
[Source: Collaboration Brings Cooperative Group Level Radiation Therapy Trials to US Oncology Affiliates’ Patients for First Time The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and US Oncology, Inc. today announced they have entered into a collaboration to increase patient access to national cancer clinical trials with a radiation focus in the community setting. The collaboration means […]Diatom Genome Helps Explain Their Great Diversity and Success in Trapping Excess Carbon in Oceans
[Source: Deborah Daun, BIO5] – Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect. Since their evolutionary origins these photosynthetic wonders have come to acquire advantageous genes from bacterial, animal and plant ancestors enabling them […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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