• TGen, Mayo find key targets for bile duct cancer - Read Article

    TGen, Mayo find key targets for bile duct cancer

    2014-02-20T06:14:51-07:00

    Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and physicians at Mayo Clinic’s Individualized Medicine Clinic have personalized drug treatments for patients with cholangiocarcinoma using genomic sequencing technologies. Potential new…

  • Ivy Foundation grants $885K to Barrow - Read Article

    Ivy Foundation grants $885K to Barrow

    2014-01-04T08:50:14-07:00

    The Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation  has awarded an $885,294 grant to Barrow Neurological Institute for brain cancer research. The Ivy Foundation is the largest privately funded brain cancer research foundation…

  • Arizona Telemedicine Sets Standard of Innovation - Read Article

    Arizona Telemedicine Sets Standard of Innovation

    2014-01-02T08:32:04-07:00

    Investments by state governments in their own state universities can yield large returns and help create new industries.  In Arizona, telemedicine is a good example of a success story. The…

  • Alzheimer's prevention initiative launches - Read Article

    Alzheimer's prevention initiative launches

    2013-12-23T16:02:33-07:00

    The Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API) trial in cognitively healthy individuals has reached a significant milestone with the first participants in Colombia receiving doses of an experimental anti-amyloid antibody, crenezumab designed…

  • Ivy funds $3 million brain cancer research - Read Article

    Ivy funds $3 million brain cancer research

    2013-12-18T09:19:08-07:00

    The Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation today announced a $3 million grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Nemucore Medical Innovations Inc., and Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s…

  • TGen’s Zenhausern is named an NAI fellow - Read Article

    TGen’s Zenhausern is named an NAI fellow

    2013-12-11T09:13:19-07:00

    Dr. Frederic Zenhausern, a Professor at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and developer of a rapid DNA processor, has been named to the Fellows of the National Academy of…

  • TGen-Barrow-PCH study brain injuries - Read Article

    TGen-Barrow-PCH study brain injuries

    2013-12-04T10:00:54-07:00

    In an effort to lower medical costs, identify patients at risk for injury, and speed patient recovery, scientists will attempt to identify a molecular signal that indicates severity of brain-injury…

  • Renowned Bioinformatician Joins UA - Read Article

    Renowned Bioinformatician Joins UA

    2013-12-02T09:50:40-07:00

    Yves A. Lussier, MD, FAMCI, a professional engineer and physician-scientist who conducts research in translational bioinformatics and personal genomics, has joined the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of…

  • Gore treats first patient in Iliac Branch Study - Read Article

    Gore treats first patient in Iliac Branch Study

    2013-11-18T11:45:27-07:00

    W. L. Gore & Associates announced that Brian Peterson, MD, from Saint Louis University, enrolled the first patient in the Gore EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Clinical Study, a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized,…

  • Leadership spotlight: Mara G. Aspinall - Read Article

    Leadership spotlight: Mara G. Aspinall

    2013-10-30T12:55:24-07:00

    Mara G. Aspinall President and CEO Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. ventana.roche.com Aspinall founded the European Personalized Medicine Association and advised the Obama and Bush administrations on diagnostics and genomics. Biggest…

  • UA, SynDaver Announce Collaboration - Read Article

    UA, SynDaver Announce Collaboration

    2013-10-30T12:33:35-07:00

    Medical education at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix has received a big boost with the latest in simulation technology from SynDaver™ Labs – and the city…

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