Category: Health News
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City of Hope Leads AI-Powered Health Care Innovations and Launches Generative AI Tool to Save Lives and Enable Nationwide Best-in-Class Cancer Care
• City of Hope has engineered, rigorously validated and fine-tuned a generative AI platform, leveraging the national cancer center’s extensive oncology data and expertise.• The app, HopeLLM, removes the administrative burden of new patient onboarding, matches patients to clinical trials, enables generative AI responses that are personalized to individual patient records and extracts real-world data for research.• HopeLLM…
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How robots are making first steps happen
Imagine a future in which people with disabilities can walk on their own, thanks to robotic legs. A new project from Northern Arizona University is accelerating that future with an open-source robotic exoskeleton. Right now, developing these complex electromechanical systems is expensive and time-consuming, which likely stops a lot of research before it ever starts.…
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Newsweek Names Barrow a Top Hospital in US for Neurologic Care
Newsweek has named Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona one of “America’s Best Hospitals for Neurological Care” for 2025. The No. 21 ranking recognizes the Institute’s dedication to providing top-tier care for neurological conditions, specifically noting its expertise in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, neurological infections, brain tumor surgery, and spinal fusion surgery. The media organization partnered with the global data firm…
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Inside BIO 2025: Big Wins and Bigger Momentum for Phoenix and the PBC
Bio2025 Last week, the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) joined a powerful Arizona delegation for the 2025 BIO International Convention — the largest biotechnology conference in the world, with over 20,000 attendees convening in Boston, MA. This year’s event marked a meaningful shift in momentum for Arizona’s bioscience ecosystem, with renewed energy, new partnerships, and serious…
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US, Mexico leaders convene at ASU to boost semiconductor partnership
Supply chain integration has profited both nations, experts say Jim O’Brien, senior vice president for university affairs and chief of staff in the Office of University Affairs at ASU, addresses public- and private-sector leaders at the the U.S.-Mexico Semiconductor Collaboration Forum held at the Thunderbird School of Global Management on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus Tuesday.…
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NAU laboratory works to develop new Valley fever treatment
Every year, about 20,000 cases of Valley fever are reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an estimated additional 260,000 annual cases going unreported. In 2023, more than half of these cases came from Arizona alone. The fungal lung infection is associated with a range of pneumonia-like symptoms in humans and animals,…
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Working to Diagnose Valley Fever More Quickly
A rapid test, developed by an ASU professor working with Mayo Clinic, could be available for use by the end of the year. A medical illustration of coccidioides, the fungus that causes valley fever. Image by the CDC Up to 3% of people in the Southwest are exposed to valley fever annually — the fungi…
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C-Path’s Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Announces New Grant Award for Drug Development Project in Type 1 Diabetes
TUCSON, Ariz., June 18, 2025 — Critical Path Institute’s® (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) proudly announced today a $250,000 grant award aimed at developing a novel treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Kyle Apley, Ph.D., Cory Berkland, Ph.D., and Peggy Kendall M.D., at Washington University in St. Louis, have received this TRxA award to advance their…
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Phoenix Children’s Expands Expert Neonatal Care to Three HonorHealth Hospitals
New collaboration brings comprehensive pediatric care closer to home for Valley families PHOENIX June 16, 2025 – Phoenix Children’s announces a new collaboration with HonorHealth to bring the pediatric health system’s expert neonatology care closer to families throughout the Valley. Beginning today, Phoenix Children’s Division of Neonatology will expand its physician services to provide neonatal care in three…
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Interview: How autism is diagnosed—and how symptoms vary across the spectrum
Art by Sara Montes Delgadillo Editor’s note: This interview was originally published in Doing Well, a health news outlet from ASU Media Enterprise and ASU Learning Enterprise. Subscribe to Doing Well to get interviews with health experts delivered to your inbox weekly. Autism—or the clinical term, autism spectrum disorder—is a developmental condition that is associated with difficulties in communication, sensory sensitivities,…
