Category: Latest Research
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Canine Cancer Genome Project Enters Phase II -Omics
Focuses genomic and proteomic lenses on three canine cancers A team of researchers from Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, Ethos Discovery and Tufts University, has launched an extensive genomics and proteomics profiling study on Canine Osteosarcoma, B-cell Lymphoma, and Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS). This initiative is part of the Canine Cancer Genome Project (CCGP), originally funded…
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New Evidence Validates ONCODETECT’S™ Ability to Detect Molecular Residual Disease and Predict Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Results from prospective molecular residual disease (MRD) study show a positive Oncodetect test result is strongly associated with recurrence in stage III colon cancer patients Oncodetect test achieved the primary endpoint in a second clinical validation study, extending its prognostic value into stages II and IV colon cancer and rectal cancer Exact Sciences plans to launch the Oncodetect test in Q2 2025 with Medicare coverage Key collaborations support clinical evidence…
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PBC Arts Committee Student Grant to showcase student research and innovation through art
The Phoenix Bioscience Core Arts Committee is excited to announce a student grant opportunity! This program will award funds of up to $500 each to students on the Phoenix Bioscience Core who are interested in using art to showcase their academic work or research. We are seeking innovation: everything from visual arts to performance, technology driven…
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Ten Arizona research teams earn $100K Flinn Foundation seed grants
The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research program has awarded a combined $1 million to 10 Arizona research teams with the potential to turn their findings into viable products and treatments that impact patients. The program’s 10th cohort was selected in an open competitive process among 82 proposals from 13 universities, health systems, and…
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Unlocking the immune system’s potential to fight skin cancer
Karen Hastings, MD, PhD, is exploring how neoantigens can be used as a target for vaccines to help fight skin cancer. When Karen Hastings, MD, PhD, chose to make Arizona her home, it wasn’t just the stunning desert landscapes and towering saguaros that drew her in, it was the chance to confront one of the state’s most…
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ASU selected as home and partner for CHIPS and Science Act-funded national facility for semiconductor advanced packaging
Following a week where a spirited effort by the Sun Devil football team captured the nation’s attention in the Peach Bowl, it is Arizona State University’s capability as a top-tier research university that has delivered ASU a momentous national win to kick off 2025. In a victory for the entire state and a critical step…
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$3.9 Million Grant Seeks to Expand Primary Care and Rural Tracks for Medical Student Training in Arizona
Grant funding aims to address the shortage of primary care physicians in underserved communities in Arizona Arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the United States, but it is facing critical shortage of primary care physicians. Today, Arizona currently ranks 42nd in primary care access and will need 1,941 primary care physicians by 2030 to…
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2 ASU faculty elected as fellows to National Academy of Inventors
Work in virology, carbon sequestration honored Arizona State University faculty members Bertram Jacobs and Klaus Lackner have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Both are being honored for research that addresses a societal need. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating…
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ASU’s undergraduate nursing program ranks in top 8% nationally
Addressing Arizona’s nursing shortage while improving health outcomes and access to care is a driving force of ASU Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Bachelor of Science in nursing programs. And these efforts are getting national attention. In the newly released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, Edson College’s undergraduate nursing program tied…
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Scientist hopes to cure Type 1 diabetes by disguising stem cells
Dr. Hannah Pizzato, a scientist at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, is working on a stem cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes. People have been waiting a long time for a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Hannah Pizzato, PhD, is one of them. “My whole life I was…
