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Metabolism in the Southwest Seminar Series
Presenter Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor, Frances and Albert Piansky Chair Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Biological Chemistry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Peter Tontonoz is the Frances and Albert Piansky Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Biological Chemistry at UCLA. Dr. Tontonoz received…
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STEMCELL-2026
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering will be held on April 13-15, 2026, in Paris, France. This would be one of the leading conferences in the fields of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine. The conference aims to gather scholars from around the world…
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Illuminating the roles of cells in the heart
2025 Phoenix KEYS intern Akaisha Bahrie (she/her) learned how to use flow cytometry, a powerful technology that tags cells with glowing markers to analyze complex tissues, under the mentorship of Mrinalini Kala. 2025 Phoenix KEYS intern Akaisha Bahrie used flow cytometry to study cardiac fibroblasts, supportive cells in the heart that can become harmful if…
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Big-data longevity specialist boosts HonorHealth Research Institute’s efforts to help patients lead longer, more productive lives
Dr. Schork joins the Research Institute’s new Center for Translational Science, emphasizing new technologies to intercept disease before symptoms even appear SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Aug. 14, 2025 — Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D., an international authority on human longevity and health maintenance, has joined HonorHealth Research Institute as Research Director of Longevity, Prevention and Interception. Dr. Schork…
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6th Annual Drug Discovery & Development Summit
The 6th Annual Drug Discovery & Development Summit returns to Phoenix during Arizona Bioscience Week. This year’s summit, curated by the Arizona Center for Drug Discovery, will highlight translational research from bench to bedside and creation to clinic, discovering effective drug candidates for cancer and advancing these innovative drugs into clinical trials. A focus of the summit will be establishing…
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Leveraging research, industry expertise to speed biomedical breakthroughs
The new Center for Health and Technology pools assets throughout Arizona for widespread wins in device development. Collaborators in the University of Arizona Center for Health and Technology will produce next-generation devices that incorporate practical insights. Photo by Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images Research into chip-based wearable and implantable devices is showing great potential to…
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AI gives a helping hand to X-ray diagnoses
Chest X-rays are the most common type of X-ray used in medicine — used to diagnose lung problems, heart issues, broken ribs and even certain gut conditions. But sometimes they can be hard to interpret, or doctors may miss diagnosing rare conditions and emerging diseases, as was seen in the first year of the COVID-19…
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Researchers Map Cellular Landscape of the Developing Human Lung
Study uses spatial transcriptomics to link molecular profiles with tissue architecture in normal and injured lungs A research team led by investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, have created a high-resolution spatial atlas of the developing human lung, mapping how cells grow, interact, and organize themselves to ensure proper…
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City of Hope Study Shows Childhood Cancer Survivors Face New Health Problems Later in Life
LOS ANGELES — Researchers at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States with its National Medical Center ranked among the nation’s top cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, today published a new study which found that some survivors of childhood cancer are…
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Connecting biology to better heart treatments
2025 Phoenix KEYS intern Adi Tyagi (he/him) studied how female and male heart tissue reacts to stress and inflammation in the lab of Taben Hale. 2025 Phoenix KEYS intern Adi Tyagi (right) from Chaparral High School worked with postdoctoral researcher Ashton Jorgensen (left) and research specialist Dana Floyd (right) to understand how high blood pressure…
