Tag: health and medicine
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Breakthru Medicine emerges from stealth with $60M Series A for cancer drug development
Phoenix, AZ, January 29, 2026 (Globe Newswire): Breakthru Medicine emerges from stealth mode with the close of a $60M Series A financing round following a prior undisclosed seed round. Breakthru was founded by biotech industry veterans Steve Potts, PhD, Mark Mulvihill, PhD, and Brian Barnett, MD, to deliver disruptive therapeutic modalities to cancer patients to address…
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From lab to startup: ASU researchers drive health innovation
Engineering faculty members are taking their inventions to market through entrepreneurial ventures Jessica Weaver, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, holds a device in a lab. Weaver is one of many faculty members in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, part…
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Dignity Health doctor advocates for timely health care
Know when and where to go for medical attention this flu season (PHOENIX – Nov. 3, 2025) – As flu and other respiratory illnesses circulate, a Dignity Health in Arizona infectious disease doctor is encouraging the community to seek appropriate medical attention when experiencing concerning symptoms or medical emergencies. “It’s easy to dismiss worsening symptoms…
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What you need to know about dust storms and valley fever
A monsoon storm as seen from downtown Tempe. Photo by Deanna Dent/Arizona State University Every summer, Arizona’s monsoon season typically blows up from June through September, with the most intense storms in July and August. Monday’s massive dust storm, or haboob, is evidence of just how nasty these storms can get. Dust storms, while a…
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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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Study reveals impact of undiagnosed endometriosis on young women, girls
Early onset endometriosis is often dismissed, ASU researchers find, causing physical and emotional distress ASU researchers found that many young women and girls who have endometriosis — some as young as 8 — are dismissed or misdiagnosed for years due to their age. Photo courtesy of iStock/Getty Images A new study has uncovered the prevalence of undiagnosed…
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ASU teams up with Phoenix Children’s to help kids with painful inflammatory bowel diseases
Study uses bacteria to help doctors find better ways to diagnose Graphic by Richard Holland/ASU About 2.7 million people in the U.S. live with inflammatory bowel diseases, which cause long-term inflammation in the digestive system. The number of children diagnosed with these conditions, like Crohn’s disease, is rising faster than in adults, but the reasons…
