AZ Bioscience February Update

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Abraxis, schools start nonprofit for better health care

02/26/2010 | Phoenix Business Journal | Angela Gonzales

Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and the founder of Abraxis BioScience Inc. are in early discussions to create a nonprofit organization to improve health outcomes and the way patient care is delivered. The goal of the Health Transformation Institute is to link the three separate worlds of scientific discovery, health care delivery and reimbursement.

St. Joe's set for pediatric heart transplants

02/26/2010 | Phoenix Business Journal | Angela Gonzales

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is launching the Valley's first pediatric heart transplant program. In Arizona, 10 to 20 children become eligible for the surgery each year, Nigro said. They have had to travel to Tucson's University Medical Center or other states to receive heart transplants because no local doctors were qualified to perform the procedure.

Medical Clinical Trials Face Obstacles

02/26/2010 | KPHO.com | Donna Rossi

In collaboration with the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare, the Translational Genomics Research Institute has about 35 clinical trials under way. New drugs are constantly in development. But some of the clinical trials to test these new drugs could be at risk if more cancer patients don't get involved in the studies.

Bioscience students network with top AZ companies

02/25/2010 | Daily Wildcat | Luke Money

UA bioscience students met with some of Arizona's largest bioindustry companies during the Second Annual UA Student/Bioindustry Networking Event on Wednesday. Ten private companies attended the event. They included Genomics USA, Ventana Medical Systems, and W.L. Gore.

New Science to Bolster FDA Drug Approval (Notes work by C-Path)

02/24/2010 | ScienceInsider | Jocelyn Kaiser

The National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a new initiative, including a grants program funded at up to $6.75 million over 3 years, to support regulatory science, the tools and standards used to evaluate new drugs and devices. The initiative comes in addition to a proposed $25 million for regulatory science in FDA's 2011 budget for nanotechnology and other areas.

Teasing Vaccines From Tobacco (Notes work by ASU, VAXX)

02/24/2010 | Wall Street Journal | Gautam Naik

The U.S. Department of Defense, caught off guard by the swift spread of the H1N1 flu virus last year and delays in producing a vaccine, is backing an unusual plan to use tobacco plants to make the vaccine. Flu vaccines are typically grown in chicken eggs. Although the technique is slow and expensive, vaccine makers have done little to improve on this reliable method for more than 60 years. The urgent need for a better way became apparent last year.

Intel, partners to give $3.5 billion to tech startups

02/24/2010 | Arizona Republic | Andrew Johnson

Intel Corp.'s plans to direct $3.5 billion of investments into U.S. technology companies could help cash-strapped startups in Arizona, where venture-capital activity is lagging. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based semiconductor giant said Tuesday that its venture-capital arm, Intel Capital, was forming a $200 million fund to focus on domestic companies developing "clean" technology, information technology and biotech.

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Next Week...

******* Manic Monday Presents Bella Dolls Casting Call! *********

CASTING CALL IS FROM 9PM-11PM, 18+ please contact Steven Soltero for special rules and regulations!

ST3 is looking for beautiful and smart models that are motivated... Bella Dolls has too many HUGE events coming up and not enough models so try out to be apart of a growing Promotion company!

Photographer Joseph Greenbaum from 944 Magazine taking head shots of all the models that come to the casting call. All models will have the opportunity to get their head shots back FREE!

Presented By: ST3 Entertainment


The Official Taboo Tuesdays Presents VJ STEEL's B-Day Bash!

Get excited because we have Silver Madallion, Kyle Collins, American Kill Theory & Swindel helping us celebrate STEEL's B-Day bash and just another awesome Taboo!

Certified to be the best 18 & Over Night ever!!!!

The 1 & only VJ STEEL on the 1's & 2's while mixing his sick videos!!!

NO COVER for 21+

Whisper Lounge Friday Night Presents Celebrity Unique's (From LOVE of Ray J) & Shawn's B-Day Bash!!!

The good news is, that I will be done with school by Wednesday, so I can actually get out and enjoy myself.

AZBio Launches AZBioLink to Stimulate Arizona’s Bioscience Industry

AZBio has launched its novel AZBioLink program, designed to stimulate Arizona’s bioscience industry by connecting buyers and sellers of bio-related goods and services. The program is open to every establishment in the Arizona bioscience supply chain. For additional information and to participate, please follow this link... http://bit.ly/AZBioLinkSurvey

Phoenix VA Veterans Day Parade ready to step off

by Tess Rafols

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Updated today at 9:37 AM

PHOENIX -- The VA Veterans Day Parade, held annually on Veterans Day, began in 1997 with 50 entries and approximately 10,000 people on the streets. Now, there are around 100 entries and more than 200,000 spectators that line the streets to watch the parade.

Deadmau5 w/ special guests [SOLD OUT]

Deadmau5
w/ special guests

When: 11/2/2009 8:00 PM
Where: Marquee Theatre
Ticket price: $16.25
Price day of: $36.25
Online Sales Close: 11/2/2009 12:00 PM
Ages: 18+ / VIP 21+

"In this world of ever evolving genres, sounds and trends, the word phenomenon is rarely if ever used, unless of course you are the hottest talent in the world of electronic music and your name is Deadmau5"
I don't agree with that statement 100% though i have no doubt it will be a great show.
Unfortunately tickets are sold out, so any touts feel free to hit me up

TGen seeks emergency FDA approval of new swine flu test

[Source: TGen] - The Phoenix-based non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced today that, along with a business collaborator, it will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of a new test to diagnose the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus.

Details about TGen’s test will be presented Sunday (Nov. 1) at the 47th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), being held today through Sunday (Oct. 29-Nov. 1) in Philadelphia.

The new test, developed at TGen’s Pathogen Genomics Division (TGen North) in Flagstaff, can not only detect influenza — as some tests do now — but also can quickly inform doctors about what strain of flu it is and whether or not it may be resistant to oseltamivir (sold under the brand name Tamiflu®; Roche), the primary anti-viral drug on the market to treat H1N1.

For more information: TGen seeks emergency FDA approval of new swine flu test

The Night before All Hallow's Eve

Ive actually decided to escape the Phoenix metropolitan area madness and go to a big house party in a town called Maricopa.

However there is lots going on tonight as can guess. If all else fails, feel free to check out the

Pre Halloween BlackOut Party @ Afterlife

My good friend DJ Amie will also be there tearing it up on the wheels of solid steel.

I am running late as usual and so must depart. Have a safe night and be careful; lots of drunk drivers out tonight apparently.