The traditional 'topping-out' ceremony of the upcoming BIO5 building at UA was held in early March before a crowd of university officials, researchers and local press.

“Ethical Issues in Genetic Modification” was the topic of a February 25 public lecture at Arizona State University’s Armstrong Hall, part of the 2005 Western Regional Bioethics Conference. The lecture was sponsored by the Arizona Consortium for Medicine, Society, and…

This past fall Vicki Chandler, the newly appointed director of the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology (IBSB) at the University of Arizona, rescued the up-and-coming research center from its own cumbersome name and rechristened it BIO5, a decidedly catchier…

Through a new grant, the University of Arizona has paired up with IBM to look for innovative ways to store biosciences data collected in university laboratories.

The upcoming Arizona Bio Expo 2005 will recognize the contributions of intrepid biotech researchers and entrepreneurs when attendees gather at the inaugural Biotech Awards dinner and Excellence in Bioindustry ceremony.

One of Arizona's star medical devices got top billing last month when Bill Wohl, who owes his life to the CardioWest artificial heart in Tucson, was featured on the cover of LIFE magazine.

Arizona's efforts to become a regional force in biotechnology got national press coverage in a recent edition of the New York Times. The article, "Phoenix moves to put itself on biotechnology map," in the technology section of the national daily,…