Translational Genomics Research Institute

Type: Organization

Name: Translational Genomics Research Institute

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mesa fundraiser targets fight against rare diseases

Submitted by Steve Yozwiak, senior science writer for the Translational Genomics Research Institute.Mitochondrial disease took the life of 5-year-old Mylee Grace, but a Mesa fundraiser in her memory for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) ... [Published AZCentral.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Fundraising, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Mitochondrial Disease

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

TGen joins Riddell to advance athlete concussion detection and treatment

Riddell's Sideline Response System to provide real-time head impact data on athletes, combined with TGen's molecular clues from players with concussions to unlock keys to monitoring of head injuryHead protection plays a vital role in the health and safety ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 15 2013]

Entities: Translational Genomics Research Institute, Nucleic Acid, Microelectronics

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

TGen, Easton-Bell team to study concussions in sports

The Translational Genomics Research Institute is teaming up with Van Nuys, Calif.-based Easton-Bell Sports to use genomics to study concussions.TGen will combine its molecular profiling techniques with Easton-Bell’s Riddell Sideline Response System (SRS) ... [Published Phoenix Business Journal - May 14 2013]

Entities: Translational Genomics Research Institute, Profiling, Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Translational Genomics Research Institute

Planting hope

This month, adding some purple beauties to your garden, or your floral bouquets, can do more than please the eye it can raise money for research in the fight against pancreatic cancer, the countrys fourth leading cause of cancer death. Plant PurpleGrow ... [Published Toledo City Paper - May 09 2013]

Entities: Translational Genomics Research Institute, Pancreatic Cancer, Fundraising

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Ivy Foundation Renews Support for TGen Program

The Arizona-based Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation will fund a second year of the Ivy Neurological Science Internship Program at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).The internship program offers hands-on biomedical research experience for ... [Published Arizona Business Magazine - May 09 2013]

Entities: Brain Tumor, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Brain Cancer, Neuroscience

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Student?s fast start in research contributes to life-saving rapid test

As if the story of breakthrough research were not enough, there is the story of the researcher.The accomplishment, in this case, is a rapid test for detecting devastating bacterial infections. The researcher is undergraduate pre-med student Kristin Wiggins, ... [Published Noodls - May 07 2013]

Entities: Pathogens, Klebsiella, Pathogen, Public Health

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Care and the Cloud: Information Driven Healthcare

Richard Rawcliffe, Healthcare Director at Dell UK, discusses the role of cloud services in harnessing information to help drive healthcare forwards.As we move away from the days of paper based medical records and the fixed overhead costs and refresh cycles ... [Published PublicTechnology.net - May 07 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Neuroblastoma, Patient, Cloud Computing, Cancer

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

TGen scientist launches innovative online research project

A scientific researcher at Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has launched a first-of-its-kind online memory test to help better understand human cognition and how it might relate to Alzheimer’s disease and other brain dis ... [Published Arizona Business Magazine - May 05 2013]

Entities: Memory, Alzheimer's Disease, Phase I

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Study Suggests Why Adult Circumcision Helps Prevent HIV Infection

Category: HIV PreventionWritten by American Society for MicrobiologyRemoval of the foreskin reduces the presence of anaerobic bacteria, which enables the immune system maintain control of sexually transmitted pathogens such as HIV, according to a study ... [Published HIV and Hepatitis.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, Lance Price, HIV/AIDS

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

Dramatic changes in bacteria following male circumcision could explain HIV protective effect

Removing the foreskin causes significant changes in the bacterial community of the penis, according to a study that also suggests how these changes offer protection from HIV infection. The new study was led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute ... [Published Science a GoGo - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, Bacteria, HIV/AIDS

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 4 reports

Circumcision Causes "Dramatic Changes" in Penis Bacteria, Says Phoenix-Based TGen

After spending a year studying 156 penises in Uganda, researchers say male circumcision reduces bacteria on the penis, and perhaps is the reason why circumcision can protect men from contracting HIV.Scientists have been studying the relationship between ... [Published Phoenix New Times - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, HIV/AIDS, Bacteria, Penis

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 3 reports

Dramatic changes in bacteria following male circumcision

Apr. 16, 2013 — Male circumcision reduces the abundance of bacteria living on the penis and might help explain why circumcision offers men some protection against HIV, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).Removing ... [Published Science Daily - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, Bacteria, HIV/AIDS

Quotes

...Jeffrey Trent, TGen President and Research Director. "TGen's work over the past several years in the area of head trauma is accelerating new insights to the critical study of concussion injury."

TGen joins Riddell to advance athlete concussion detection and treatment [Published News-Medical.Net - May 15 2013]

...manufactured by brands in the broader Easton-Bell Sports portfolio, including headgear for hockey, baseball, cycling, snowsports, and powersports. "As the awareness of head injury grows across all sports, supporting science like this will help us offer a more protective helmet solution to the athlete" said Arment

TGen and Riddell Announce Partnership for Biomarker Study of Concussive Injuries [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]

"We're statewide, and now that we have a couple of years under our belt, we are trying to get into and work with the folks in Tucson on a more regular basis" said Guerra, who served as chief business officer for the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) before co-founding BioAccel...

Tucson tech: Phoenix-based BioAccel to offer seed funding for health-care innovations [Published Arizona Daily Star - May 14 2013]

...validation and research, we can start translating this into the clinic so that doctors can start using it to diagnose their patients," she said. "Physicians could start using our assay to shorten detection time, reduce the risk of false positives and enable improved treatment."

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