A University of Arizona physician has taken the first political steps in her bid to do medical marijuana research at state-run schools.

A Canadian biotech company has established its United States headquarters in Scottsdale to bring improved drugs to the American market.

The mysterious “Phoenix Lights” witnessed by hundreds of people over Valley skies on March 13, 1997, changed one Valley physician’s life forever.

Jud Kilbourn has spent his afternoons and summers growing cancer cells in Phoenix’s Barrow Neurological Institute for almost three years.

Banner Health is planning to become a major cancer network in the Valley with a $100 million research facility on its Good Samaritan Medical Center campus in Phoenix and comprehensive cancer treatment centers at most Banner hospitals.

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder.

When Chris Smoke started classes at Mesa Community College after high school, he thought he would study mechanical engineering.

The cure for cancer could be discovered on Shea Boulevard. The central Scottsdale corridor is home to some of the most cutting-edge biological research focused on improving medical treatment.

A Canadian biotech company has established its United States headquarters in Scottsdale to bring improved drugs to the American market.

The Gilbert Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Catholic Healthcare West to move forward with its Gilbert Medical Campus.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - She’s a rodeo barrel-racing champion who runs a 180-acre ranch in Oklahoma when she’s not bouncing across back roads selling farms. Dodie Gilmore is a spry 60-year-old who loves the outdoors, but when she could no longer straddle her faithful horse, River, she knew it was time for a new hip.

The Scottsdale Mayo Clinic’s plans to reduce its patient services and adopt a lucrative high-tech research focus was approved Wednesday by the city’s planning commission.

The Scottsdale Mayo Clinic’s plans to reduce its patient services and adopt a lucrative high-tech research focus was approved Wednesday by the city’s planning commission.

The Phoenix-based CHAI Foundation for Medical Research and Life Extension is seeking funding in order to corroborate results of what it says is promising research on a nontoxic cancer treatment.

FLAGSTAFF - Arizona State University has won approval to build a $4.7 million IMAX-style research theater at the Brickyard on Mill in Tempe and establish a four-year engineering degree program at the Polytechnic campus in east Mesa.

FLAGSTAFF - Arizona State University has won approval to build a $4.7 million IMAX-style research theater at the Brickyard on Mill in Tempe and establish a four-year engineering degree program at the Polytechnic campus in east Mesa.

Arizona researchers are part of a nationwide study involving a new drug that could halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease by preventing plaque from forming in the brain.

Scientific discoveries in genetics are revealing the similarities we share with the living things that surround us, including plants.

New neighborhoods to sniff out, new backyards to dig in and constant construction zones to explore — all are inviting encounters for dogs new to the East Valley.

As rising floodwaters swamped New Orleans, Louisiana's chief epidemiologist enlisted state police on a mission to break into a high-security government lab and destroy any dangerous germs before they could escape or fall into the wrong hands.

Gov. Janet Napolitano and the top Senate Republican are defending spending $25 million in tax funds to finance research — mostly by private companies — even as the state budget is $600 million in the red.

Leaders of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community cemented their pledge Monday to provide $5 million over five years to support cutting-edge genetics research in Phoenix.