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The President of the Critical Path Institute discusses the successes to date and future challenges of helping the FDA to improve the process for developing safe, innovative drugs.

The statewide plan, which also will involve community colleges and private nursing programs, is in response to legislation enacted in the spring of 2002 requiring each nursing program in the state to double its number of graduates by 2008. A nationwide nursing shortage has left hospitals with 10 percent fewer nurses than they need to care for patients. In Arizona, where nursing salaries have historically been lower than in other states, hospitals have struggled with shortages of up to 20 percent. ASU has estimated it will need about $9 million to support its accelerated nursing degree program - much less than the UA cost estimate, but ASU did not include nursing faculty salaries or capital expenditures in its estimate, [Kathleen Church] said.

Science Foundation Arizona was critical to the continued existence of Tucson's Critical Path Institute, said Dr. Ray Woosley, president and CEO. \"They made us real,\" Woosley said. Woosley said the institute used that money to secure matches from industry and the Food and Drug Administration. \"We estimate for every dollar given by Arizona, we brought in six external dollars,\" he said. \"It helped us create four new companies, and we expect to do a lot more of that,\" Woosley said. \"This is not a giveaway,\" said Woosley. \"This is seed money that creates relationships between businesses and nonprofits for the universities. I don't know of any state in the nation that has as sharp an arrow in its quiver,\" he said.

Alzheimer's is \"a tsunami\" about to strike a huge population of aging baby boomers and their caregivers, [Ray Woosley] said Thursday in a telephone interview. For now, the disease eludes treatment. \"We've spent billions to develop drugs and every one of them have failed,\" Woosley said. Woosley said he is optimistic about the future for Alzheimer's sufferers. \"I really believe there is a drug out there that can help this disease, and I think we're going to find it.\"

  Capt. Mitch Kepley of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said he couldn't comment on whether drugs were involved and declined to comment on what was written in the letters. Kepley said Wednesday that the deaths were a result of a domestic-related incident. He said Thursday that he couldn't comment on whether the deaths were being investigated as a murder-suicide. Kepley also has declined to specify if the husband or wife's death was determined to be a homicide. [Ray Woosley] told The Dispatch hours after he located the bodies that he decided to check on the couple after a daycare worker called and told him his 3-year-old granddaughter had not shown up for day care Tuesday. The concerned grandfather entered the house to find his granddaughter watching television. Woosley continued through the house and located the couple in a room used as an office. The sheriff's office has said in a news release that the girl was unharmed and is now staying with family members.

  \"I'm just surprised,\" said [Travis Beck], noting he saw [Emily Benbow] on Saturday night when she came to his house to pick up a puppy. \"I just can't believe it. Me and her joked around all day, every day. She was like a sister to me. I would like to know what, how (and) why. Everybody is trying to find answers.\" \"It's a tragic situation,\" [Mitch Kepley] said. \"Anytime when you have a domestic-related situation where a child is involved, it's definitely a bad situation for all those involved. Not only for the individuals with the child and for the rest of the family, it's hard to cope for them.\" A number of residents using their Facebook pages posted condolences for the family and other remarks concerning the incident on The Dispatch's website. One of the residents was Lisa Sinclair of Arcadia who wrote that Emily Benbow was a \"wonderful person.\"

Studying genomes to find cures for cancer and other deadly diseases could mean big benefits for the University of Arizona and Southern Arizona - in terms of high-paying jobs, spinoff firms and local spending by researchers - but Tucson-area supporters have been slow to help fund the effort. About $100 million is needed to launch the Arizona Bioscience and Biomedicine Institutes, research centers at the state's three universities that are a key requirement to land the coveted International Genomics Consortium. Consortium officials, courted by states from Georgia to Maryland, said last week they want to base their project in Phoenix. About $74 million has been pledged so far, with $20 million to $25 million still needed to make the institutes a reality. The money will provide research facilities and salaries during a five-year ramp-up period. \"I think that's always a consideration for Southern Arizona. Because the state government has a greater presence in Phoenix, and the city of Phoenix has anteed up significant dollars and in-kind services, Southern Arizona may see this only as a Phoenix project,\" she said. \"Tucson is clearly the key to this effort, and has been from the very beginning. This is a statewide opportunity, and always has been.\"

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[Jeffrey Trent] has said he will bring the consortium to Arizona only if the funding is secured to support the biomedical institutes through their first five years. After that, the institutes are expected to be self-supporting, backers say, although critics of the project - including Arizona Senate President Randall Gnant, R-Scottsdale - have cast doubt on the claim. The state is expected to commit about $30 million to IGC and the Arizona Bioscience and Biomedical Institutes- an expenditure Gnant says the state cannot afford. The money would come from tobacco tax revenues, which are earmarked for medical research and education, [Jane Hull] said. The city of Phoenix has committed about $22 million to the IGC and ABBI, [Sheryl Sculley] said. Maricopa County has committed $5 million to the IGC. The state universities have committed $8 million for ABBI, mostly in faculty positions for consortium researchers.