Why are the biosciences important to Arizona?
Two reasons: better healthcare, stronger economy. Regarding healthcare, the biosciences offer local access to the latest medical discoveries, diagnoses, and treatments, and top healthcare practitioners. This is important to every state, but especially Arizona, where a fast-growing population presents medical-manpower challenges but also opportunities to pioneer new modes of treatment, especially through personalized medicine. On the economic side, the biosciences means good, high-paying jobs—not only in science, but supporting areas such as law, marketing, accounting, etc. The biosciences offer a stronger, more diversified economy that can help to weather dry economic times that come with a state reliant on cyclical industries such construction and tourism.
Two reasons: better healthcare, stronger economy. Regarding healthcare, the biosciences offer local access to the latest medical discoveries, diagnoses, and treatments, and top healthcare practitioners. This is important to every state, but especially Arizona, where a fast-growing population presents medical-manpower challenges but also opportunities to pioneer new modes of treatment, especially through personalized medicine. On the economic side, the biosciences means good, high-paying jobs–not only in science, but supporting areas such as law, marketing, accounting, etc. The biosciences offer a stronger, more diversified economy that can help to weather dry economic times that come with a state reliant on cyclical industries such construction and tourism.
