Disabilities in Biological Technology

AMERIGROUP Praises Expansion of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

... headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, improves healthcare access and quality for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector. Through its subsidiaries, AMERIGROUP Corporation serves approximately 1.6 ...

AMERIGROUP Corporation Named One of Best Places to Work in Healthcare

... headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, improves healthcare access and quality for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector. Through its subsidiaries, AMERIGROUP Corporation serves approximately 1.7 ...

DynaVox Releases Software Version 1.05 for DynaVox V and Vmax

... an opportunity for a better life to the millions of adults and children around the world challenged by significant speech, language and learning disabilities caused by conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's ...

Healthcare Scoop Expands Consumer Conversation to Dialogue with Premier Healthcare Organizations

... hasn't existed," said Stump. "Courage Center is an innovator in meeting the health care needs of this community, especially empowering those with disabilities to realize their full potential," said Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center, which sponsors a profile page on the Healthcare Scoop. "That's why we're ...

AMERIGROUP Corporation to Discuss Third Quarter Earnings on October 23

... headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, improves healthcare access and quality for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector. Through its subsidiaries, AMERIGROUP Corporation serves approximately 1.7 ...

$1.6 Million Agreement to Accelerate Fragile X Research, Inspire Hope

... Developmental Disabilities, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental disabilities and the Data Coordinating Center at Columbia University. Fragile X syndrome is the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability and ...

Touch Bionics a 2008 da Vinci Award winner

... and assistive technology. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society understands well the difficulties people experience when faced with physical disabilities and created the da Vinci Awards to recognize the most innovative projects that enable participation and contribution in all aspects of society. "We ...

AMERIGROUP Reaches Agreement in Principle to Settle Illinois Qui Tam Litigation

... headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, improves healthcare access and quality for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector. Through its subsidiaries, AMERIGROUP Corporation serves approximately 1.7 ...

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Opens Two Warm, Supportive Patient Centers: Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center and Family Resource Center

... to surgery. -- Accessible health services for women with disabilities, facilitated by the design input of Breast Health Access for Women with disabilities (BHAWD), a program of Alta Bates Summit since 1995. The Family Resource Center supports community education and outreach, with a focus on ...

Baxter and Its Foundation Contribute Nearly $53 Million in 2007 to Address Critical Needs Locally and Globally

... achieve housing stability. -- Con Nosotros to increase physical rehabilitation services to children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disabilities in Cuernavaca, Mexico. -- ORBIS International to extend eye care services to rural areas by establishing eye care stations, increasing ...

Texas Boy Receives Wheelchair From New Hampshire Couple's Recently Deceased Granddaughter

... -- The Brain Injury Association of Texas (BIATX) today announced that a six-year-old boy in Austin, Texas with significant physical and mental disabilities due to shaken baby syndrome will receive a specialized wheelchair and other medical equipment from a New Hampshire couple whose 13-year-old ...

AMERIGROUP Corporation to Present at the CIBC World Markets 18th Annual Healthcare Conference on November 5

... headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, improves healthcare access and quality for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector. Through its subsidiaries, AMERIGROUP Corporation serves more than 1.5 million ...

WTN Interview: Roberta Gassman

... for employees, partners, and citizens. DWD publications and related web sites will be available in multiple languages; accessibility for people with disabilities will be improved; and, document management, imaging and workflow will be expanded to save resources associated with paper storage, handling and ...

OASYS Online Provides Special Education Data Management

... customized IEPs, evaluation findings, invitations to parents and all other required forms and records. OASYS Online includes the children with disabilities (CWD) management system and IEP Forms Manager suites. The Forms Manager automatically inserts data stored within the CWD management system and ...

Special needs addressed at Web Usability Conference

... Mayer, who is blind, said most sites do a poor job of addressing the needs of individuals who have poor vision, poor motor control or other disabilities that create obstacles to surfing the Internet. While it is relatively simple for sites to meet accessibility guidelines, such as those recommended ...

Deltanoid named to top-15 list of biotech companies

... of them from Massachusettson the list. Prospects include treatments for HIV and cancer, implantable electronics that could allow people with disabilities to control computers with their thoughts, and drugs for cystic fibrosis. Deltanoid's goal of rebuilding bones seems to fit right in: it has the ...

Competition for stem cell research is fierce

... of many stem-cell applications, Cezar said its only a matter of time before similar research in humans is able to solve many problems of disease, disabilities and birth defects, as well as basic questions about human development. While bullish on Wisconsins position in stem-cell research, noting its ...

Milwaukee area biotech ZyStor seeks more funding

... accumulation of undigested macromolecules within certain cells. This impairs cellular and tissue function, and causes painful disabilities. Such disabilities are rare, but those afflicted can die at an early age, and existing drug therapies have proven inadequate. "I think one child born in Wisconsin each ...

Stem cell research holds the promise for tomorrow

... veto pen against their extreme proposals if that's what it takes to protect this important research. Together, we'll find cures to diseases and disabilities that we once thought were impossible, we'll reject junk science and extremist ideology, and we'll help families whose lives have been turned ...

ZyStor seeks to raise $15M for clinical trials

... caused by the lack of a specific lysosomal enzyme in human cells that impairs cellular and tissue function, and causes painful disabilities. Such disabilities are rare, but those afflicted can die at an early age. Existing drug therapies have proven inadequate because too few of the therapeutic enzymes ...

Amplification of genome-representative DNA from limited sources with GenomePlex WGA technology for use in genetic alterations studies

... 18 We combined GenomePlex WGA technology with a CGH array to detect chromosomal abnormalities in patients with mental and developmental disabilities such as Down and Edwards syndromes. Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21), and Edwards syndrome is caused by an ...