Patrick Rummerfield Teams with Eric Westacott Foundation and Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to Help Young Quadriplegic Boy

The Eric Westacott Foundation announced today that it has teamed with Patrick Rummerfield, the first fully functional quadriplegic in history, and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to donate the proceeds of the upcoming Golf Classic Tournament to the rehabilitation of an 11-year old quadr...

Dr. Christopher Olivia Appointed to Foundation Radiology Group Board of Directors

PITTSBURGH, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a premier provider of diagnostic imaging professional services headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christopher Olivia, M.D., M.B.A., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Oliv...

DOR BioPharma Appoints Christopher P. Schnittker, CPA, as Vice President of Administration and Controller

PRINCETON, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DOR BioPharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DORB) (DOR or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it recently appointed Christopher P. Schnittker, CPA as its new Vice President of Administration and Controller. In th...

Sen. Christopher Dodd Leads Fight to Protect America's Kids From Tobacco

WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO ) The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)...

United Spinal Association Praises Historic Signing of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act that will improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis and mobility impairments from any cause - stroke, ALS, spinal cord injuries, and others. The legislatio...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Applauds Historic Passage of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries and improving the lives of people living with paralysis, applauds the United States House of ...

Dave Annable Named Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Ambassador

Annable to help spread awareness of Foundation's mission and services SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries and improving the l...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Applauds Senate Passage of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

Landmark Legislation Will Promote Collaborative Research, Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Initiatives for Millions Living with Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injuries SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit orga...

AdvancedMD Software Names Tech Veteran, Christopher J. Bijou, as Executive Vice President of Sales : Executive to Drive Growth of Software as a Service for Medical Practice Management Industry

AdvancedMD Software, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for medical practices and medical billing services, announced that it has appointed Christopher J. Bijou, 41, as the company’s executive vice president of sales. In his new role, Bijou is responsible for inside, fi...

AmericInn Hotels Partners With Nationally Recognized Sleep Expert Dr. Christopher Drake, Announces Launch of 'Sleep Better America' Campaign

CHANHASSEN, Minn., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- AmericInn(R) International, LLC today announced a new strategic partnership with Dr. Christopher Drake, bioscientific investigator at Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center in Detroit. Dr. Drake will serve as the hotel chain's resident sl...

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Dr. Christopher Moore to Form ProDerm LP to Fund CVBT Wound Healing Trial

LAS VEGAS, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVBT) has entered into an agreement with Dr. H. Christopher Moore to be the sponsor and general partner of ProDerm Limited Partnership (PDLP) which will fund a minimum of $1 million and up to ...

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Expresses Disappointment Over President Bush's Veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

SHORT HILLS, N.J., June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries and improving the lives of people living with paralysis, today expressed strong dis...

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health Features Discovery of Asbestos-Related Pain Origin from Scientists at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit

... assistant professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and chief, Cancer Surveillance Research at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; christopher Weis, Ph.D., National Enforcement Investigations Center, United States Environmental Protection Agency; and Harvey Pass, M.D., director, New York Univ...

Leading Experts Endorse Bioheart's Muscle Stem Cell MyoCell Therapy

...ogram aims to streamline both screening and follow-up to facilitate enrollment and to enhance safety monitoring. During the panel discussion, Dr. christopher O'Connor, Director Heart Center, Duke University Medical Center commented on the MARVEL program "We believe it is an endeavor worthy of strong suppo...

Proteolix, Inc. Drug Candidate, PR-957, Prevents Disease Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Models by Selective Inhibition of the Immunoproteasome

... the article included members of the laboratory of Dr. Marcus Groettrup at the University of Constance (Konstanz, Germany) and researchers, led by Dr. christopher Kirk, at Proteolix, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA), where the drug candidate was discovered and developed. PR-957 is the first highly selective...

DOR BioPharma Receives EMEA Agreement on the Design of its Confirmatory Phase 3 Clinical Trial of orBec(R) in GI GVHD

... "We are very pleased to obtain a positive response from the EMEA regarding the design of our upcoming confirmatory, pivotal Phase 3 study," stated christopher J. Schaber, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of DOR. "The depth and strength of our available Phase 3 data have allowed us to design and pow...

Cardium Announces Completion of Patient Recruitment in Phase 2b Clinical Trial of Excellarate(TM) for the Potential Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

...administration limitations of existing drugs and other currently available therapies for diabetic patients suffering with chronic foot ulcers," stated christopher J. Reinhard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cardium. "Our MATRIX clinical study, which included extensive photographic documentation, as well...

Another Study Links Fluoride to Bone Cancer

...luoridated Newburgh, NY children as early as 1955. Newburgh is home of the first human health fluoridation experiment begun in 1945. According to christopher Bryson in The Fluoride Deception, "A radiologist, Dr. John Caffey of Columbia University , called the defects 'striking' in their 'similarity' to b...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Receives Notices of Allowance for Two NeuroTrans(TM) Patent Applications

...and delivery technologies, such as NeuroTrans(TM), has the potential to address the challenges involved in treating many of these CNS disorders. christopher M. Starr, Ph.D., Raptor's Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, commented, "We are pleased that the USPTO has allowed pivotal claims that may offer ...

Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer Could Benefit From Pomegranate Juice Consumption

...patients. "This study suggests that pomegranate juice may effectively slow the progression of prostate cancer after unsuccessful treatment," said christopher Amling, MD, an AUA spokesman. "This finding and other ongoing research might one day reveal that pomegranate juice is an effective prostate cancer pre...

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Pressure sores

...ure sores are categorized by severity, from Stage I (earliest signs) to Stage IV (worst) ... In the end, Superman was brought down by bedsores. christopher Reeve, the actor who played the superhero in four movies, died of complications from infected sores in ... Treatment focuses on preventing pres...

Plummer

...ambiguation pages ... Actor: A Beautiful Mind. christopher Plummer is arguably the finest actor of the ... All Stages: The Life and Times of christopher Plummer (2002) TV episode ... Film and telev.... plummer printmaker woodblock reduction woodcut christopher plumber permanent press studio prints c. plummer ...

Osgood

... christopher John Osgood is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the first pa...

Beckwith

... christopher Beckwith , American Linguist and Historian. ... James Carroll Beckwith (1852 - 1917), American portrait painter. ... Reginald Beckwith , Eng...

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August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... lower temperatures, possibly during migration of the original magmatic vapor. Paradox of late Paleozoic glacioeustasy Daniel E. Horton and christopher J. Poulsen, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. Pages 715-718. The ice age of the late Paleozoic ...

Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

...peculated that iron and manganese could be used, but no one had shown that it occurred by incubating live organisms," said Beal. Beal, working with christopher H. House, associate professor of geoscience, Penn State, and Victoria J. Orphan, assistant professor of geobiology, California Institute of Technology...

Clinical trial shows quadriplegics can operate powered wheelchair with tongue drive system

...em. The trial was conducted at the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based catastrophic care hospital, and funded by the National Science Foundation and the christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The clinical trial tested the ability of these individuals with tetraplegia, as a result of high-level spinal cord inju...

Mice run faster on high-grade oil

...moderate differences in dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake can have a biologically meaningful effect on maximum running speed", says Dr christopher Turbill who will be presenting the research. A previous study by the group, which looked at a range of mammal species, found that those with a rela...

Computers aid in cracking deception in plants

...istance by accelerating the pace of discovery on resistance to this pathogen," said Korkin, who also is a member of the IPG and an investigator in the christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center. He will be applying similar computational methods in studies of Shigella flexneri, a bacterium that can cause diarrh...

New tracking approach will help protect polar bears

...n-intrusively, with Inuit involvement, at a fraction of the current cost." The Queen's researchers, including MSc Biology students Pamela Wong and christopher Harris, are using a multi-phased approach to create a clearer picture of the polar bear population. First, a number of "hair traps" fenced enclosures...

Elevated water temperature and acidity boost growth of key sea star species: UBC researchers

...els, their main diet, at much higher rates," says Gooding, a PhD student in the Department of Zoology working under the supervision of UBC Asst. Prof. christopher Harley. At the end of the period, sea stars reared in warmer, more acidic waters weighed 17 grams, compared to control sea stars that weighed an av...

Rapid approach to identify influenza A virus mutations and drug resistance developed

... Genome Institute of Singapore scientists, led by christopher Wong, Ph.D., have developed a novel approach to uncover the complete sequence of any influenza A virus, including H1NI, with just a quick nasal swab o...

Understanding plants' overactive immune system will help MU researchers build better crops

.... "The immune system provides plants with strong protection from pathogens," said Walter Gassmann, associate professor of plant sciences in the MU christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center and the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. "However, this response has the potential to be highly delete...

NIH announces new program to develop therapeutics for rare and neglected diseases

...ntists who can do the hard work of optimizing chemicals that we or others discover that may treat rare diseases and turn them into actual drugs," said christopher P. Austin, M.D., NCGC Director and Senior Advisor for Translational Research to the NHGRI director. "This will still be hard work and it will take ti...

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Fina Technologies Names Spotfire Founder Christopher Ahlberg to Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Fina Technologies, Inc. today announced that it named Dr. Christopher Ahlberg, a pioneering entrepreneur and scientist, and founder of Spotfire, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Ahlberg most previously was Executive Vice President, Tibco, Inc.,...

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) Names Christopher Rieder Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

MIAMI, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) announced today that Christopher Rieder has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. In his new position, Rieder will oversee planning and implementation of IT operations throughout VITAS to support the comp...

Ameristar National Charity Golf Classic Raises More Than $1.1 Million for Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Event Raises $4.6 Million in Four Years ST. CHARLES, Mo., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASCA ), announced today that the fourth annual Ameristar National Charity Golf Classic, hosted by the Ameristar Cares Foundation, the Company's philanthr...

Anthera Pharmaceuticals Completes $19 Million Financing; Appoints Christopher S. Henney as Chairman

SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing anti-inflammatory drugs, today announced the completion of a $19 Million equity financing. New investors Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund (New York, NY) and HBM Bio...

Quintiles Appoints Christopher Cabell to Chief Medical and Scientific Officer

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced the appointment of Christopher H. Cabell, M.D., MHS, FACC, as Chief Medical and Scientific Officer. Cabell succeeds Oren Cohen, M.D., who was recently appointed Senior Vice President, Clinical Re...

Clinsys Clinical Research, Inc. Announces Key Hires, Rajagopalan Srinivasan, Ph.D, to Strengthen Global Biostatistics Service Offering and Christopher Gregory, Ph.D, to Scientific Affairs

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. and RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinsys Clinical Research, Inc., a therapeutically focused clinical research organization, today announced the appointments of Rajagopalan Srinivasan, Ph.D as Vice President, Global Biostatistics and Christopher Gregory, Ph.D a...

DOR BioPharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for orBec(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Gastrointestinal GVHD

...R)) Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of GI symptoms of cGVHD marks another step in the expansion of our orBec((R))/oral BDP pipeline," stated christopher J. Schaber, PhD, President and CEO of DOR BioPharma. "Based on data we have already generated in the treatment of acute GI GVHD, we believe that orBe...

TorreyPines Cancels Special Meeting of Stockholders in Order to Pursue Merger Transaction

... also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp., 9 Commercial Blvd., Suite 200, Novato, CA 94949, Attention: christopher M. Starr, Ph.D., CEO, Fax No. 415-382-1458 or at the email address: cstarr@raptorpharma.com , with respect to Raptor, and by directing a request to T...

Cardium Announces New Orthobiologics Product Initiative Extending Gene Activated Matrix Technology to Deliver Bone Growth Factors

...from Cardium's bio-medical investment portfolio, we have now decided to expand our focus in regenerative medicine to include orthobiologics," reported christopher J. Reinhard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cardium Therapeutics and Tissue Repair Company. "Cardium's Gene Activated Matrix technology and ...

Sanofi-aventis Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

... billion of recurring cost savings by 2013 Commenting on the Group's 2009 second quarter results, sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer christopher A. Viehbacher said: "The group delivered very strong results in the second quarter, driven by solid growth of key pharmaceutical brands and va...

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Artificial life

...ough the use of human-made analogs of living systems. Computer scientist christopher Langton coined the term in the late 1980s when he held the first "Intern...at CAs were reversible , just as the true universe is considered to be. christopher Langton was an unconventional researcher, with an undistinguished academic...

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Structural biology

...ications in ... The aims of the Structural Biology Program are to understand biological function ... Structural Biology . Jonathan Goldberg. christopher D. Lima. Stephen B. ... The Structural Biology Center (SBC) operates a national user facility for macromolecular crystallography at Sector 19 o...

Primordium

... fund management firm that creates investment ... A primordium can be considered the simplest set of initial conditions capable of ... Created by christopher Hill and illustrated by British painter John Watson and ... To recieve updates on The Primordium via e-mail, please click here to subscribe ... Z...

Inheritance

...rticle aims at a comprehensive understanding of inheritance , examining its ... Official site from Random House for the Inheritance Trilogy by christopher Paolini. Includes notes from the author, details about the books, Eragon and Eldest, ... ...