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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...

FamilyCord Joins as Cord Blood Sponsor for WBLI's Dana DiDonato's Baby Shower

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- FamilyCord , one of the nation's leading private cord blood banks, is proud to announce their title sponsorship of the WBLI 106.1 Baby Shower event where 250 pregnant New York area listeners will be joining Dana DiDonato for a day of fun, prizes, and education ...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Receives $25,000 Gift from TD Bank

Grant will Support Recently Launched Military Program SHORT HILLS, N.J., May 21 /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 li...

UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation 'Taste for a Cure' Honors Twentieth Century Fox Television Chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation at UCLA (JCCF) hosts its 14th annual Taste for a Cure , May 1, 2009 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Twentieth Century Fox Television Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden will receive the Gil Nickel Humanitarian ...

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 and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act Signed by President Obama as Part of Omnibus Public Land Bill

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation expresses appreciation to Congressional co-sponsors for passing first legislation specific to the paralysis community SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit organizati...

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 ...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Commends President Obama's Decision to Lift Federal Restrictions on Stem Cell Research

SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation joins millions of Americans today in commending President Obama for lifting previous restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. Peter T. Wilderotter, president...

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...

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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...

New Studies Presented at European Society of Anaesthesia Further Validate Masimo PVI(TM) for Noninvasive and Continuous Fluid Monitoring

...her as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws. Contact: dana Banks Masimo Corporation 949-297-7348 Masimo, SET, Signal Extraction Technology, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Cost of Care by Taki...

Two New Clinical Studies Show That Limited Exposure to Blood Transfusion Significantly Increases Morbidity and Mortality After Surgery

... a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws. Media Contact: dana Banks, Masimo Corporation 949-297-7348 Masimo, SET, Signal Extraction Technology, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Cost of Care by Tak...

Afinitor(R) Phase II Data Show Positive Results for Patients With Multiple Types of Lymphoma, Leading to Phase III Trial

...hard Jarvis Novartis Oncology Novartis Corporation P: +1 862 778 7336 P: +1 212 830 2433 dana Kahn Cooper P: +1 732 817 1800 F: +1 732 817 1834 e-mail: media.relations@novartis.com e-mail: investor.relations@novartis.com ...

Video: Data on More Than 15 Novartis Oncology Compounds at ASCO Highlight Progress Toward Targeted Therapies for Diverse Tumor Types

...nual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Novartis Oncology Media only: Megan Humphrey Novartis Oncology P: +1 862 778 6724 dana Kahn Cooper P: +1 732 817 1800 F: +1 732 817 1834 e-mail: media.relations@novartis.com Investors only: Richard Jarvis Novar...

Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research

...or Call #2 from 1:15 PM to 1:45 PM EDT / (10:15 AM to 10:45 AM PDT) Conference Code: 10325316 Participants: dana Delany , Actress, SU2C Celebrity Ambassador Sherry Lansing , Former Studio Head, SU2C Executive Leadership Committee Laura Ziskin , ...

New NIH-Funded Study Shows Masimo Rainbow SET(R) May Help Clinicians Assess Oxygenation in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

... a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws. Media Contact: dana Banks, Masimo Corporation 949-297-7348 Masimo, SET, Signal Extraction Technology, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Cost of Care by Tak...

Video: Afinitor(R) Approved in US as First Treatment for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer After Failure of Either Sunitinib or Sorafenib

...ed March 2009. Novartis Media Relations Media only: Denise Brashear Novartis Oncology P: +1 862 778 7336 dana Kahn Cooper P: +1 732 817 1800 F: +1 732 817 1834 Investors only: Richard Jarvis Novartis Corporation P: +1 212 830 2433 ...

Diabetes Patients with High Triglycerides and Low HDL Cholesterol Get the Most Benefit From Fenofibrate Treatment: New Data From the FIELD Study

...d with statin therapy of 3.6%, i.e. NNT = 28. References 1. Russell Scott, Richard O'Brien, Greg Fulcher, Chris Pardy, Michael d'Emden, dana Tse, Maria-Riitta Taskinen, Christian Ehnholm, Anthony Keech, on behalf of the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) Study I...

Video: Zometa(R) Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence in Premenopausal Women, Study in The New England Journal of Medicine Reports

...ities. Nat Rev Cancer 2002;2:584-593. Contact Information Media Only: Megan Humphrey Novartis Oncology P: +1 862 778 6724 dana Kahn Cooper P: +1 732 817 1800 C: +1 732 239 6664 Investors Only: Jill Pozarek Novartis Corporation P: +1 212 830 2445 ...

Dana in Medical Dictionary

Retinal detachment

... ... Retinal detachment and tear symptoms, causes, treatments and surgery information from Tampa Bay vitreo- retinal surgeon and physician, dana Deupree, M.D. ...

Macula

...etinal disorders including macular degeneration, macular hole and pucker, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal detachment. Retina doctor and surgeon, dana M. Deupree, MD - Palm Harbor and Tampa Bay area, Florida. ... COPYRIGHT © 2007-2008, THE MACULA CENTER " ... fragile, they will often leak bloo...

Corneal transplant

...eal Transplantation Cornea Transplant Surgery Surgeon DSEK San Clemente Laguna Hills Aliso Viejo Irvine Newport Beach Orange County Mission Viejo dana Point San ... ... structure and function. Provides information on common corneal diseases and highlights of National Eye Institute ... a cornea...

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

...s 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 injuries (cer...

Lack of happiness hormone serotonin in the brain causes impaired maternal behavior in mice

...of mice after birth and is responsible for impaired maternal behavior later in life. This was the result of research conducted by Dr. Natalia Alenina, dana Kikic, and Professor Michael Bader of the Max Delbrck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany. At the same time, the researchers disc...

Minnesota Counties Secure New Criminal Charging System With BIO-key(R) Fingerprint Biometrics

...iff's office, as well as the police departments of Chisholm, Duluth, Hibbing, Floodwood, Hermantown and Proctor. Virginia, Minnesota Police Chief dana Waldron has been using eCharging for about two months and says he wouldn't dream of going back to paper. "It takes a little while to get used to it; o...

Children's National experts present at Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting

...ert Nazrat Mirza, MD , will present the outcomes of her innovative and successful program that targets childhood obesity in the Latino community. dana Best, MD , discusses additional findings for how second-hand tobacco smoke affects childrenspecifically a marked reduction of antioxidant levels. In...

Musicians have biological advantage in identifying emotion in sound

...motion in sound is a skill that translates across all arenas, whether in the predator-infested jungle or in the classroom, boardroom or bedroom," says dana Strait, primary author of the study. A doctoral student in the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, Strait does research in the Auditory Neurosc...

Cutting-edge amfAR grants fight HIV/AIDS in the lab and on the phone

...al cooperative functions may serve as the basis of new therapeutics that either mimic or enhance the blockade of the virus that occurs in monkeys. dana Gabuzda, M.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA $120,000 High-throughput screens for inhibitors of Vif-APOBEC3G interaction: Over th...

Genome Medicine: Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice

... feature a column, "Musings on Genome Medicine ", written jointly by Dr David G Nathan, a leading physician, and Dr Stuart Orkin, a geneticist at the dana Farber Cancer Institute. The first column examines the significance of genome-wide association studies, suggesting that while these studies are useful...

Forward planning release from the BA

...the-ba.net/pressregister . Registration is now open. Please note that there will also be a press launch for the Festival on 4 September 2008 in the dana Centre, London, where key speakers from the Festival will be previewing their talks. For further information about the BA Festival of Science, incl...

New robot scouts best locations for components of undersea lab

...d. "Seeing the first maps pop up on our screen was a real thrill for us, they represent the results of hard work by all members of our team," said dana Yoerger, the lead Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer of Sentry. See WHOI release about Sentry at http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=...

Robot vehicle surveys deep sea off Pacific Northwest

...square kilometers, as it traced parallel lines like a lawn-mower making a pattern across a yard. "Sentry had a very successful introduction," said dana Yoerger, the lead WHOI engineer for the vehicle. "We had tested the AUV as best we could before we got out here, but the steep terrain of the deep sea...

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Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Response to FDA Clearance of Geron's Clinical Trial

SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Peter T. Wilderotter, president and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, issued the following statement today in response to FDA clearance of Geron's human clinical trial of embryonic stem cell-based therapy: "This is an exc...

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...

AEterna Zentaris to Present at the Upcoming Roth Capital Partners 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference in Dana Point, California

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS , TSX: AEZ), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today announced that its President and CEO, David J. Mazzo, Ph.D., will present a company overview at the Roth Capital P...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Individual Research Grants

Foundation Continues Research Initiatives in Search of a Cure and Therapies for Paralysis SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), which is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and im...

Debiopharm and MSM Protein Technologies Sign Agreement for Research and Development of Debio 0929, a Novel Oncology Biologic

...antibodies against a number of GPCRs and other membrane proteins. MSM was formed in 2005 on the basis of technology originally developed at the dana Farber Cancer Institute by the company's founding scientist and subsequently licensed to MSM. Since then the Company has developed additional, novel t...

iZumi Bio and Pierian Merge to Form iPierian to Advance Cellular Reprogramming

...rrent disease area priorities. They include: Dr. George Daley is director of Stem Cell Transplantation at the Children's Hospital and dana Farber Cancer Institute, The Samuel E. Lux IV Chair in Hematology, and associate professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Medicin...

Data on WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) System to be Presented at 3rd Annual Rediscovering Biomarkers Conference

...ime PCR System Session: New Discovery Technologies Time: 8:30 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 10 Location: Sunset Room, The dana Hotel on Mission Bay Summary: A discussion offering an overview of the novel, high-throughput SmartChip Real-Time PCR System, as w...

New Pre-Clinical Data on OmniGuide's BeamPath NEURO(TM) Demonstrates Precise Cutting in Brain Tissue

...dures and the BeamPath(TM) NEURO for neurosurgery. Additional information about OmniGuide may be found at www.omni-guide.com . Contacts: dana Conti/Caitlin Hunt Schwartz Communications, Inc. 781.684.0770 omniguide@schwartz-pr.com ...

Novo Nordisk Convenes Policy and Clinical Experts at Diabetes Media Summit

...t from individual Americans as well as state and federal governments," said dana Haza, senior director, National Changing Diabetes (R) Program. When...ellow, National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago ; and dana Haza, senior director, National Changing Diabetes (R) Program. Abo...

American Biotech Labs(R) Garners 2009 Utah Best of State Award

...a multi-faceted recognition program created by award-winning writer, producer and director Mark Layton and 20-year production and management executive dana Layton to highlight excellence in business, government, education, philanthropy and the arts in Utah. Winners for the annual Best of State event are...

Dana in Biological Dictionary

Pedigree

...yclopedia. ... 2 distinguished descent or ancestry a man of pedigree . ... Welcome to the official Facebook Page of Pedigree Adoption Drive. ... dana My Pooks loves Pedigree Jumbone & denta stix mini's. ... Shop for Pedigree Dog Chews at discount prices. Compare prices for deals on more D...

Cerebrum

...he newest (evolutionarily) ... The surface of the cerebrum -- the cerebral cortex -- is composed of six thin ... Cerebrum 2009 Anthology. All dana Press Books. Services for Librarians. Services for Booksellers ... Cerebrum 2009: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science ... Definition of cerebrum fr...