Procter & Gamble Deepens Corporate Commitment to Sustainability

Expanded Product, Operations and Social Responsibility Targets to be met by 2012 CINCINNATI, March 27, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) today announced significantly increased targets for its 2012 sustainability goals. The updates reflect the company's cont...

IC Sciences Deepens Commitment to Pioneer Digital Informatics Instruments through New Medical Division

BOSTON, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- IC Sciences Corporation announced today the establishment of a new corporate division, the Division of Medical Information Sciences (DMIS), dedicated to scientific and technical innovations in the design and development of the burgeoning field of "digital ...

Independent Review Organizations Take Pressure Off Healthcare Payers as Recession Deepens

IROs Help Ease Staff Burden, Maintain Compliance and Make Patient Safety a Priority PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The deepening U.S. economic recession has healthcare payers caught between member demands for better coverage and the need to reduce costs, while they also wrestle with ...

Lebanon Fears of Epidemics as the Crisis Deepens

The plight of hundreds of thousands displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is getting worse as Lebanon heads towards severe shortages of fuel// and drinking water amid fears of epidemic outbreaks. "We are now faced with a major setback - and with the fuel problems increasing, we are soon m...

Thousands of Canada's best minds converge at Congress 2009

...he social sciences and humanities is a crucial part of Canada's knowledge infrastructure. Exploring questions that are fundamental to life and society deepens our understanding of the country and the world." Organized by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress 2009 brings ...

NYU School of Medicine pathology researchers solve another mystery in B lymphocyte development

...partment of the nucleus, thereby preventing simultaneous recombination on both alleles and thus reducing the chance of translocations. "This work deepens our understanding of the mechanisms that are in place for preventing translocations during V(D)J recombination that might ultimately lead to leukemias...

Acclarent, Inc. Granted Key Patent Covering Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) Technologies

...In addition to securing protection for this early innovation, we believe this key patent underscores Acclarent's strength in intellectual property and deepens the cornerstone of our patent portfolio for Balloon Sinuplasty(TM), " states Acclarent CEO, Bill Facteau. With this latest patent, Acclarent now...

EXT Life Sciences Announces New Biotech Treatment that Tackles Root Cause of Graying Hair

...g process such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. EXT's announcement occurs as the scientific community deepens its research into aging issues. In a recently published scientific report, researchers at England's University of Bradford discovered why hair turns g...

An angry heart can lead to sudden death, Yale researchers find

... Rachel Lampert, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology deepens our understanding of how anger and other types of mental stress can trigger potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Lampert and her team studi...

NxStage Applauds Array of Studies To Be Presented at American Society of Nephrology Meeting

... NxStage Medical, Inc. "For daily home hemodialysis, in particular, this research reflects the growing presence of DHD in mainstream patient care, and deepens our understanding of this modality in both clinical and economic terms." About NxStage Medical NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM ) is a medical...

Deepens in Medical Technology

Laser Burn Injuries in One Eye Can Disrupt Protective Immune Privilege in Both Eyes, Study Finds

...nd in other modern settings. The discovery is also significant because it suggests a previously unknown communication between the two eyes. "This deepens our understanding of the way immune privilege works," says Dr. Joan Stein Streilein, principal investigator of the study and senior scientist at Schep...

News from the Battlefield of Metastatic Cancer: Epeius Biotechnologies Draws the Sword of Targeted Gene Delivery (Rexin-G) from the Stone of Chemistry and Physics

... for in the words of Dr. Frederick L. Hall, President and CEO of Epeius -- "In each and every cancer patient extends their very own impedimenta, which deepens and exacerbates with time and ineffectual apothecary. The scientists and physicians at Epeius Biotechnologies are proud to have participated in the hi...

Deepens in Biological News

Coral face 'a stormy future'

...may break down completely, Jennie says. "While our work was carried out in the Caribbean, it has general implications for coral reefs globally, and deepens our concern as to what may happen to them as global warming advances and the world's climate becomes more tempestuous." ...

Genetic Alliance names Genetic Testing as its official journal

...r for the integration of genetics into medicine. It challenges current healthcare systems and is a disruptive innovation, Terry adds. Genetic Testing deepens all stakeholders understanding of these complex issues. An alliance with Genetic Testing is a natural fit and serves our ever-widening community. ...

BIO-key Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results

... Company reports quarterly earnings and deepens customer relationships WALL, N.J., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in wireless pu...

Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

...ymptoms, electrocardiographic (ECG) tracings, and blood tests for heart damage, it often seems as if the patient is having a heart attack. The mystery deepens in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, when the interventional cardiologist finds no blockage in the coronary arteries. To date, the registr...

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OmniComm Systems Announces Acquisition of EDC Business of eResearchTechnology

...ing provider of EDC solutions and expect this transaction to allow us to grow more rapidly. By combining the two EDC businesses, OmniComm extends and deepens its roster of EDC customers and gains several key technologies that can be added to the TrialMaster(R) eClinical suite of applications," stated Corne...

Soliris(R) Reduced Measures of Thrombosis and Inflammation, and Decreased Indicators of Pulmonary Hypertension, in Studies of Patients with PNH

... measures of thrombin generation and inflammation. These changes appeared to be independent of the observed reduction in hemolysis. "This data deepens our understanding of the complex interactions in the blood that result in dangerous inflammation and blood clots in patients with PNH," said Dr. Weitz...

Bion Announces Approval of New U.S. Patent for Phosphorus Removal Process for Livestock Waste Environmental Treatment

..., the patent will be officially granted and will remain in force until December 26, 2021. Bion's new phosphorus removal patent coverage broadens and deepens the Company's IP portfolio that now includes nine U.S. patents, as well as patents in Canada, New Zealand and Mexico. Two additional U.S. patents are ...

Observant LLC Appoints Two New Directors to the Senior Management Team

... Boston based strategic market research firm expands its presence in Europe and deepens its methodological expertise. BOSTON, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The company is pleased to announce the appointment of Penny Mesure as a Director...

Deepens in Biological Dictionary

Neural tube

...he neural tube is the embryo's precursor to the central nervous system, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. The neural groove gradually deepens as the neural folds become elevated, and... A neural tube defect will occur in human embryos if there is an interference with the closure o...