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Wake Pharm US Announces Appointment of Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, M.D. to the Board of Medical Advisors

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Wake Pharm US announced today the appointment of Jeffrey A. Niezgoda , MD, FACHM, FACEP, FAPWCA as Director of the Company's Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Jeffrey Niezgoda is a leading wound management physician and the Medical Director of th...

Leading Clinical Technology Organization M2S Inc. Announces the Appointment of Jeffrey Yablon as Senior Vice President, Business Development

M2S Inc., a clinical technology organization providing image management services for biopharmaceutical and medical device clinical trials and clinical data registries, announced today that it has named Jeffrey Yablon as its new Senior Vice President, Business Development. In his new role at M2S, ...

ULURU Inc. Announces Appointment of Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, M.D., as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board

ADDISON, Texas, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ULURU Inc. (NYSE Alternext: ULU) today announced the appointment of Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, FACEP, FAPWCA as Chairman of the Company's Scientific Advisory Board. Currently, Dr. Jeffrey Niezgoda is the Medical Director of The Centers...

AIDS Action Applauds President on Appointment of Jeffrey Crowley as Director of National AIDS Policy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Action congratulates Jeffrey Crowley, an openly gay man with significant knowledge and experience in health care and HIV/AIDS for his appointment as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). He joins a well-respected and dedicated t...

PolyRemedy Names Jeffrey Jones as Its Chief Operating Officer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PolyRemedy, Inc., a manufacturer of point-of-care robotic systems for the fabrication and tracking of customized, nano-material-based wound treatments, has hired Jeffrey S. Jones to serve as the Company's chief operating officer (COO). Jones, a s...

TransMedia Group Retained by Renowned Plastic Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Lagrasso to Share Beauty Trends, Warnings and Medical Perspective Previously Limited to the Rich and Famous

JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jeffrey LaGrasso ( www.LaGrassoMD.com ), Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Craniofacial Surgeon, has retained TransMedia Group so that he can share the latest medical techniques, trends and warnings, not only with his elite clientele, but with men a...

Don't Cut! Why Men & Women Can Postpone Face Lifts With Non-Invasive Beauty Enhancement. Dr. Jeffrey Kronson, M.D., is a Surgeon on a Mission to Limit the 'Knife' and Save Money!

(Whittier, Claremont Surgeon is making patients beautiful without the knife) CLAREMONT, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- When vascular surgeon, Jeffrey Kronson, picks up a scalpel he is likely working to save a life. The founder of the Whittier Vascular Surgery Center does the most intrica...

Taligen Therapeutics Advances Corporate Growth Plan with Appointment of Jeffrey T. Walsh as Chief Business Officer

Company Also Names Christopher Horvath, D.V.M., as Vice President of Preclinical Sciences and Marie Green, Ph.D., as Senior Program Executive CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Taligen Therapeutics Inc. today expanded its Cambridge, Mass.-based executive team with the appointment o...

Dr. Jeffrey Rush and Richard Gilchrist Join NHP Board of Directors

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NHP ) announced today the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey L. Rush and Richard I. Gilchrist to its Board of Directors. "Jeff and Rick are remarkably accomplished leaders who bring valuable experience t...

Shining a Light on Sunscreen: Sun Protection Misconceptions Unveiled by Dr. Jeffrey Dover and CVS/pharmacy

WOONSOCKET, R.I., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy, America's largest retail pharmacy with 6,300 convenient locations nationwide, offers consumers simple tips for what to look for when purchasing sun protection this summer. Despite the flood of sun protection information that is released ea...

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Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ProLindac Clinical Development Program

... SFDA. We are excited about finalizing protocols with ASK and the leading oncologists in China, and look forward to their continued progress," stated jeffrey B. Davis, Access' President and CEO. "Additionally, we are meeting this month with JCOM and key opinion leaders in Korea, and hope to get the combina...

VisEn Molecular Imaging Technology Enables Key Insights Into Newly Discovered Biologic Pathway Published in SCIENCE

...n vivo imaging agents were able to help the research team answer some of the key questions about this important biologic pathway in vivo ," said Dr. jeffrey Peterson, VP, Applied Biology at VisEn Medical. "When cardiac molecular imaging data from the FMT was combined with MRI imaging, the researchers were ...

NeurogesX Announces Preliminary Results of FDA-Requested Qutenza(TM) Study

...r to the PDUFA date of August 16, 2009. The impact on the agency's timing, if any, for an ultimate decision on the NDA is not yet known. Dr. jeffrey Tobias, NeurogesX' Chief Medical Officer commented, "I am grateful to our clinical investigators and the entire NeurogesX team for working together to...

First Patient of NOTES Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study Successfully Treated With Ethicon Endo-Surgery Devices

...perative procedure data on the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Toolbox to assess the feasibility of using these devices within this procedural application," said jeffrey Hazey, MD, FACS, assistant professor at the Ohio State University Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. "I believe this study will serve as a criti...

Thiarabine Demonstrates a Reduction of Both Inflammatory and Erosive Disease Parameters in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...eal benefit to the use of thiarabine in RA." "Our current development focus for thiarabine is for the treatment of hematological cancers," stated jeffrey B. Davis, President & CEO. "But, we believe these new RA data provide compelling evidence that Thiarabine should be developed for rheumatoid arthr...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, the Most Common Childhood Cancer, Is Curable Without Preventive Cranial Radiation

...fully eliminate irradiation by optimizing chemotherapy." Other authors of this paper include Deqing Pei, John Sandlund, Sue Kaste, Raul Ribeiro, jeffrey Rubnitz, Susana Raimondi, Mihaela Onciu, Elaine Coustan-Smith, Larry Kun, Sima Jeha, Cheng Cheng, Scott Howard, Vickey Simmons, Monika Metzger, James ...

Trius Announces Positive Results From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Torezolid in Patients With Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections

...ate its potential for the rapid treatment of severe infections caused by Staph aureus , including MRSA, in both the community and the hospital," said jeffrey Stein, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Trius. "Later this year we will complete Phase 1 testing of the IV dosage form of torezolid and plan to merg...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Thiarabine Combination Data

...rom the journal's website. "Thiarabine is a next generation nucleoside analogue, licensed by Access from Southern Research Institute ," stated jeffrey Davis, President & CEO. "Thiarabine has been in two Phase 1/2 solid tumor trials and was shown to have significant anti-tumor activity. Access is ...

Ironwood and Forest Present Additional Positive Phase 2b Study Results for Linaclotide in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation

...als: Results from a Phase 2b Study of Linaclotide , an oral presentation by jeffrey Johnston, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. on Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 p.m. CT; McCor...onic Constipation: Results from a Phase 2b Study , a poster presentation by jeffrey Johnston, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. on Tuesday, June 2 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:0...

New Study Evaluating the ADHD Medication VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Demonstrated No Change in the Pharmacokinetic Profile of VYVANSE When Coadministered with Prilosec OTC(R) 40 mg (20 mg X 2), a Commonly Used Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)

...SE has been an important treatment option for physicians treating adult patients seeking significant ADHD symptom control during their busy day," said jeffrey Jonas, Senior Vice President of Research & Development for the Specialty Pharmaceuticals business at Shire. "This study is the first to evalu...

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Body shaping

... , Dennis J. Hurwitz, M.D. F.A.C.S., M.D. Publish, NYC Body Contouring Surgery After Weight Loss , Joseph Capella, M.D., Peter Rubin, M.D., and jeffrey Sebastian, M.D., Addicus Books, Omaha, Nebraska Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery , Patt Levine, Michele Bontmpo-Saray and William B. Inabn...

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Terrorism

... terrorism " is politically and emotionally charged, and this greatly compounds the difficulty of providing a precise definition. A 2003 study by jeffrey Record for the US Army quoted a source that counted 109... Terrorism , the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear for bringing about politi...

Patella

...in may be associated with other symptoms, such as instability or ... Here are two X-rays that illustrate the best views of the patella . ... Dr. jeffrey Halbrecht specializes in treating knee pain, namely patellofemoral problems stemming from patella misalignment, patella dislocation, and chondr...

Ocular

...E ... EVALUATION OF OCULAR SURFACE INFLAMMATION IN ... The Ocular Surface (ISSN 1542-0124) is published quarterly by Ethis Communications, ... jeffrey Chang Vivek Chaturvedi A 34-year-old man presented to the New England Eye Center Retina Service ... OCULAR SURGERY NEWS U.S. EDITION August 10, 2009...

Noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

...l carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism associated with insulin ... Type 2 Diabetes ( Non-Insulin Dependent ) - Carla Janzen, MD, jeffrey S. ... Type 2 ( non-insulin dependent ) diabetes is characterized by insufficient insulin ... Glucose Control and Insulin Resistance in Non...

Maternal Health

...line Shopping at SpotCost.com - New and used books like Paramedic Professional Medical Emergencies Maternal Health and Pediatric by Richard Beebe, jeffrey C Myers... USAID | Health Policy Initiative strives to increase access to and use of key maternal health services in developing countries wo...

Lesion

...al Condition: Liver Lesion Characterization ... "Liver lesion characterization" is undertaken for hepatic masses seen by US, CT, or MRI. ... jeffrey Chang Vivek Chaturvedi A 12-year-old girl was referred to the retina service at the New England Eye Center for evalua ...

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

... , or in which the body's ... insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) ... Type 1 Diabetes ( Insulin - Dependent ) - Carla Janzen, MD, jeffrey S. Greenspoon, MD ... 1 diabetes , previously known as insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or ... What you need to know about dia...

Host

...ebsite online. We provide 24/7 customer support at affordable prices. Host .net now offers secure cage space for large enterprise clients and ... jeffrey Davis, Host .net's co-founder and CEO stated, "It is obvious there is a ... Searchable directory of web hosts . Includes windows, reseller, mana...

Daily life

....88 now & save. Amazon.com: Daily Life in Elizabethan England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) (9780313293351): jeffrey L. Singman: Books "Live the legend. Online Shopping at SpotCost.com - New and used books like Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Florence Dupon...

Atrial myxoma

... side of the heart. ... family history of myxomas or if you have symptoms of atrial myxoma . ... Right Atrial Myxoma . Ramin Khorasani, MD. jeffrey L Jorgensen, MD. Douglass F Adams, MD ... Right atrial myxoma . Discussion. Radiology ... An atrial myxoma is a non-cancerous tumor in th...

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Ethiopian government celebrates rinderpest eradication

...m from Tufts University's Feinstein International Center (FIC) and the Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) will participate in the celebration. jeffrey Mariner, DVM, research associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at TUSM, repurposed a rinderpest vaccine that could ...

GUMC discovery highlights new direction for drug discovery

...own before with a cancer-causing fusion protein and represents a potentially novel medical therapy in the future," says the study's lead investigator, jeffrey Toretsky, MD, a pediatric oncology physician and researcher at GUMC's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study could provide a model upon wh...

Humans related to orangutans, not chimps, says new Pitt, Buffalo Museum of Science study

...ar suggestion, based on DNA analysis, that humans are most closely related to chimpanzees, which they maintain is not supported by fossil evidence. jeffrey H. Schwartz, professor of anthropology in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences and president of the World Academy of Art and Science, and John Grehan, d...

Versartis presents positive preclinical data on 2 product candidates at ENDO 09

...data presented today for the first time confirmed our expectation that dosing can be extended from weekly to monthly for our product candidates," said jeffrey L. Cleland, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Versartis. "Our preclinical data presented today show that VRS-317 demonstrated in vivo pot...

Demmler-Harrison honored for devoted work with pediatric society

...me virology testing in an epidemic situation and effective infection control strategies. "Gail Demmler is a true leader in pediatric virology," said jeffrey Starke, M.D., director of Infection Control for Texas Children's Hospital. "Gail has advanced the study of pediatric diseases not only through her ded...

NIH grants $122 million in Institutional Development Awards

...9-05 . New Mexico State University (Las Cruces) $17.4 million New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Principle Investigator: jeffrey B. Arterburn, Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks $17.7 million Contaminants and Infectious Agents: Molecular Approaches Principal Investigato...

Breast health center gives TGen new research opportunities

...esearch organizations, such as TGen. The ultimate beneficiaries are of course our patients who have cancer and other debilitating diseases," said Dr. jeffrey Trent, TGen's President and Research Director. ...

Landfill cover soil methane oxidation underestimated

...t value for landfill cover CH4 oxidation of 10% due to the uncertainty involved and the lack of a standard method to determine oxidation rate. Drs. jeffrey Chanton, David Powelson, and Roger Green of Florida State University and Waste Management Inc. reviewed and compiled literature results from 42 determ...

The story of X -- evolution of a sex chromosome

...essor of integrative biology and a member of UC Berkeley's Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics. Bachtrog, UC Berkeley post-doctoral fellow jeffrey D. Jensen and former UC San Diego post-doc Zhi Zhang, now at the University of Munich, detail their findings in this week's edition of the open-access...

Harnessing cloud computing for data-intensive research on oceans, galaxies

... dramatically during the past decade, says Andrew Connolly, a UW associate professor of astronomy who was awarded the grant with UW research scientist jeffrey Gardner. Scientists once competed for time on telescopes, recorded data and then studied the individual images in detail. Now telescopes continuously ...

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Horizon Therapeutics Names Dr. Jeffrey W. Sherman Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

--Dr. Sherman also elected President of the Drug Information Association (DIA)-- NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey W. Sherman, M.D., F.A.C.P., as its executive vice presi...

Orchid Cellmark Appoints Jeffrey S. Boschwitz as Vice President, North America Marketing & Sales

PRINCETON, N.J., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Nasdaq: ORCH ), a leading worldwide provider of identity DNA testing services, today announced a change in its sales and marketing organization. Jeffrey S. Boschwitz, Ph.D. has been appointed Vice President of North Ame...

Access Pharmaceuticals Appoints Jeffrey B. Davis as CEO

- Stephen R. Seiler Resigns as President and CEO - DALLAS, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced today that current Chairman Jeffrey B. Davis has been appointed to the additional role of CEO. Stephen R. Seiler has resigne...

IDM Pharma Names Dr. Jeffrey W. Sherman Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDM Pharma (Nasdaq: IDMI) today announced that Jeffrey W. Sherman, M.D., F.A.C.P. has been appointed as the Company's Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development. Dr. Sherman will join the Company in September an...

WTN interview: Dr. Jeffrey Grossman, CEO UW Medical Foundation

Editors Note: Dr. Jeffrey Grossman, president and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation and associate dean for clinical affairs for UW Medical School was the kick-off speaker at the Digital Healthcare Conference 2004. In this interview with WTN, Dr. Grossman discusses how advance...

NxStage Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...er results demonstrate our continued ability to improve key financial metrics including revenue, gross margin, adjusted EBITDA and cash usage," stated jeffrey H. Burbank, Chief Executive Officer of NxStage Medical. "In addition, we successfully executed against key strategic relationships to further strengt...

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

...chnology, discovered in the lab of Stanford scientist and Eiger founder Dr. jeffrey Glenn, M.D., Ph.D., is focused on a variety of novel targets, including key...hat should decrease HCV resistance to this type of antiviral therapy," said jeffrey Glenn. "These virus specific agents in development at Eiger possess the pro...

MuGard Data From UK Study Shows Prevention of Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

...back from SpePharm on their experience in the UK, with the first 140 patients in the assessment study, exceeds our most positive expectations," stated jeffrey B. Davis, Access' President & CEO. "Normally, roughly 100% of patients undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancer experience some le...

ParagonRx Files with FDA REMS Panel Interim Analysis for Opioid Drugs Study

... "ParagonRx has developed a proprietary approach to risk management using an adaptation of failure modes and effect analysis called RxFMEA(R)," says jeffrey Fetterman, President and CEO of ParagonRx, "and we are currently applying this approach to the medication use process for long-acting opioids. RxFMEA...

Novel gene found for dilated cardiomyopathy

...ysfunction of the contraction apparatus and signaling machinery of the heart the method by which cells communicate to influence heart function," says jeffrey Towbin, M.D., co-director of the Heart Institute and director of cardiology at Cincinnati Children's. "This clarifies the mechanisms by which these i...

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Genetic code

...he United States National Institutes of Health . In particular the following books would be useful to consult: Griffiths, Anthony J.F.; Miller, jeffrey H.; Suzuki, David T.; Lewontin, Richard C.; Gelbart, William M. (1999). Introduction to Genetic Analysis (7th ed.) . New York: W. H. Freeman &am...

Endosymbiotic theory

...n Raff, Keith Roberts and Peter Walter, Molecular Biology of the Cell , Garland Science, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-8153-3218-1 . (General textbook) jeffrey L. Blanchard and Michael Lynch (2000), "Organellar genes: why do they end up in the nucleus?", Trends in Genetics , 16 (7), pp. 315-320. (Discusse...

Genetic code

...he United States National Institutes of Health . In particular the following books would be useful to consult: Griffiths, Anthony J.F.; Miller, jeffrey H.; Suzuki, David T.; Lewontin, Richard C.; Gelbart, William M. (1999). Introduction to Genetic Analysis (7th ed.) . New York: W. H. Freeman &am...

Glycome

...e the glycome project on Caenorhabditis Elegans a microscopic worm, whose entire genome is already sequenced) "Glycobiology Goes to the Ball" by jeffrey M. Perkel, The Scientist on April 29 2002 . 'GlycoChip' 'The Sweet Spot' (an article, primarily aimed at discussing the technological a...

Species

...can fuse together in the body to yield hybrid cells that contain genetic material from both species... "What we found was completely unexpected", says jeffrey Platt, M.D." 2000-09-18, ScienceDaily: Scientists Unravel Ancient Evolutionary History Of Photosynthesis Quote: "...gene-swapping was common among...

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Gene pool

... gene pool are b - a frequency of 0.2. and ... In this artificial life simulation colourful creatures evolve ... Gene Pool was created by jeffrey Ventrella ... Ventrella.com. This web site is Solar Powered. ... MySpace profile for Gene Pool :) with pictures, videos, personal blog, inter...

Ecological genetics

... Ecological Genetics - Book. Compare products, compare prices, read reviews and merchant ratings... Text: A Primer of Ecological Genetics by jeffrey K. Conner and Daniel L. Hartl (2004) ... Purpose: Ecological genetics is at the interface of three important ... ... of Genetics - University...

Biodiversity

...iland's tiny bumblebee bat to the ocean's great blue whale - with plants and animals of all shapes ... Biodiversity . Coordinating Lead Authors: jeffrey A. McNeely, Daniel P. Faith, Heidi J. Albers ... Do Human Actions Affect Biodiversity and the Structure and ... Traveling exhibit introducing peo...