FRC's Tony Perkins Commends Pro-life Lawmakers Who Oppose Federal Funding of Abortion
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council ( FRC ) President Tony Perkins today applauded the strong stand of a group of pro-life lawmakers who at a news conference today on Capital Hill demonstrated that federal funding of abortion is contained in the cur...Mary Harned Joins Americans United for Life, Set to Oppose Sotomayor Confirmation
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Chief Counsel on the Judiciary Committee staff of Senator Tom Coburn, Mary Harned has joined Americans United for Life (AUL) as Of Counsel to assist in spearheading America's oldest national pro-life organization through its efforts to coun...Large Employers Strongly Oppose New Taxes On 161 Million American Workers' Health Benefits
WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) issued the following statement regarding proposals from some policymakers that would increase taxes on American workers' health benefits to finance health reform. NBGH represents 300 large employers - inc...Seniors Oppose Cutting Medicare Advantage to Fund Physician Payment Fix
WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most seniors - regardless of whether they are enrolled in traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage - oppose cutting the Medicare Advantage program to fund the Medicare physician payment fix and believe cuts to Medicare Advantage will have a nega...70% of U.S. Voters Oppose Administration's Cuts to Medicare-Financed Nursing Home Care
67% Say Less Likely to Re-Elect Member of Congress if They Voted for Seniors' Medicare Cuts WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Congress prepares to reconvene today following the Memorial Day district work period, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) released the results ...Justice Department Will Not Oppose CEO Roundtable on Cancer's Proposal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice announced today that it will not oppose a proposal by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer (CRC) to develop and publicize model contract language for clinical trials of potential new cancer treatments. The Department said the lan...ViroPharma Submits Comments on Vancocin(R) Draft Bioequivalence Guidance
...er of risks and uncertainties, including the Company's plans to continue to oppose vigorously any bioequivalence approach considered for use in approving gene...n ViroPharma's Vancocin related submissions or that ViroPharma's efforts to oppose the OGD's March 2006 recommendation and FDA's December 2008 draft guidance ...VCU survey: US public supports genetic research, testing and government spending on research
...c cloning is more divided. Fifty-two percent of adults favor and 45 percent oppose using cloning technology for the development of new medical treatments. Whe...g is not restricted to therapeutic purposes, about eight in 10, 78 percent, oppose the use of cloning technology in humans. Opinion on both issues has been fa...Biologists, educators recognize excellence in evolution education
.... Moore has worked to build dialogue between science and religious groups. "I grew up with, understand, and respect religious traditions. I strongly oppose the teaching of creationism in science classes, not only because it is not science, but it is unlawful," says Moore, "Distorting science to placate pa...Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb
...what role, if any, they play in making us human," he added. The opposability of the human thumb is its unique ability to swing toward the palm and oppose the other four fingers to provide a tighter and more precise grip on objects. The surprising complexity and abundance of enhancers, which turn on g...Widespread support for nonembryonic stem cell research, VCU Life Sciences Survey shows
...ng technology for the development of new medical treatments. When cloning is not restricted to therapeutic purposes, about eight in 10, or 81 percent, oppose the use of cloning technology in humans. Opinion on both issues has been fairly stable since the first VCU Life Sciences Survey was conducted in 2001....Majority of Americans want local action on global warming, says poll
...urage people to use less electricity. However, 57 percent of Americans oppose changing city zoning rules to promote construction of apartments rather than single-family homes, and 64 percent oppose charging a 10-cent city or local fee on each gallon of gas to encourage peo...JCI table of contents: Aug. 9, 2007
...e-jci.org/article.php?id=29134 ONCOLOGY: New SNP for acute myeloid leukemia Tumor suppressor proteins are so called because their functions oppose the development of cancer. Studies in mice indicate that the protein PU.1 is a tumor suppressor. Mice lacking a specific portion of the DNA (known as ...The influence of the menstrual cycle on the female brain
...ts demonstrate increased reactivity of the female recompense system during the follicular phase, which is also the phase in which the estrogens do not oppose the progesterone. In order to determine the gender-related differences of reward system activation, the same experiment was carried out on a male grou...Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells
...r in this case, cell differentiation. If serum replacement triggers stem cell differentiation, Xu deduced, there must be feeder cell molecules that oppose BMP activity. Experiments confirmed this to be true. Next, Xu elevated concentrations of FGF2, a protein routinely used for human embryonic stem ce...ViroPharma Incorporated Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...ne and science. There can be no assurance that the FDA will agree with the positions stated in our Vancocin related submissions or that our efforts to oppose the FDA's December 2008 bioequivalence guidance for Vancocin will be successful. We cannot predict the timeframe in which the FDA will make a decision...Cytopia Letter to Progen Shareholders
...shareholders. General meeting on 11 March 2009 At this meeting the Progen board wants you to vote for a merger with Avexa. We oppose this because: The proposed share buy-back will be capped at $20 million, insufficient to meet likely take-up; The board pro...ViroPharma Incorporated Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results
...ne and science. There can be no assurance that the FDA will agree with the positions stated in our Vancocin related submissions or that our efforts to oppose the FDA's December 2008 bioequivalence guidance for Vancocin will be successful. We cannot predict the timeframe in which the FDA will make a decision...Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology
...f the technology, says Scheufele, explaining that survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology and its potential benefits. "They still oppose it," he says. "They are rejecting it based on religious beliefs. The issue isn't about informing these people. They are informed." The new study ha...ViroPharma Provides 2008 Outlook
...ere can be no assurance that the FDA will agree with the positions stated in ViroPharma's Vancocin related submissions or that ViroPharma's efforts to oppose the OGD's March 2006 recommendation to determine bioequivalence to Vancocin through in vitro dissolution testing will be successful. We cannot predict...Michigan Catholic Conference Responds to Formation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ballot Committee
... Poll: 77% oppose Proposal to Kill Human Embryos for Research LANSING, Mich., Oct. 11 /PRNe... statewide Public Opinion Strategies poll, 77 percent of Michigan residents oppose 'a proposal that would allow the killing of human embryos and using their s...