Deadline Extended for Nominations for Jay and Rose Phillips Awards and Phillips Caregiver Award
MINNEAPOLIS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Minneapolis-based Courage Center, a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center, is accepting nominations for two awards and has extended the deadline two weeks to Friday, June 12, 2009: The 2009 Jay and Rose Phillips Awards are presented eac...Physicians Practice and Rose Medical Center Partner to Improve Patient Care in the Denver Metro Area
BALTIMORE, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians Practice and Rose Medical Center have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the Denver Metro Area better handle the cumbe...Young Athlete's Gift of Life to be Honored on Rose Parade Float
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Donor mother Kim Morsching will be among 26 float riders in the 6th annual Donate Life America Rose Parade, held here on New Year's Day. This year's theme, "The Stars of Life," honors the millions of people who make the gift of life possible for others. ...Charlie Rose Science Series Wraps Up With Episode on 'The Imperative and Promise of Science'
- Roundtable to examine the crisis in science education, scientific research, and the role science should play in the 2008 Presidential Election - NEW YORK, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Since its launch in October 2006, the Charlie Rose Science Series has expl...Final Episode of Charlie Rose Science Series Set to Air Monday, April 7th
- 'The Imperative and Promise of Science' roundtable to focus on the crisis in science education, scientific research, innovation and ethical issues raised by scientific advances - NEW YORK, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Charlie Rose and co-host Sir Paul Nurse will...Preterm Births Rise 36 Percent Since Early 1980s
...: Final data for 2006," National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 57, No. 7. The nation's preterm birth rate (birth before 37 completed weeks gestation) rose to 12.8 percent in 2006 -- that's a 36 percent increase since the early 1980s. The report attributed much of the increase to the growing number o...Breakthrough Mapping of Alzheimer's Genome Helps ID Four New Suspect Genes
...ts that only address the symptoms of the disease. Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, chairman of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund Research Consortium and the Joseph P. and rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, completed the largest family-based genome-wide association screen conducted to date. More...Diverse Approaches to Alzheimer's Therapies Continue to Show Progress at ICAD
...ehavior in a one-year placebo-controlled trial of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's. At ICAD 2008, Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., the Augustus S. rose Professor of Neurology, and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, at UCLA, and colleagues reported on an open-label extension of the tri...PAREXEL Data Reveal A Record High Number of Clinical Trials Initiated
...5." Oncology Studies Represent Largest Percentage of New Clinical Studies According to PAREXEL data, new clinical studies of oncology drugs, which rose another 13 percent in 2007, comprised the largest percentage among all therapeutic areas for new clinical trial starts in 2007-nearly 15 percent of th...David Rose to present Howe School lecture on new technologies and business models, Jan. 29
HOBOKEN, N.J. - Internationally known technology expert David S. Rose will present a lecture at Stevens Institute of Technology, January 29, 2009, titled "Everything You Think You Know...Is Wrong: How New Technologies and Newer Business Models are Turning the World Upside Down." As part of the ...Sierra Nevada rose to current height earlier than thought, say Stanford geologists
Geologists studying deposits of volcanic glass in the western United States have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 12 million years ago, roughly 8 or 9 million years earlier than commonly thought. The finding has implications not only for understanding ...Beautiful plumage: Feather color and sex start the species revolution
... report in the American Naturalist -- selected and reviewed by Faculty of 1000 member Rebecca Kilner (University of Cambridge) along with Associate rose Thorogood -- this tiny genetic difference can potentially lead to the evolution of new species. Two Monarcha castaneiventris sub-species have th...Holding breath for several minutes elevates marker for brain damage
...he shortest was 4 minutes 41 seconds. The marker for brain damage, S100B, rose in seven of the nine divers. The controls showed no change in S100B On average, S100B rose 37% within 10 minutes after the apnea ended. S100B levels returned to nor...August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
...w levels of atmospheric oxygen persisted tens of millions of years beyond the origin of animals -- much later than previously reported -- but probably rose prior to the major diversification of animals in Early Cambrian time. Pore-fluid Fe isotopes reflect the extent of benthic Fe redox recycling:...Douglas-fir, geoducks make strange bedfellows in studying climate change
...lude Carolyn Copenheaver of Virginia Tech, David Frank of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, and Matthew Stuckey and rose Kormanyos of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center. Sea surface temperatures are an important factor in analyzing the effects of climate change, sai...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
... measured from further amplification, avoiding potential laser damage. rose This technology radically changes the accessibility of compiler technologies, allowing access to average software developers and scientists. rose enables users to build their own tools, including defect detection tools to...Ferns took to the trees and thrived
... DURHAM, N.C. -- As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment. In fact, they flour...Elsevier announces 2008 journal impact factor highlights
...5, placing it at the #1 position in the Infectious Diseases category. The Lancet Oncology ( http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/issue/current ) rose to 13.283, an increase of over 1 full IF point from the 2007 IF. Finally, The Lancet Neurology ( http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/issue/curr...Sanford Rose Associates Opens Minneapolis Office
MINNETONKA, Minn., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- John H. Wang has been named Managing Director of Sanford Rose Associates - Minneapolis, one of several new Sanford Rose Associates executive search offices opening in recent months. Most recently, John served as Chief Technology Officer at CircuLite,...Department of Health & Human Services Names Dr. Eric Rose to National Biodefense Science Board
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. announced today that Dr. Eric Rose, its Executive Vice President for Life Sciences, who also serves as Chief Executive Officer of SIGA Technologies, Inc., has been named to the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB). The NBS...Prix Galien USA Announces 2009 Final Candidates
...ular disease and diabetes and treatments for people living with cancer and HIV/AIDS. The 2009 Prix Galien USA ceremony will again be emceed by Charlie rose at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Final candidates for the Prix Galien USA 2009 awards are: Best Pharmaceutical ...SEQUENOM Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Highlights
...e HPV test, including partnering. Corporate Updates Senior Management Update - The company is pleased to report the addition of Mary rose Keller to the senior management team, as vice president of clinical operations. Ms. Keller brings more than 25 years of clinical research experience a...Shire plc: Core Portfolio of Products Delivers 20% Sales Growth
...une 30, 2009 of $4.9 million (2008: $nil). US oral mesalamine market share Shire's average market share of the US oral mesalamine market rose to 31.8% for the three months to June 30, 2009 (2008: 27.6%). LIALDA/MEZAVANT - Ulcerative colitis Product sales of LIALDA/MEZAVANT for ...Sanofi-aventis Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
...articular the consolidation of Zentiva), net sales rose by 6.5%. Excluding changes in structure and at con... North America effective April 1, 2008), net sales rose by 3.1%. Excluding changes in structure and at con...Lantus ((R)) , the world's leading insulin brand, rose by 26% in the second quarter (to euro 792 million)...China-Biotics, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results
...t sales increased 18.9% year-over-year to $15.5 million -- Gross profit rose 21.0% to $10.6 million, with a gross margin of 68.5% -- Net income was ...ights -- Net sales increased 28.1% to $54.2 million -- Gross profit rose 26.6% to $38.0 million, with a gross margin of 70.1% -- Operating incom...Sundia MediTech Appoints Dr. Tong Xu as VP of Process Chemistry
...orked at La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, an R&D based biotech company in San Diego, USA for 12 years. At La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, Dr. Xu rose through the ranks from Research Scientist, to Manager, Senior Manager, and Associate Director of Process Development. Through this career path, he acc...DNA Genotek Partners with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to Accelerate Breast Cancer Research
...t DNA saliva samples on-site at the Susan G. Komen Western New York Race for the Cure®. The race will be held this June 13th at the Delaware Park rose Gardens in Buffalo, NY. This event is the second of its kind under the "Spit for the Cure"™ umbrella and joins the very successfu...