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Training Medical Warriors: Tropical Medicine Specialists Who Ward Off Bioterrorist and Global Health Threats Pass the Torch to the Next Generation

One Society's Mission to Protect World Health NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 1963, when Karl Johnson, M.D., chose to set up a laboratory in Bolivia for the National Institutes of Health instead of taking a job working on a vaccine for the common cold, littl...

Chairman and CEO Bill Marriott to Lead Marriott Employees in Torch Relay to Raise $1.25 Million for Children's Hospitals Nationwide

Miss DC Teen, Miss DC and Miss Maryland Will Also Walk BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- What: J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Marriott International, will lead Marriott employees from the Washington, D.C. metro area in this year's torch re...

Health Insurance Whistleblower Urges Obama Health Chiefs to Join Him at Free Urban Health Care 'Expedition' in L.A. Stadium

...be made public. I feel that I am at long last living up the Tennessee Volunteer credo that is inscribed on our Torchbearer plaques: "He that beareth a torch shadoweth himself to give light to others." Please join me in Los Angeles next week to shed light on the plight that an ever growing number of ...

Special Olympics Minnesota's 2009 Summer Games Continue

...forcement volunteers participated in a 2,000-mile Final Leg relay running the flame across Minnesota in the weeks leading up to Summer Games. The 2009 torch Run will culminate tonight at Celebration Ceremonies. In case of inclement weather, track and field competition continues in light rain but may b...

Travel Advantage Network Employee and Her Dog Hit the Road for Arthritis Foundation

...lped families and individuals create lifelong vacation memories. TAN is the proud recipient of the Better Business Bureau of Maryland's prestigious torch Award for exemplifying high business standards and professional integrity and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's Philanthropy in Business Awar...

2009 Special Olympics Minnesota Summer Games

...ement volunteers will participate in a 2,000-mile Final Leg relay running the flame across Minnesota in the weeks leading up to Summer Games. The 2009 torch Run will culminate at Bierman Field for Celebration Ceremonies. Between competitions, athletes will have the chance to spend time in Olympic Town...

A Little Bit of Leg Work Goes a Long Way for Travel Advantage Network and Mental Health Charity

...lped families and individuals create lifelong vacation memories. TAN is the proud recipient of the Better Business Bureau of Maryland's prestigious torch Award for exemplifying high business standards and professional integrity and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's Philanthropy in Business Awar...

TAN's Efforts Produce 'Chunk of Change' for Children With Heart Defects

...lped families and individuals create lifelong vacation memories. TAN is the proud recipient of the Better Business Bureau of Maryland's prestigious torch Award for exemplifying high business standards and professional integrity and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's Philanthropy in Business Awar...

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Hires New CEO

...nal Hospital, Chief Executive Officer David Mechtenberg recently passed the torch to Jim Suver, a California native with a rich history of healthcare leaders...nal Hospital, Chief Executive Officer David Mechtenberg recently passed the torch to Jim Suver, a California native with a rich history of healthcare leaders...

NewCourtland Network Plans to Transfer Ownership of Five Nursing Homes

... Added AristaCare's CEO, Sidney Greenberger, "NewCourtland has done an exemplary job with its homes and we're proud they have decided to pass the torch to us. We are excited about becoming part of the Philadelphia community and building on NewCourtland's success." About NewCourtland With a...

TORCH in Medical Products

ImmunoDOT TORCH Test

Description: The ImmunoDOT TORCH Test is an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) procedure intended for determining the presence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus in serum and heparinized whole blood to indicate previous or current infection by these agents....
Company:GenBio

Liquichek ToRCH Plus IgM Controls

Description: Liquichek ToRCH Plus IgM Controls identify trends and detect potential problems in your ToRCH IgM immunoassay testing before they affect your test results. Liquichek ToRCH Plus IgM Controls are the perfect complement to Liquichek ToRCH Plus Controls used to monitor your IgG testing....
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

Liquichek ToRCH Plus Controls

Description: Liquichek ToRCH Plus Control is a bilevel liquid control used to monitor the performance of the most widely used serology instruments and assays. A weak positive and a negative control allow you to monitor the performance of your test system at the critical decision making levels....
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

Viroclear ToRCH

Description: For use as a non-reactive quality assurance reagent in assays detecting IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii (TOXO IgG and TOXO IgM), IgG and IgM antibodies to rubella virus (rubella IgG and rubella IgM), IgG and IgM antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV IgG and IgM), and IgG and IgM antibodies...
Company:Blackhawk BioSystems, Inc.

Viroclear® ToRCH

Description: For use as a non-reactive quality assurance reagent in assays detecting IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii (TOXO IgG and TOXO IgM), IgG and IgM antibodies to rubella virus (rubella IgG and rubella IgM), IgG and IgM antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV IgG and IgM), and IgG and IgM antibodies...
Company:Blackhawk BioSystems, Inc.

Virotrol® ToRCH

Description: For use as a quality assurance reagent in assays detecting IgG antibody to Toxoplasma gondii (TOXO IgG), IgG antibody to rubella virus (rubella IgG), IgG antibody to cytomegalovirus (CMV IgG) and IgG antibody to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 IgG and HSV-2 IgG)....
Company:Blackhawk BioSystems, Inc.

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TORCH in Biological News

Compounds could be new class of cancer drugs

...e drugs, and that has had a very positive influence on this collaboration." In focusing on PLD, Brown, Lindsley and their colleagues are carrying the torch forward for an enzyme that was famously characterized at Vanderbilt. John Exton, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Pharm...

UC Berkeley researchers create a biologically-inspired artificial compound eye

...ounds. When struck by a beam of light, each of these mounds acts as a lens, focusing the light and sending it into the material below. Like a welder's torch burning a hole into metal, over time the focused light beams etch holes in the resin creating the tiny channels called self-written waveguides. Bec...

TORCH in Biological Technology

China Biologic Products' High-Purity Human Albumin Research and Development Project to be Listed in the National Torch Plan

TAIAN CITY, Shandong, China, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("China Biologic" or the "Company"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that one of its ...

China Biologic Products Announces One of Its R&D Projects Has Been Listed In National Torch Plan

TAIAN CITY, China, March 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("CBP," or "the Company"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that one of its R&D projects, "Hi...

Victhom announces completion of joint venture agreement with Otto Bock for Neurobionix activities

...mobility has now come true with the launch of the Power Knee II. I am very proud of that. Having founded Victhom ten years ago, I now wish to pass the torch and to take on new projects. I am leaving confident in Victhom's future, since the Corporation today has the necessary support and resources to pursue...

China Biologic Products Announces Strong First Quarter 2009 Results

...s commencing January 1, 2008. -- One of China Biologic Products' R&D projects, "High-Purity Human Albumin," was listed in the National torch Plan of China. -- China Biologic Products completed the government approval process for the transfer of a 35% equity interest in Xi'an Hui...

China Biologic Products Announces Strong 2008 Results

... commencing January 1, 2008. (2) One of China Biologic Products' R&D projects, "High-Purity Human Albumin," was listed in the National torch Plan of China. (3) China Biologic Products completed the acquisition of a 35% interest in Xi'an Huitian Blood Products Co., Ltd. in March ...

China Biologic Products Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

...ver-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the "OTCBB"); -- "High-concentration Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin" R&D Project was listed in the National torch Plan of China; First Quarter 2008 Results Revenues for the first quarter of 2008 were $7.8 million, a 2.2% increase, compared to $7.7 million for t...

Winnick Family Clinical Research Center Celebrates 6th Anniversary

...esearch into some of the afflictions that are among the greatest scourges of our society. It's wonderful to see young, gifted scientists taking up the torch of pioneering research in the Human Genome era, and we can't wait to see what the 2008 Winnick Clinical Scholars and larger body of researchers at the...

Stem Cell Agency Finally Reveals Institutions Involved in Conflict Problem

...he has never demonstrated the he understands that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is a state agency. It's time he passed the torch to someone who gets it. CIRM is not a private club or foundation and cannot be run as if it were." After the Reed case surfaced and FTCR filed its...

Virtual-reality welding simulator an opportunity for Chippewa Valley college

...hose used in laser tag games and an actual welding torch hooked up to a tracking system, creates a scenario...side of a nuclear facility. Users then turn on the torch and maneuver it over the metal in their digital world, while a device surrounding the torch simulates pressure and resistance for the...

Medical College grad school dean Bill Hendee to retire

...s for collaborative research among five colleges in the region. Hendee said he would continue to support those organizations, but made it clear the torch has passed. "I won't be as involved in regional activities as I have in the past," he said, "but those organizations are under strong leadership." ...

TORCH in Biological Products

Agilent 7500ce from Agilent Technologies

Description:... efficiency resulting in a higher temperature and more stable plasma for more reproducible analyses. The sample introduction system comprises a quartz torch and a quartz double-pass spray chamber fitted with a highly efficient and precise MicroMist concentric nebulizer for excellent sensitivity and stabili...
Company:Agilent Technologies

TORCH in Biological Dictionary

Proteomics

...y. ... [ Each month the go- PROTEOMICS website publishes an eye-catching picture relevant ... Now that the human genome has been resolved, the torch has passed from genomics to proteomics in a race to characterize proteins and their biological functions. New ... ...