The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Announces the Next Director
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has announced that Professor Doug Hilton will be the Institute's next Director. Announcing Professor Hilton's appointment as Director-Designate, the President of the Board, Mr. Leon Davis, no...Rep. Boozman, AOA Officials Tour Military Eye Care Facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
AOA Seeks to Aid America's Wounded Warriors Facing Combat-Related Eye Trauma and Vision Damage Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eye wounds and combat-related vision loss have been among the most common types of injury for America's soldie...Care Investment Trust Names Walter J. Owens to Board of Directors
NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Care Investment Trust Inc. (NYSE: CRE ) today announced it named Walter J. Owens, President of Corporate Finance at CIT, to Care's Board of Directors, which increases the number of members from six to seven directors. In his capacity as President...NCPA Endorses Rep. Walter Jones for Re-Election
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is endorsing Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), a seven-term incumbent representing North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, who has been a powerful advocate for fixing the problems facing ...Sedgwick CMS Gift Supports Walter Reed Patients, Families
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) announced a gift today of $150,000 to the Walter Reed Society, the private auxiliary support organization for Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). The gift will be used by the Walter Reed Socie...Injured Soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital to Benefit From Congressional Fundraiser
CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Garland Miller, President of the Combat Soldiers Recovery Fund, announced that there will be a Congressional reception to benefit the Fund on Wednesday evening, September 26, 2007. According to Ms. Miller, "100% of all donations to the Fund...Getting More From Whole-Transcript Microarrays
...e Speed from the University of Melbourne and the walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Au...other whole-transcript microarray design. The walter and Eliza Hall Institute is one of the world's lea...mmunity, autoimmunity and infectious diseases. The walter and Eliza Hall Institute is located at Parkville, ...Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease in Women Lowered by Mediterranean Diet
...ces like beans and nuts. Researchers, including co-authors Kathryn M. Rexrode, M.D.; Christos S. Mantzoros, M.D.; JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H.; walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H.; and Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., said their results need to be replicated in other populations, especially men. Last year...Oridion Announces Significant Medical Studies Presented at STA
...registration under the Securities Act. For further Oridion information please contact Alan Adler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer walter Tabachnik, Chief Financial Officer Elena Gerberg, Investor Relations e-mail: investor@oridion.com website: http://www.oridion.com p...U.S. Navy and U.S. Army to Develop Dengue DNA Vaccine Formulated With Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant
...cture the vaccine and the adjuvant under a $1.3 million contract, and will provide regulatory and clinical expertise. Testing will be performed at the walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) under sponsorship of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA). "Dengue is the scourge o...Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test is Preferred over Other Rapid Tests
...nnounced that a recent evaluation conducted by the walter Reed Army Institute of Research of the FirstVue(TM...re. "We are very pleased with the results of the walter Reed evaluation, it's just another confirmation of...need." This extensive study was conducted at The walter Reed Army Institute of Research and involved inves...Italy's geologic history becomes a personal tale in Walter Alvarez's new book
Berkeley -- Italy's mountains, from the Apennines to the Alps, have fascinated University of California, Berkeley, geologist Walter Alvarez for more than 35 years, resulting in a new book, " The Mountains of Saint Francis ," that traces Italy's billion-year geologic history with a focus on Italian...American Society for Microbiology honors Walter Stamm
Washington, DCJune 25, 2008 The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) sanofi-aventis U.S. Award will be presented to Walter Stamm, Associate Director, WWAMI Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Seattle, Washington. Supported by an unrestricted gran...Stem cell 'daughters' lead to breast cancer
... walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have found that a population of breast cells called luminal progenitor cells are likely to be responsible for brea...First genetically-engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
... walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have created a...rom the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the walter Reed Army Institute for Research and the Universit...human trials of the vaccine will take place at the walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland, US. T...Recent news reports of sweetener reformulations raise questions about motivations
...0 calories per teaspoon, and the human body appears not to know one from the other." A June 25 Chicago Tribune article quoted food industry critic walter Willett, M.D., of Harvard University's School of Public Health and author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, who called recent product reformulations a "m...Understanding plants' overactive immune system will help MU researchers build better crops
...plants would allow breeders to create better yielding crop plants. "The immune system provides plants with strong protection from pathogens," said walter Gassmann, associate professor of plant sciences in the MU Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center and the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Re...Weed resistance to glyphosate in genetically modified soybean cultivation in Argentina
... The article written by Rosa Binimelis, walter Pengue and Iliana Monterroso, is the product of collaborative work among the Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Buenos Aires and the La...Bull's-eye electrode helps interpret thoughts, deliver stimulus to aid paralyzed, epileptic patients
...ner tube sitting in a pool of water. The water in the middle of the tube is calm because the ring flattens out the choppy water around it," explained walter Besio, URI assistant professor of biomedical engineering. "In a similar way, the concentric circles of the electrode eliminate distractions from othe...Grasslands: The future of sustainable agriculture
...al communities, including the human health benefits when grasses and legumes are made a primary resource in the food chain. The book was edited by walter F. Wedin, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota and Emeritus Professor in the Department o...Personalized treatment for early lung cancer
... for early stage disease when following surgery, decisions about preventive therapy are based on specific prognostic and predictive factors." Prof walter Weder, head of thoracic surgery at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, adds: "At the meeting, several research groups will present data from new ...Micromet Adds Sir Walter Bodmer and Bernard Fox to Its Advisory Panel for BiTE Antibody Therapeutics
Appointments Strengthen Expertise in Immunotherapy of Cancer BETHESDA, Md., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today announ...Sir Walter Bodmer Joins Oxford Genome Sciences Scientific Advisory Board
OXFORD, England, October 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Genome Sciences (UK) Ltd "OGeS" announces today that it has further strengthened its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with the appointment of Sir Walter Bodmer, currently Head of the Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory in the Weatherall Instit...Repligen Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results
... this quarter, and we expect to receive pivotal data from both our Phase 3 pancreatic imaging and Phase 2b bipolar depression studies in 2010," stated walter C. Herlihy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Repligen Corporation. "Our financial resources will allow us to continue to pursue our goal to b...Repligen Announces Conference Call of First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results
...ass., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN ) announced today that the Company President and Chief Executive Officer, walter C. Herlihy, Ph.D., will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, to report first quarter fiscal year 2010 f...First genetically engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
... walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have created a...rom the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the walter Reed Army Institute for Research and the Universit...human trials of the vaccine will take place at the walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland, US. T...Santaris Pharma - Interim Report for the Period 1 January to 30 June 2009
... Soren Tulstrup Henrik Stage President & CEO Vice President & CFO Board of Directors Flemming walter Claus Soren Carlsen Ornskov Wenninger Braestrup Chairman Vice Chairman Director Directo...ACT Announces Partnership With Gilead Sciences Inc.
... significant industry recession. The addition of Gilead Sciences Inc. to ACT's family of clients ensures ACT's continued growth and financial success. walter H Singer, Founder and CEO of ACT, was quoted as saying, "The addition of Gilead Sciences Inc. is extremely gratifying and reaffirms the underlying rea...AFFiRiS AG: 1st Place in Venture Capital & Private Equity Awards for MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS
...venture partners was recognised and the importance of VC financing for the start-up period of innovative businesses was thereby recognised. Dr. walter Schmidt, co-founder and CEO of AFFiRiS AG, commented that the VC/PE awards "have a very special significance for the capital investment market in Aust...Repligen Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results
...year we have maintained a strong cash position and continued to advance our product development programs despite the global financial turmoil," stated walter C. Herlihy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Repligen Corporation. "Over the next twelve months, we will continue to execute on our strategy ...AEterna Zentaris Acquires All Assets from Ardana for Growth Hormone Secretagogue Compound, AEZS-130
...ontrol subjects. The poster will be presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society on Thursday, June 11, 2009, in the Halls A&B of the walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC. About AEterna Zentaris Inc. AEterna Zentaris Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company ...