Make No Small Plans: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Endeavors to Make Cancer History

HOUSTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I had cancer. I have cancer. I will always have cancer." So begins Professor James S. Olson's richly detailed chronicle of the birth and growth of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to international eminence. Blending the roles of...

NATB Announces Partnership With Ronald McDonald House Charities(R)

...d by the NATB Board of Directors with the mission of making a positive impact in the communities which support its member businesses. NATB Gives Back endeavors to do this by providing leadership, programs, and education to the NATB members and by forging partnerships with charitable and community organization...

Lumenis, World's Largest Medical Laser Company, Honored by Premier Healthcare Alliance for 'Exceeding Performance Expectations'

...systems that they may not otherwise be able to purchase." "Lumenis endeavors to bring the most state of the art technology to the market, fulfilling the...led base of over 80,000 systems and presence in over 100 countries. Lumenis endeavors to bring the finest state of the art technology products to the market, ful...

First Anniversary of New War on Cancer Marks Many Advances

...ions to help at that point is just priceless. That is just one reason why the National Call to Action is so extremely important." "National endeavors like the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship help create more support for improving abilities and reducing barriers to nav...

Sage Products Named a Top Five Medium Sized Company to Work For In America

...es, and company retirees. In addition, Sage is a highly regarded and active member of the community, giving to and volunteering for countless endeavors in McHenry County and the surrounding area. Programs include the Family Health Partnership Clinic, Centegra Sage Cancer Center and the Sage Learning C...

Explorer's Bounty Unveils New Line of Tribal Stone Crackers

...unity well-being, Explorer's Bounty has donated to marine wildlife charities in the U.S., has partnered with a Costa Rican plantation gone organic and endeavors daily to build direct trade. ...

Catterton Partners Acquires Leading Cosmeceutical Brand StriVectin

... Scalamandre, will lead the new company. The partnership between Catterton and the Chrysallis management team marks another in a number of successful endeavors between the two groups, the most notable of which was Frederic Fekkai & Co., which was sold in 2008. StriVectin is a leader in the global...

Lupin Expands Branded Play

...a, Pediatrics, CNS, GI, Anti-Infectives and NSAIDs not to mention global leadership positions in the Anti-TB and Cephalosporins. The Company's R&D endeavors have resulted in significant progress in its NCE program. The Company's foray into Advanced Drug Delivery Systems has resulted in the development of p...

Jim Kelly Announces That He Will Leave the Food and Drug Law Institute

...ograms that the organization has held and the publications that it has issued during the past three years. We wish Jim the best of luck in his future endeavors and we know we can count on Jim to continue to help FDLI." The Board will immediately begin a search for a new President. Anyone who is interest...

Veterans Affairs Researchers Study Benefits of Robot for Ankle Rehabilitation

...otential signature of ankle pathology following stroke. An on-going clinical study is also being conducted at the Baltimore VA Medical Center that endeavors to help stroke survivors, including veterans, achieve improvement in their gait and balance function via ankle robot-assisted therapy. Using a paradi...

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Parkinson's Disease Foundation Awards $300,000 in Bridge Funding for Innovative Research Projects

...ence of Parkinson's disease; career development and fellowship programs that support continued interest in the field of Parkinson's; and collaborative endeavors with other organizations that fund Parkinson's disease research. In fiscal year 2009, PDF will contribute $5.4 million to support Parkinson's disease...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Candidate in Partnership with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals

...ndidates, Arena's ability to partner lorcaserin or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents and the timing and receipt of pa...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Results of Phase 2b Clinical Trial of APD125 for the Treatment of Insomnia

...ndidates, Arena's ability to partner lorcaserin or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents and the timing and receipt of pa...

Major State Grant Accelerates Research and Development of Novel Cancer Therapy

...search products to enhance the state's economy and its public universities. With these funds, universities are able to promote their commercialization endeavors by securing patents, establishing startup companies, developing licensing agreements and attracting private investments. FAU, together with CHS (whi...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Presented Positive Phase 2a Clinical Trial Results of APD125 for the Treatment of Insomnia at 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies

...s ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, the timing and receipt of payme...

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Drug Candidate Under Partnership with Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

...s ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, the timing and receipt of payme...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial of APD125 for the Treatment of Insomnia

... ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out- licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, the timing and receipt of payme...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 1a Clinical Trial Results of APD791 for the Treatment of Arterial Thrombosis and Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial

...s ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, and the timing and receipt of p...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces APD668 Initial Clinical Study Results Suggest Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Receptors May Improve Glucose Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

...s ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, and the timing and receipt of p...

Arena Pharmaceuticals to Present at Four Upcoming Investor Conferences

...s ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125, APD791 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, and the timing and receipt of p...

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Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics

... WALNUT CREEK, CA -- Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the ...

A bird's eye view of art

...and pigeons' brain architectures, they can function in similar ways to make complex visual discriminations. Professor Watanabe concludes: "Artistic endeavors have been long thought to be limited to humans, but this experiment shows that, with training, pigeons are capable of distinguishing between 'good' an...

Exploring the dynamic relationship between health and environment

...3, biologists, environmental scientists, policy makers, and public health specialists will gather for a two-day exploration of the deep reach of human endeavors into the health of environments and people. "This is about human health and the health of the planet," says Eleanor Sterling, Director of the Cente...

MIT student develops new innovations to selectively kill cancer cells

...ress the nanotechnology industry's need for dependable and standardized nanoparticle sources. Von Maltzahn's goal with Nanopartz is to aid in research endeavors worldwide by supplying a repertoire of gold nanoparticles for a broad spectrum of commercial applications, ranging from biomedicine to energy. Res...

Parkinson's Disease Foundation awards $300,000 in bridge funding for innovative research projects

...ence of Parkinson's disease; career development and fellowship programs that support continued interest in the field of Parkinson's; and collaborative endeavors with other organizations that fund Parkinson's disease research. In fiscal year 2009, PDF will contribute $5.4 million to support Parkinson's disease...

Lovejoy and Laurance, BBVA Foundation award in ecology

...ce of species, obtaining novel data of immense value. The jury of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award also singled out both researchers' endeavors in training new generations of Amazonia researchers and in sharing skills and knowledge to ensure their work is carried on for years to come; indeed t...

Wallace S. Broecker wins the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change

...nge. The awards take in eight categories, carrying a cash prize of 400,000 euros each. The Climate Change award, the first to be decided, is to honor endeavors of a diverse nature from research through to practical actions and initiatives - in the race against climate change, one of the crucial issues facing...

Parkinson's Disease Foundation announces award of $150,000

... studying the science of PD; career development and fellowship programs that support continued interest in the field of Parkinson's; and collaborative endeavors with other organizations that fund PD research. In fiscal year 2008, PDF contributed $5.5 million to support Parkinson's disease research. ...

Life Sciences Discovery Fund awards health research project grants

...rs will receive health research project grants totaling $5 million, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund announced today. The newly-funded health research endeavors will concentrate on prostate cancer imaging, safer in-home environments for older and disabled adults, recovery from brain damage, soft tissue calcifi...

SNM awards $300,000 to support molecular imaging research

...eir work in whole-body clinical PET/MR systems and therapeutic systems for cancer, respectively. These individual $40,000 grants will support research endeavors for the development and integration of molecular imaging approaches into the investigation of the fundamental causes of disease. Sepideh Shokouhi ...

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Stem-cell debate, wireless access and other endeavors heat up

Before we launch into our full annual review of 2005, here's a quick recap of some of the developments in the last quarter. Next week we'll expand our scope and republish some of our best and most-read news stories, commentary and analysis this year. Stem cells They could be called Wisconsi...

Pharmacyclics, Inc. Rights Offering Oversubscribed

... and commercializes, either with one or several potential partners or alone as may best forward the economic interest of its stakeholders. The Company endeavors to create novel, patentable, differentiated products that have the potential to significantly improve the standard of care in the markets it serves. P...

Pharmacyclics to Present at the 8th Annual Needham and Company Life Sciences Conference

... and commercializes, either with one or several potential partners or alone as may best forward the economic interest of its stakeholders. The company endeavors to create novel, patentable, differentiated products that have the potential to significantly improve the standard of care in the markets it serves. P...

Pharmacyclics Files Registration Statement for Rights Offering

... and commercializes, either with one or several potential partners or alone as may best forward the economic interest of its stakeholders. The company endeavors to create novel, patentable, differentiated products that have the potential to significantly improve the standard of care in the markets it serves. P...

A New Era in the Application of Lab-on-a-Chip to Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis

...r, Dr. Terence L.T. Lau has been instrumental in driving HKLife and its subsidiaries. His success and achievements in both academia and bio-commercial endeavors continues to bring HKLife's vision of becoming "the world's leading molecular diagnostics company" closer to fruition. HKLife has pioneered the develo...

NeoStem, Inc. Announces Agreement With Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC

...L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, who is Chairman and CEO of PCT, has agreed to join NeoStem's Advisory Board to work more closely with the company for future endeavors overseas. Progenitor Cell Therapy is a client-based cell therapy services company that supports the development and commercialization of cellular...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Obtains Equity Financing Commitment of Up to $50 Million

...ndidates, Arena's ability to partner lorcaserin or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents and the timing and receipt of pa...

The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority Selects Pharmatech Oncology as Preferred Vendor

...ology Park at Fitzsimons. The synergy created by the research and development from the private bioscience companies, along with the clinical research endeavors of the University of Colorado Hospital and The Children's Hospital, allows for collaboration, cooperation and scientific advancement. "Colorado has...

Frost & Sullivan Lauds BioTrove for Providing Research-Enabling Life Sciences and Drug Discovery Technologies

...research efforts with the company's innovative technologies. These research endeavors ranged from lead compound discovery to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)...tem. Researchers often appreciate a company that takes interest in research endeavors and provides value-added support to its customers. Ultimately, BioTrove has...

Vineland Enables Industries' Efforts to Build Agri-Science Research Cluster

... VINELAND, ON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ - How does a Science Cluster work? Vineland Research and Innovation Centre endeavors to answer that question with its model for the future. "Vineland will be the engine driving the horticulture science cluster in Canada, industry wil...

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Eugenics

...cs, and the concept of eugenics, have become more heavily discussed in the last twenty years as knowledge about genetics has significantly advanced. endeavors such as the Human Genome Project have again made the possibility of effective modification of the human species seem real, just as Darwin's initial ...

Magnetic resonance imaging

... position, will permit precise triangulation for radiation therapy. Current Density Imaging Current density imaging is a subbranch of MRI that endeavors to use the phase information from the MRI images to reconstruct current densities within a subject. Current density imaging works because electrical ...

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Human Genome Initiative

... Human Genome Program. ... U.S. Department of Energy's center for genome sequencing and science. ... Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to ... ... in the history of the human genome initiative , culminating in the publication of ... and later (except the ...