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For the First Time in U.S. History, Congress Addresses the Needs of the Congenital Heart Defect Population by Introducing the 'Congenital Heart Futures Act'

There Are Approximately 650,000 Children and 1,300,000 Adults Living in the U.S. with Congenital Heart Defects, a Chronic and Deadly Disease LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Congressman Zack Space (D-OH) today introduced new legislation that, for ...

Colgate's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program Brings Free Children's Dental Screenings to Los Angeles Area Big Lots Stores

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brighter smiles await children in the Los Angeles area as the Colgate-Palmolive Company brings its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Oral Health Improvement Program to the La Canada and Pacoima Big Lots stores on Saturday, February 21. (Logo...

Colgate's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program Brings Free Children's Dental Screenings to Atlanta Area Big Lots Stores

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brighter smiles await children in Georgia as the Colgate-Palmolive Company brings its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Oral Health Improvement Program to the Smyrna and Marietta Big Lots stores on Saturday, January 31. (Logo: http://www.ne...

Medical Futures partners with Norgine for MOVIPREP(R) in Canada

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Norgine, the leading European specialty pharmaceutical company, has today announced that it has granted Medical Futures the exclusive rights to market MOVIPREP(R) in Canada. MOVIPREP is a novel patent-protected product developed by Norgine for bowel cle...

Keck Futures Initiative awards $1M for 15 research projects

WASHINGTON -- The National Academies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE announced today the recipients of its 2007 FUTURES grants, each awarded to support interdisciplinary research on aging and healthspan -- the period of life that is free from serious or chronic illness. The 15 projects chosen represent a...

Medical Futures signs North American licensing rights to New Biologic agent for Ulcerative Colitis

TORONTO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ - Medical Futures Inc. has licensed MUTAFLOR(R) for the North American market. MUTAFLOR(R) is a drug used in remission maintenance of Ulcerative Colitis. Since its discovery in 1917, MUTAFLOR(R) has been available in the German marketplace through a subsidiary of ...

New Year Quitters Urged to Invest in Their Family's Futures

LONDON, January 5 /PRNewswire/ -- - This is a reissue of a previously killed release from December 30th 2008. The source client has given permission to use the contents of this release. Leading Child Trust Fund provider, The Children's Mutual ( http://www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk...

Urging New Year Quitters to Invest in Their Family's Futures

LONDON, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Stubbing Out Your 5 a Day Habit Could Help You Give Your Child GBP15,500 on Their 18th Birthday Leading Child Trust Fund provider, The Children's Mutual ( http://www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk ) is encouraging all parents who decide to give up ...

New Genetic Test Predicts Eye-Cancer Patients' Futures

Imagine being diagnosed with eye cancer – but your doctor can’t tell whether you have the aggressive type that will swiftly spread, causing blindness and death in as early as// a year. A new procedure at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute could reveal this valuable information to ocular melanom...

Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Chile Flu Vaccine Tender

...ntractors or employees may from time to time acquire, hold or sell securities of issuers mentioned in the publication, related securities, or options, futures or other derivative instruments based thereon. MMG may act as financial advisor and/or consultant for certain of the issuers mentioned therein and may...

futures in Medical Technology

Tampax and Always Launch Protecting Futures Program Dedicated to Helping African Girls Stay in School

P&G FemCare brands announce joint program to provide school-based support and feminine hygiene products to girls in Southern Africa through HERO: A UNA-USA Campaign NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Girls living in sub-Saharan Africa can miss up to four day...

Sanvar(R) (Debio 8609) for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

...als in the U.S., Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd in India, EMS Sigma Farma in Brasil, LG Life Sciences in Korea, Tzamal Bio-Pharma Ltd in Israel, and Medical futures in Canada. About Sanvar(R) Sanvar(R) is used prior to endoscopic intervention to control haemorrhage and prevent re-bleeding during the critical f...

futures in Medical Dictionary

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futures in Biological News

E-Noses: Testing their mettle against fly noses

... Scientists from CSIRO's Food futures Flagship have made a breakthrough in efforts to extend the sensory range of 'electronic noses' (e-noses) by developing a system for comparing their pe...

CSIRO deal to commercialize 'artificial gut'

... CSIRO Food futures National Research Flagship and Australian company Stadvis Pty Ltd have sign...rains being developed by the Flagship. Dr Bruce Lee, Director of the Food futures Flagship, said this commercialisation agreement will help address the growi...

Tigers get a stimulus plan

... big cat's geographical range in Asia. The Tiger futures project will provide initial support and early act...r a Year of the Tiger Summit in 2010. The Tiger futures project will complement Bank initiatives to inv... for tigers. "We welcome the launch of the Tiger futures project as a first step in building consensus and ...

Carnegie Mellon's Philip LeDuc participates in think tank forums

...HCarnegie Mellon University's Philip R. LeDuc will join more than 70 of the brightest scientific researchers Nov. 12-15 at the National Academies Keck futures Initiative on Complexity at the Beckman Conference Center in Irvine, Calif. Invited participants will discuss the topic of complexity in areas span...

Experts discuss climate change during UH lecture series

... campus. No registration is required. For a map, visit http://www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/CAM.php . Part of the College of Technology Fall futures Lecture Series started last year by Peter Bishop, well-known futurist and associate professor of strategic foresight, this year's series shifts its em...

New high fiber barley licensed to grow

...ale commercial crops of BARLEYmax unique grain developed by CSIRO using conventional plant breeding techniques," says the Director of the CSIRO Food futures Flagship, Dr Bruce Lee. "It contains more than twice the amount of insoluble and soluble fibre found in wheat or oats, as well as resistant starch, w...

Pitt faculty receive awards to explore next-generation technologies

...neural stem cells readily available for treating neurological diseases and injuries. Five University of Pittsburgh faculty members will advance the futures of energy, health, and technology as part of Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards they received this year from the National Science Founda...

UTSA hosts North American Energy Summit May 1-2

...f Ontario, Canada and Miriam Grunstein, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo, Mexico City. Thursday, May 1 panel sessions will address short-term energy futures over the next 20 years, global environmental change and energy production and efficiency. Friday, May 2 panel sessions will cover paths to sustaina...

Climate change in the Baltic Sea basin -- past, present and future

... the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM). Climate scenarios are plausible but frequently also simplified descriptions of possible futures they arent clear-cut predictions, says Hans von Storch, in order to explain the need for further Baltic Sea research. Scientific findings would need ...

Conference on healthspan offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration

... week for the fifth annual National Academies Keck futures INITIATIVE conference. This year's topic, "The Fut...cientists and the public are key components of the futures INITIATIVE. During the conference, the National A... W.M. Keck Foundation, the National Academies Keck futures ...

futures in Biological Technology

N.C. Biotechnology Center Launches Industrial Fellowship Program

...university that provided the postdoctoral training. "Not surprisingly, many freshly minted Ph.D. scientists and postdoctoral fellows are considering futures in industry," said Lindberg. "But unlike degree programs in fields such as engineering, law or business, graduate and post-graduate scientific train...

Pulmo BioTech Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

...sity of Delhi in India. He has an Honours Degree in Commerce and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Member of the Securities and futures Authority and a Member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals. About Pulmo BioTech Inc. Pulmo BioTech Inc. specializes in the development...

Anesiva Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 Financial Results and Provides 2008 Outlook

...d an exclusive license to Medical Futures, Inc. for the marketing and distribution of Zingo in Canada. Under the terms of the license, Medical futures will be responsible for all regulatory filings, marketing, distribution and sales in Canada. -- Conducted webcast and briefing in New York City ...

Theres a surprising, and positive, side to the offshore jobs debate

...nfire and missiles. None of this is to suggest that there have been real human costs associated with offshoring. American workers who thought their futures were secure found themselves laid off and their jobs shipped overseas. One solution has been suggested by McKinsey, which insists companies can easily...

How the Institute for Discovery will help Wisconsin

...e advantage of instructional sessions in nanotech, drug discovery, quality assurance and manufacturing processes. High school students exploring their futures will also use the facility. The Institute will also consolidate work on human stem cells that is taking place at about 30 campus and off-campus loc...

With copper pricing skyrocketing, fiber-optics is the way to go

...a Mohr, a vice president with Scotia Bank, says recent data suggest that the combined copper stored in Comex, London Metal Exchange (LME) and Shanghai futures Exchange warehouses is considered to be around a 3.6-day global supply. This figure is near the low end of its recent range of 2.8 days in 2004 and co...

Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

...t of the blame - fairly or otherwise. A study by the federal Commodity futures Trading Commission found the same Wall Street commodity funds that are investing heavily in energy futures are also turning to agricultural commodities, such as corn and livestock fu...

Healthcare of business: Universal coverage plan includes new business taxes

... Over the past year, MedTech futures has concerned itself mostly with the business of healthcare. Today, the tables will be turned and we will discuss - albeit only briefly in this short ...

Personalized medicine and technology convergence

... It's been one year since the debut of MedTech futures and it has been a pleasure and a privilege to have... of the most important recurring themes of MedTech futures has been the convergence of medical technologies. ...nce In the inaugural article in this MedTech futures series, I pointed out how technology convergence w...

No network infrastructure, no Olympics, no nothing

... and what works on paper doesn't work that same way once you get into the real world," said Jerry Sullivan, Kite's chief executive. The Technology futures blog puts it succinctly: "Communities need to regard telecom as essential public infrastructure, critical to community and economic development. A...