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Cancer Therapy Based on Missile Detection

Author and MIT researcher Alan J. Fenn has written a book wherein he describes how he adapted the technology he invented for tracking missiles// to the treatment of breast cancer. Treating cancer with heat is not a new idea, but "researchers were having trouble using it to treat tumors deep ...

American Pacific to Release Financial Results and Hold Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Investor Teleconference

...ket motors for space launch and military missiles. AMPAC also designs and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, valves and structures for space and missile defense applications. We produce clean agent chemicals for the fire protection industry, as well as electro-chemical equipment for the water treatmen...

Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC Recognized for Voluntarily Reducing Pollution

...cket motors for space launch and military missiles. AMPAC also designs and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, valves and structures for space and missile defense applications. We produce clean agent chemicals for the fire protection industry, as well as electro-chemical equipment for the water treatment...

American Pacific Postpones Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Earnings Release and Investor Teleconference

...ket motors for space launch and military missiles. AMPAC also designs and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, valves and structures for space and missile defense applications. We produce clean agent chemicals for the fire protection industry, as well as electro-chemical equipment for the water treatmen...

Herzing College, Orlando Will Change Name to Herzing University and Host Sign-Changing Event on March 2, 2009

...esident, Heather Antonacci. This event represents the 44-year evolution of a small computer training institute founded by Henry Herzing, a former missile test officer for the U.S. Navy, and his wife, Suzanne. From a class of 12 students in a 7-month computer course, the institution expanded geographical...

UJC and Jewish Federations of North America Commit $10 Million for Needs in Southern Israel

... Response to Terrorist missile Strikes NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Jewish Com...itical needs of Israelis living daily under the threat and reality of enemy missile attacks. United Jewish Communities (UJC) represents 157 Jewish fe...

American Pacific Reports Fiscal 2008 Results; Net Income Increases 80%

...e Minuteman III propulsion replacement program, the Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM), the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missile and the ARES next-generation space exploration vehicles. The average price per pound of perchlorate sold in fiscal 2008 decreased compared to fiscal 2...

CPI International Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

...ts to support military radar systems, including the HAWK surface-to-air missile system, as well as the inclusion of sales of radar products by the rece...on of klystrons to support the radar systems on the HAWK surface-to-air missile system. This contract was the second significant contract the company ...

September launch for ESA's gravity mission GOCE

...om where the sleek five-metre long GOCE spacecraft will be carried into its unusually low orbit on a modified SS-19 Russian Intercontinental Ballistic missile (ICBM) launcher. The adaptation of the SS-19, called 'Rockot', uses the two original lower stages of the ICBM in conjunction with an upper-stage calle...

Treatment capitalizes on unique qualities of radioisotope to prolong lives of brain tumor patients

...s, or antigens, and attaches to them. When these antigen-binding antibodies are chemically combined with a radioactive substance, they act as a guided missile to deliver a lethal dose of radiation directly to the tumor cells. The antibodys ability to bind to a tumor-associated antigen increases the dose deli...

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PharmAthene Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial of Nerve Agent Bioscavenger Protexia(R)

... In September 2006 PharmAthene was awarded a multi-year contract valued at up to $219 million from the Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army Space and missile Command, for advanced development of Protexia(R). Under the contract, PharmAthene is responsible for the conduct and oversight of all product developm...

missile in Biological News

Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics

...n Washington, D.C., which showed throngs of people crowded together. In March 2009, the GeoEye-1 satellite captured a close-up image of a North Korean missile sitting on the launch pad just 25 minutes before launch. GeoEye-1 also provided a look at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival held in Washington, D.C. ...

New Treatment Rivals Chemotherapy For Lymphoma, Study Finds

...1 tositumomab, combines an antibody that seeks out cancer cells, and a radioactive form of the element iodine. When injected, it travels like a guided missile through the bloodstream to bind to a protein found on the surface of the cancerous cells. The radiation zaps these malignant cells with minimal exposu...

missile in Biological Technology

AMPAC Fine Chemicals Announces the Inauguration of the New cGMP Continuous Processing Development Facility

...cket motors for space launch and military missiles. AMPAC also designs and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, valves and structures for space and missile defense applications. We produce clean agent chemicals for the fire protection industry, as well as electro-chemical equipment for the water treatment...

AMPAC Fine Chemicals Receives the California Pollution Prevention Challenge Award Two Consecutive Years

...cket motors for space launch and military missiles. AMPAC also designs and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, valves and structures for space and missile defense applications. We produce clean agent chemicals for the fire protection industry, as well as electro-chemical equipment for the water treatment...

Duke researchers coax bright white light from unexpected source

...chemistry of nanomaterials. He is Duke's Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor of Chemistry. They are then being tested at the Aviation and missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal by Everitt, an Army senior research scientist, and Foreman, an Army research physicis...

Avalanche photodiodes target bioterrorism agents

...acturing, these avalanche photodiodes can be used for more than detecting bioterrorism agents. They can also be used detect fires, gun muzzle flashes, missile propulsion flames and maybe even cancer cells, according to Dupuis. ...

Low-Power Ultra Wideband (UWB) Technology Best RFID Choice for Hospitals to Minimize Interference Threat

...to meet worldwide market demand. Prior to joining Time Domain, he was a member of the UK's Defense Evaluation and Research Agency attached to the U.S. missile and Space Intelligence Center. Jennings holds bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Oxford University. ...

Avalanche photodiodes target bioterrorism agents

...acturing, these avalanche photodiodes can be used for more than detecting bioterrorism agents. They can also be used detect fires, gun muzzle flashes, missile propulsion flames and maybe even cancer cells, according to Dupuis. ...

Department of Defense Awards $5.8 Million Contract Modification Providing Additional Funding for PharmAthene's Protexia(R) Program

...l nerve agent prophylaxis. In September 2006, PharmAthene was awarded a multi-year contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army Space and missile Command for advanced development of Protexia(R) valued at up to $213 million, provided that certain milestones are achieved and that all contract opti...

PharmAthene Completes Pharmacokinetic Studies of Protexia(R); Program on Target for IND Filing in 2008

...al," continued Mr. Wright. In September 2006, PharmAthene was awarded a multi-year contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army Space and missile Command valued at up to $213 million assuming all extensions and options are exercised by the DoD, for advanced development of the Company's broad spe...

KGI Announces BIO President Greenwood to Address Health Care Reform and the Presidential Race at Simon Ramo Lecture

...r of TRW Inc., one of the world's largest technological corporations. He was chief scientist in the development of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic missile and chaired the President's Committee on Science and Technology under President Ford. He served as a member of the advisory council to the U.S. Secret...

Student to graduate in the Dual Degree Physics and Engineering Program

... a prestigious research center in Massachusetts. His responsibilities will include the design of seeker and interceptor technologies used in ballistic missile defense systems. I am absolutely convinced that the dual degree program was instrumental in my getting this job, as the physics background gave me ...