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APA Releases Report on Sexuality Debate

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Psychological Association has released a new report today at its annual convention in Toronto acknowledging that an individual's faith is an important variable when it comes to dealing with conflicts between religious bel...

ORTHOWORLD Releases Position Paper on Healthcare Reform

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ORTHOWORLD released today its statement of position on the proposed healthcare reform measures currently being debated in congress. The statement is decidedly nonpartisan, and simply but powerfully focuses on the value of orthopaedic care to so...

PracticeMatch Releases Results of Recent 'State of the Industry' Survey of Physician Recruiters

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PracticeMatch, the leading provider of physician data and sourcing services, has recently completed its yearly survey of in-house physician recruiters on the state of the physician recruitment industry. Survey results have revealed that the phys...

Census Bureau Releases Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today published 2006 estimates of health insurance coverage for each of the nation's counties. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO ) Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (...

Concord Coalition Releases Issue Brief on Administration's IMAC Proposal

WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Concord Coalition today published an issue brief entitled "The Importance of a Cost Control Enforcement Entity In Health Care Reform Legislation." The issue brief focuses on President Obama's proposed Independent Medicare Advisory Coun...

Insurance Department Releases Report on Executive Compensation at State's Largest Blues' Plans

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Insurance Department today released an examination report providing comprehensive information on the compensation Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross pay their executive management teams. The report was originall...

Releases in Medical Technology

Velos, Inc. Releases Software to Support Cancer Centers With New Workflow and Content for NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program

FREMONT, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Velos, Inc., the trusted leader in clinical research management systems, announced today the availability of new system capabilities to ensure that the cancer center community can fulfill new registration requirements for the U.S. National Cancer ...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

VIENNA, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following letter is being released by CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM ) to its shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: A very important event has just transpired for our company. Dendreon Corporation has announced that its pivo...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

VIENNA, Va., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following letter is being released by CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Alternext US : CVM) to its shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: I am writing today to provide you with a review of 2008 as well as to update you on our plans for dealin...

Inclinix Releases Next Generation Critical Population Research(R) (CPR) for Clinical Trial Investigator Site Selection and Patient Recruitment

WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Inclinix, Inc., a clinical trial enrollment solutions provider, announces the release of its next generation Critical Population Research(R) (CPR) system. A proprietary technology that integrates numerous public and private databases, CPR analyzes each...

Hologic Releases the Results of the Cervista(TM) HPV Clinical Trials

BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX ), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced the results of the Cervista...

Eularis Releases First-Ever Study on ROI of Pre-Launch Named Patient Programmes

Named Patient Programmes Yield ROI, Additional Benefits for Pharmaceutical Organizations NEW YORK and LONDON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Eularis today announced the release of a first-ever study on the ROI of named patient programmes (NPP), also known as compassionate ...

Releases in Medical Products

The Endotrac™ System For Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Releases (ECTR)

Description: The Endotrac™ System includes an Obturator, Slotted Cannula, Synovial Elevator, Ligament Probe, Ligament Rasp, Blade Handle, two Retractors and sterilizable tray. The Endotrac&trade....
Company:Instratek Incorporated

BD Vacutainer Passive Shielding Blood Collection Needle

Description:...g Blood Collection Needle is designed to provide the highest amount of protection against needlesticks during a blood draw. The needle's safety shield releases automatically upon insertion of the first tube, providing protection from the time the first tube is inserted through product disposal....
Company:BD Diagnostic Systems

Baby Gender Mentor Home DNA Genter Test

Description:...d unsurpassed accuracy. The technique traces the amount of Y chromosomal DNA in the maternal blood to determine gender. Here's how it works: Your baby releases its DNA into your blood plasma. Because DNA between different people is so similar, the only way to distinguish baby DNA from maternal DNA is if the b...
Company:Acu-Gen Biolab, Inc.

Microtainer Quikheel Lancet

Description:...w and minimize pain when performing heelsticks on newborns with the safety-engineered BD Microtainer Quikheel Lancet. The simple one-handed activation releases a surgical blade providing a precise and consistent incision, after which the blade retracts into its casing, helping to protect you and those entrust...
Company:BD Diagnostic Systems

De Mayo Knee Positioner™

Description:...ient's leg during surgery. The positioner's single locking lever allows for precise control of flexion/extension, tilt, and rotation. The same lever releases the boot for testing of ligamentous stability and range of motion testing. The positioner is easily set up on top of the sterile drapes. The 25" siz...
Company:Innovative Medical Products, Inc

Vortex Vacuum Mixer

Description:...ting against competitive mixers, Vortex delivered more cement when mixing one and two units, and slightly more when three units were used. Vortex also releases less monomer fumes than competitive mixers. But one of the most apparent differences is the mixer itself. Competitive mixers mix cement in a bowl, for...
Company:Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Orthopedics

Releases in Medical Dictionary

Uterus

...e human uterus is pear-shaped and about 3 in. ... Uterine fibroids — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of these ... It releases a liquid contrast material that flows into your uterus . ... Information about endometrial cancer treatment, prevention, causes, screening, cli...

TSH

...oid - stimulating hormone ( TSH ) blood test is used to detect problems affecting the thyroid gland. ... TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a ... Thus an elevated TSH is an indication that someone is hypothyroid. The guidelines for interpreting TSH values have changed over the ye...

Treatment

...t Facility Locator. Join ... Menopause — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment options and self-care measures. ... This treatment releases just a small amount of estrogen, ... Learn about migraine headache including symptoms such as intense throbbing pain ... What is the treatm...

Treacher

...ds, Agent, Fan Sites. ... users on IMDb message board for Bill Treacher ... Get Arthur Treacher DVDs delivered directly to your door. Find new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray or watch instantly on your PC or Netflix ready device. Free shipping... Actor: Mary Poppins. Born Arthur Veary Treacher in Br...

Tobacco use

...cco , is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use , as combustion releases the active... Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a...

Suffocation

... in a nutshell, bands like Suffocation are what truly MATTER in the death ... Get Suffocation DVDs delivered directly to your door. Find new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray or watch instantly on your PC or Netflix ready device. Free shipping both... Suffocation , one of the earliest American death...

Releases in Biological News

ADA releases position paper on food and water safety

CHICAGO The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on food and water safety that reviews the current situation in this country, identifies new tools that can help decrease illness and encourages continued research, education and technological advances to keep the foo...

ADA releases updated position paper on vegetarian diets

CHICAGO The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat chronic diseases including heart disease, canc...

Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (June 3, 2009) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected species now banned ...

DOE JGI releases expanded version of Phytozome.net

WALNUT CREEK, CA - An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Phytozome provides a central "hub" for web acce...

ADA releases updated position statement on functional foods

CHICAGO The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position on functional foods that says fortified, enriched or enhanced foods can benefit a person's health when consumed as part of a varied diet, encourages further research and urges continued efforts to educate the public on suc...

Complete Genomics releases proof-of-concept data for its sequencing technology for the first time

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Feb. 6, 2009 Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept (PoC) data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. The analysis results were reviewed by Dr. Clifford Reid, Complete Genomics chairman, president and CEO, during his pres...

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Releases in Biological Technology

Next Safety Releases Advanced Respirator for Infectious Diseases

JEFFERSON, N.C., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Safety, Inc. (NSI) announces advanced respirators that give people more confidence to go to work in a pandemic environment. Next Safety is releasing for sale to the public respirator products the company developed for the bird flu influenza A ...

Techne Corporation Releases Unaudited Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2009

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Techne Corporation's (Nasdaq: TECH ) consolidated net earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 decreased 6.9% to $25.4 million or $.68 per diluted share compared with $27.3 million or $.70 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30...

PharmSource Releases White Paper on Role of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the Bio/Pharma Industry

PharmSource Information Services, Inc. announces the publication of a new white paper - "The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): How to Minimize Your Risk." This incisive resource provides guidelines on how to establish a strong FCPA compliance program that minimizes corruption r...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

VIENNA, Va., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following letter is being released by CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM ) to its shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: Recently we have been hearing a great deal about the pandemic caused by the H1N1 swine flu. You may think to...

Elsevier Releases Results of Alternative Energy Research Leadership Study Identifying Top 25 Institutions Worldwide

AMSTERDAM, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Over 1000 Members of the Research Community View Webcast to Learn About Findings and New Performance Measurement Method Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, toda...

A-WIT Technologies Releases World's First Low Cost C Stamp(TM) Based Biotechnology Laboratory in a Box

New Biotechnology kits from A-WIT Technologies provide everything necessary to build a complete Biotechnology Laboratory, and support US and European power supplies. Williamstown, NJ (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 -- A-WIT Technologies releases world's first low cost C Stamp&tra...

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Releases in Biological Products

Rat Leptin Assay Kit from Immuno-Biological Laboratories, Inc.

Description:...fied the obesity gene that encodes for Leptin in 1994. Leptin is a 16 KDa secreted protein produced by the ob gene. Adipose tissue produces Leptin and releases it into the bloodstream. As fat deposits grow, blood Leptin levels tends to increase. It has been suggested that Leptin acts as a lipostat, increasing...
Company:Immuno-Biological Laboratories, Inc.

Human Cathepsin D from Calbiochem

Description:...ression of cathepsin D in human breast cancers is associated with higher risk of relapse and metastasis. Cathepsin D degrades extracellular matrix and releases growth factors bound to the matrix. Specific activity: ≥300 units/mg protein. One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that will digest acid-...
Company:Calbiochem

AcTEV Protease from Invitrogen

Description:...rest is expressed with an AcTEV (TEV) Protease recognition sequence located between it and the affinity tag. Subsequent incubation with AcTEV Protease releases the protein of interest from the fusion tag. This is an effective way to remove solubility, secretion, detection, and purification tags from recombina...
Company:Invitrogen

Cellject Uno 220V includes instruction manual, optimization guide and 10 cuvettes (5 2 mm and 5 4 mm) from Thermo Scientific

Description:...selects one of two voltages and either one mm, two mm or four mm cuvettes. On pressing the pulse button the electroporator charges, then automatically releases the pulse....
Company:Thermo Scientific

TACE Fluorometric (MCA)) Assay Kit, InnoZyme™ from Calbiochem

Description:...ivity of captured TACE is measured using an internally quenched fluorescent substrate, MCA-KPLGL-Dpa-AR-NH2. Cleavage of the scissile amide bond, G-L, releases the fluorophore from the quenching molecule, Dpa, resulting in an increase in fluorescence. Fluorescence of the cleaved product, MCA-KPLG, is measured...
Company:Calbiochem

Nuclear Matrix Protein ELISA Kit from Calbiochem

Description:...synthesis, and hormone receptor binding. Although the nuclear matrix has been shown to be highly insoluble in vitro , it is now known that cell death releases soluble nuclear matrix proteins that can be detected in culture supernatant and other fluids. The specific detection of soluble human NMPs afforded by...
Company:Calbiochem

Releases in Biological Definition

Actin

.... Actin uses ATP for energy. The ATP allows, through hydrolysis , the myosin head to extend up and bind with the actin filament. The myosin head then releases after moving the actin filament in a relaxing or contracting movement by usage of ADP. In contractile bundles, the actin-bundling protein actinin s...

ATPase

... decomposition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and a free phosphate ion . This dephosphorylation reaction releases energy , which the enzyme (in most cases) harnesses to drive other chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur. This process is widely used ...

Cellular respiration

...rial—in a bonfire, for example—is an exothermic reaction that releases a large amount of energy rather quickly. The overall equation for the oxida...tation, making fermentation less efficient than respiration. Fermentation releases a total of two ATP molecules per molecule of glucose (compare to the approx...

Dialysis

...g, to avoid possible contamination. Once connected to the system, the patient clamps the tubing connected to the full bag of dialysis fluid and then releases the twist valve located in the tip of their catheter; this permits fluid to flow into or out of the peritoneal cavity. Because the full bag of fluid i...

Enzyme

...rds', or 'uphill'. For instance, the high energy compound ATP is generated in the cell by coupling its synthesis to the oxidation of sugars , which releases more energy than the syntehsis of ATP requires; then the ATP is broken down in turn by other enzymes coupled to other processes, releasing the energy ...

Foot and mouth disease

...ents of the protein coat are then synthesized in large quantities and assembled to form new viruses. After assembly, the host cell lyses (bursts) and releases the new viruses. Humans can be infected with foot-and-mouth disease through contact with infected animals, but this is extremely rare. Because the ...

Releases in Biological Dictionary

Viscera

...ned within the abdominal and ... what system are The viscera are the end organs? ... Get Viscera DVDs delivered directly to your door. Find new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray or watch instantly on your PC or Netflix ready device. Free shipping both ways... MySpace Music profile for VISCERA . Download ...

Trophoblast

... . It does not contribute directly to ... Trophoblast is an embryonic tissue which exerts a crucial role during ... The trophoblast , in turn, releases paracrine signals which modulate decidual ... ...

Synapse

...unched a new website for Louisiana Association on Compulsive ... SYNAPSE FILMS Now Distributing Panik House & CasaNegra Product ... SYNAPSE releases Two Meiko Kaji films to DVD (with a dash of Sonny Chiba, too) ... Provides offshore development, portal management, ecommerce, server collocation, ...

Stipe

... have been around since 1996. ... you - If you hear Stipe are playing a gig ... Get Stipe Erceg DVDs delivered directly to your door. Find new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray or watch instantly on your PC or Netflix ready device. Free shipping both... ...

Rumin

...me> Rumin . Rumin's collection. Rumin's Space. Notes. Translations ... With Ursula Rumin . ... Now Playing Movie/TV News My Movies DVD New releases IMDbTV Message Boards ... (Credited cast) Ursula Rumin . Herself (archive footage) ... ...

Repulsion

...vies to choose from. Feedback? Internships Available. Sign up for our. e-mail newsletter << back to artists list ... Home | Shop | News | New releases | Tour Dates | Events ... The REPULSION "soundtrack" was first issued on CD in 2008 by the British label, ... The source of the REPULSION music...