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NCI Renews Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Support Grant, Extends Comprehensive Status

ROCHESTER, Minn., July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (MCCC) received an additional five years of National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding and re-designation as a comprehensive cancer center, according to Robert Diasio, M.D. , the center's director. Mayo Clinic has th...

NCI renews Mayo Clinic Cancer Center support grant, extends comprehensive status

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (MCCC) received an additional five years of National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding and re-designation as a comprehensive cancer center, according to Robert Diasio, M.D. , the center's director. Mayo Clinic has the only NCI-designated comprehens...

Cardinal Health Renews Distribution Agreement With CVS Caremark

DUBLIN, Ohio, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health today announced it has renewed its distribution agreement with CVS Caremark to supply pharmaceuticals to its national network of retail pharmacies through mid-2013. "We have a long-standing partnership with CVS Caremark, and we ...

The European Association for the Study of the Liver renews publishing partnership with Elsevier

Amsterdam, 30 June 2009 Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, is pleased to announce its renewed publishing partnership with The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL - ( http://www.easl.ch/ ), the leading European association in the fie...

Nuvilex Renews MedX Master Distribution Agreement and Implements New Pricing for Talsyn Scar Cream

CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nuvilex, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NVLX), an emerging healthcare consumer products company, announced today that it has renewed its Master Distribution Agreement with MedX, Inc., a Malvern, PA-based provider of office-based surgical and aestheti...

DC Government Renews Certified Business Enterprise Classification to Language Interpretation and Translation Firm

Language Learning Enterprises, Inc. ((LLE®) receives renewal of Certified Business Enterprises from the District. Washington, DC (Vocus) June 4, 2009 -- LLE, a leading provider of foreign language interpretation , translation and language testing services to busine...

New York Merchants Protective Co. Renews CSAA Five Diamond Certification

Coveted award honors NYMPC Monitoring Center for upholding the highest standards in the security industry Freeport, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2009 -- New York Merchants Protective Co. Inc. is pleased to announce it has once again been awarded the prestigious Five Diamond Cen...

Specialists On Call Renews Joint Commission Accreditation

Leading Private Telemedicine Company Maintains Quality During Rapid Growth WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialists On Call, Inc., (SOC) a leading private provider of specialty physician consultations via telemedical link, has completed its 2009 Joint Commission review a...

New book series renews call for ban on gambling

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Banning gambling is among the best bets to reverse a deep recession that has crippled the global economy, according to a new collection of books that offer the most comprehensive analysis ever on the financial perils of wagering. The United States International Gambling Report...

Doctor Diabetic Supply, Inc. Renews its ACHC Accreditation

MIAMI, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctor Diabetic Supply, Inc., one of the nation's leading distributors of diabetic testing supplies, is proud to announce that it has renewed its accreditation with the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the services of medical equipment and healt...

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Vermillion Renews Strategic Alliance Agreement With Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VRML) announced today that it has agreed with Quest Diagnostics to extend the Strategic Alliance Agreement between the parties through October, 2009. This extension will enable the companies to continue wo...

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Renews Collaborative Agreement with the Medical Research Council

NEW HAVEN, Conn. and LONDON, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Rib-X" or the "Company"), a development-stage company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology ...

AcroMetrix Renews Contract With Group Services for America's Blood Centers

BENICIA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AcroMetrix, a global leader in quality control materials for molecular and serological diagnostics, announced today that it will extend its contract with Group Services for America's Blood Centers (GSABC) through December 31st of 2009. Following the pre...

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NIH renews network focused on how genes influence drug responses

Findings will pave the way for individually tailored therapiesContinuing its strong support for studies on how genes affect responses to medications, the National Institutes of Health anticipates spending more than $150 million over five years to renew its Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PGRN). ...

Biologists rediscover endangered frog population

...go Zoo's first successful breeding of the frog in captivity, and successful efforts by California Department of Fish and Game to restore frog habitat renews hope of survival for this Southern California amphibian. Globally, amphibians are on the decline because of habitat loss, effects of climate change...

NJIT receives $20,000 grant from Horizon Foundation to promote teen health

...f at-risk teenagers in Newark and the surrounding area, NJIT has received a $20,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. This grant renews the Foundation's valuable support for a program to teach middle and high school students about nutrition, physical fitness and healthy lifestyles. At ...

Sen. Byron Dorgan to be honored

...the Special Diabetes Program for an additional year as part of the Medicare bill, and this year Senator Dorgan is working hard to ensure that Congress renews the program for an additional two years as part of the Medicare bill under discussion to ensure that the important programs continue. ...

Resuscitation technique after brain injury may do more harm than good

... glia, which reach out and wrap part of their fatty membranes around the extensions of nerve cells that pass electrical signals. The brain creates and renews its population of glial cells from a pool of immature cells that can develop into mature glia. In their study, the researchers briefly deprived mic...

Proteins that stop a major signaling pathway can also generate new proteins

...ng work on smell receptors. "The reason the new work is so exciting to me is that it reminds us, yet again, how the scientific process continuously renews itself, said Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. "We discovered the beta arrestins...

Liver regeneration may be simpler than previously thought

... The way the liver renews itself may be simpler than what scientists had been assuming. A new study, appearing in the April 13 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, pro...

Bumble bees can estimate time intervals

...ke a variety of decisions that appear to require the ability to estimate elapsed durations. Insect pollinators feed on floral nectar that depletes and renews with the passage of time, and insect communication and navigation may also require the ability to estimate the duration of time intervals. In the...

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GeneGo Renews Its Agreement With Bayer Schering Pharma AG for Another Three Years

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and high quality manually curated databases for systems biology and pathway analysis , today announced that Bayer Schering Pharma AG has renewed its MetaCore licenses for another three years. Bayer Scherin...

Cryo-Cell Renews Upromise Industry-Exclusive Agreement

Families Can Invest Simultaneously in Future Healthcare and Education OLDSMAR, Fla., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cryo-Cell International Inc., one of the world's largest and most established private cord blood banks and industry leader in stem cell innovation, recently renewed their agr...

China Biologic's Production Facility Renews GMP Certification

TAIAN CITY, Shandong, China, Sept. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("China Biologic" or the "Company"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), today announced that on Au...

Osteotech Renews Tissue Recovery Agreement with the Euro Atlantic Transplant Alliance

EATONTOWN, N.J., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that it has renewed its exclusive tissue recovery agreement with The Euro Atlantic Transplant Alliance ("EATA"),...

Biomaxx Systems Inc. Renews Membership With Bioenergy Australia

TORONTO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biomaxx Systems Inc. (Other OTC: BMXSF), is pleased to announce the company has renewed our membership with Bioenergy Australia for 2007. BioMaxx Systems has been extremely pleased with the business opportunities created in Australia as a result of our...

Quintiles Expands Base for Growing Asia-Pacific Operations

...n any other single organization in Asia." Anand Tharmaratnam, M.D., Head of Clinical Development, Quintiles Asia Pacific, said the expanded facility renews the company's commitment to the region and to its partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). "Our growth in Singapore has been...

Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development

...assess the true value of this research, or ensure it is used to enable the development of safe nanotechnologies. In his testimony Dr. Maynard also renews calls for a reorganization of a federal nanotechnology risk research strategy that emphasizes a top-down approach to directing environment, health and...

Wisconsins VC Challenge

...incentives for investment in Wisconsin, with a focus on angel, seed, and early stage investments in high tech and manufacturing. One of these bills renews Wisconsins Certified Capital Company, or CAPCO program. The Wisconsin Legislature passed the CAPCO program into law in 1998 and the program began in ...

An upside down view of the future

...ont opt out of your organization? And what opportunities are you providing to your Boomer employees who are burned out and looking for a new deal that renews their enthusiasm and energy? The winds of workforce change are gusting are your talent policies and practices designed to withstand them? What...