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The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation announces research grants totaling $1.54 million

The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) has awarded 13 collaborative research grants and 3 individual research grants, totaling $1.54 million. The 16 grants represent a portion of the science grant program at the Foundation, which will award more than $2 million this year to cancer research.

14 Jul 2010

Researchers awarded $3M grant to establish DC D-CFAR

Researchers from institutions across Washington, DC, led by Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H., of The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, have been awarded an approximately $3M grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to establish the District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research.

14 Jul 2010

Susceptibility to Behcet's disease associated with genes involved in body's immune response

Researchers with the National Institutes of Health have found susceptibility to Behcet's disease, a painful, inflammatory condition, to be associated with genes involved in the body's immune response.

14 Jul 2010

NEB introduces NEBNext Quick DNA Sample Prep Reagent Set 2, Master Mix Set 2

New England Biolabs has expanded its line of reagents for sample preparation with the introduction of NEBNext Quick DNA Sample Prep Reagent Set 2 and Master Mix Set 2, both suitable for library construction for Roche's 454 GS FLX Titanium and GS Junior instruments. These new products provide all the necessary enzymes and buffers for fast fragment library preparation.

From New England Biolabs 14 Jul 2010

OSI Pharmaceuticals terminates Offer to Purchase 2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that all of its 2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 have been surrendered for conversion, as provided for in the Indenture governing the notes. As a result, no 2% Notes remain outstanding and the Company has terminated the Offer to Purchase the 2% Notes that the Company was required to make pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Indenture.

14 Jul 2010

Drugs taken for common medical conditions cause long term cognitive impairment in older adults: Study

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

14 Jul 2010

LSBio announces exclusive distribution agreements with select strategic partners

LifeSpan BioSciences, Inc., a leading provider of antibodies to researchers worldwide, today announced exclusive distribution agreements with select strategic partners making the full LSBio catalog of 75,000 antibodies, including 3,600 IHC-validated, IHC-plus antibodies, available around the globe.

14 Jul 2010

Kinetico's in-home water filtration options decrease exposure to carcinogens

In its most recent annual report, the President's Cancer Panel lists in-home water filtration as a way to decrease exposure to both known and suspected carcinogens as well as endocrine disruptors. Kinetico's line of in-home treatment options provides multiple resources for water filtration, in line with the PCP's recommended solution to lower in-home exposure to carcinogens.

14 Jul 2010

Study shows cigarette cravings result from habit, not addiction

Nicotine patches and gum are common ― and often ineffective ― ways of fighting cigarette cravings, as most smokers have discovered. Now a new study from Tel Aviv University shows why they're ineffective, and may provide the basis for more successful psychologically-based smoking cessation programs.

14 Jul 2010

In N.J., patients who receive free AIDS meds to face stricter income limits; some W. Va. state employees will no longer receive monthly insurance subsidies

The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record: "New Jersey will no longer provide free AIDS medications for 950 people who are HIV-positive, under a little-noticed provision of the state budget enacted this month.

14 Jul 2010

HIVMA, RWMPC support National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The HIV Medicine Association applauds the Obama administration's release of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy that signals a strengthened national commitment to real and sustained success in the battle against HIV/AIDS. As clinicians and researchers on the frontline of this pandemic, we welcome this new comprehensive roadmap and look forward to working with diverse stakeholders at all levels of government and within the private sector to implement it.

14 Jul 2010

Gene therapy represents safe alternative to current cures for blood disorder β-thalassemia

Italian scientists pioneering a new gene transfer treatment for the blood disorder β-thalassemia have successfully completed preclinical trials, claiming they can correct the lack of beta-globin (β-globin) in patients' blood cells which causes the disease. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, reveals how gene therapy may represent a safe alternative to current cures that are limited to a minority of patients.

14 Jul 2010

Brookhaven Science Associates, BioSET receive U.S. patent for tissue regeneration technology

Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, have been issued a U.S. patent for an improved second-generation technology for designing synthetic peptides that are important for tissue regeneration.

14 Jul 2010

Experts discuss long-term viability of cost containment measures in health care reform bill

Leading experts in health policy and the economics of health care gathered in Washington, D.C. today to discuss the long-term viability of cost containment measures in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, such as prevention and disease management, in an environment with increasing downward fiscal pressures.

14 Jul 2010

HHS grants seek to encourage health care workforce diversity

The Washington Post: "It is a sign of the economic times: Nursing students at Howard University work part-time jobs and still cannot keep up with tuition. … At the start of the month, the game changed. Howard received $1.5 million from the Obama administration to train student nurses and others in sciences such as radiology and occupational therapy.

14 Jul 2010

Columbia University professor named 2010 recipient of Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - has chosen Ada C. Mui, PhD, ACSW, LMSW, of Columbia University as the 2010 recipient of the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award.

14 Jul 2010

AAHIVM warns that proper implementation of Strategy will depend on adequate HIV workforce

The American Academy of HIV Medicine today applauded the first-ever National HIV/AIDS Strategy, acknowledging the enormous effort and dedication by the executive branch, Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, and his staff.

14 Jul 2010

Evidence-based guidelines could help prevent dangerous radiation overdoses, says MedSolutions

Utilization management programs that use evidence-based guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic imaging tests could help prevent dangerous radiation overdoses like the one highlighted in a recent New England Journal of Medicine editorial, said MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical management services.

14 Jul 2010

InfoLogix granted extension of time to regain compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements

InfoLogix, Inc., a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, today announced that it received a letter from NASDAQ on July 8, 2010, stating that a NASDAQ Hearings Panel granted the Company's request for an extension of time, as permitted under NASDAQ's Listing Rules, to regain compliance with the $2.5 million minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

14 Jul 2010

U.N. report released ahead of International AIDS Conference: HIV prevalence drops among young Africans

The number of new HIV infections among young people in Africa is falling in most of the "25 countries hardest hit by the virus," according to a report released Tuesday by UNAIDS, the Associated Press reports (Cheng, 7/13).

14 Jul 2010

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The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation announces research grants totaling $1.54 million

Researchers awarded $3M grant to establish DC D-CFAR

Susceptibility to Behcet's disease associated with genes involved in body's immune response

NEB introduces NEBNext Quick DNA Sample Prep Reagent Set 2, Master Mix Set 2

OSI Pharmaceuticals terminates Offer to Purchase 2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025

Drugs taken for common medical conditions cause long term cognitive impairment in older adults: Study

LSBio announces exclusive distribution agreements with select strategic partners

Kinetico's in-home water filtration options decrease exposure to carcinogens

Study shows cigarette cravings result from habit, not addiction

In N.J., patients who receive free AIDS meds to face stricter income limits; some W. Va. state employees will no longer receive monthly insurance subsidies

HIVMA, RWMPC support National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Gene therapy represents safe alternative to current cures for blood disorder β-thalassemia

Brookhaven Science Associates, BioSET receive U.S. patent for tissue regeneration technology

Experts discuss long-term viability of cost containment measures in health care reform bill

HHS grants seek to encourage health care workforce diversity

Columbia University professor named 2010 recipient of Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

AAHIVM warns that proper implementation of Strategy will depend on adequate HIV workforce

Evidence-based guidelines could help prevent dangerous radiation overdoses, says MedSolutions

InfoLogix granted extension of time to regain compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements

U.N. report released ahead of International AIDS Conference: HIV prevalence drops among young Africans

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