| Mini-Medical School lowers tuition | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:58:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Medical College of Georgia Mini-Medical School, which began Oct. 3, has reduced tuition to $35 per person for the remaining five evenings of the semester. The lecture series, presented by MCG faculty members, is intended to better educate the public about medicine and health care in general. Each session covers two topics. Dr. Alan Roberts, associate professor of medicine, created the MCG Mini-Medical School in fall 2003. The first mini-medical school was developed by the National Institutes of Health to help educate the public about health care. More than 80 similar programs throughout the country now exist. Participants range in age from teens to senior citizens. Former participants are encouraged to attend. Classes will be held from 7-9 p.m.... | |
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| | | Techne Corp | | Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:59:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sampo Kestv Arvo Osakkeen suurimmaksi omistukseksi on noussut viime kuussa amerikkalainen bioteknologiaan uskova Techne Corp. TECHNE Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. The company operates in two divisions, Biotechnology and Hematology. The Biotechnology division engages in the development and manufacture of cytokines and enzymes, antibodies, assay kits, clinical diagnostic kits, flow cytometry products, and intracellular cell signaling products. These products are sold to biomedical researchers and clinical research laboratories. The Hematology division develops and manufactures whole blood hematology controls and calibrators, linearity and reportable range controls, whole blood reticulocyte controls, whole blood flow cytometry controls, whole blood glucose/hemoglobin control, erythrocyte sedimentation rate control, and multipurpose platelet reference controls.... | |
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| | | Susan Butcher, Winner of Iditarod, Loses Battle With Cancer at 51 | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 11:05:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | SEATTLE _ Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, was determined to conquer her leukemia, just as she had triumphed over the grueling 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome. Despite her fighting spirit, though, she couldn't overcome the cascade of medical complications that eventually overtook her. Butcher, 51, died Saturday afternoon at the University of Washington Medical Center, where she had undergone a stem-cell transplant about two months ago. When Butcher first developed leukemia, late last year, she worried about who was going to take care of her beloved dogs in Alaska while she got treatment, said Dr. Jan Abkowitz, head of the division of hematology at the UW and one of a team of doctors who cared for Butcher during her treatment there through the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.... | |
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| | | New York Oncology Hematology and Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers ... | | Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:56:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | HOUSTON, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Oncology Hematology and Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, both affiliated with the US Oncology Network, received Clinical Trial Participation Awards at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The Clinical Trial Participation Awards are given to community oncology practices for their dedication to improving the care of people with cancer through increased participation in clinical trials. Criteria for the awards include patient accrual to clinical trials over a three-year period, with special emphasis given to practices that achieved high accrual rates in minority and underrepresented populations. "These awards demonstrate how crucial community practices are to the development of new oncology therapies," said Dr.... | |
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