Science Education & Policy
People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers from Emory University. Lori Marino, senior lecturer in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program, has teamed with Scott Lilienfeld, professor in the Department of Psychology, to launch an educational campaign countering claims made by purveyors of what is known as dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT).
"Dolphin-assisted therapy is not a valid treatment for any disorder," says Marino, a leading dolphin and whale researcher. "We want to get the word out that it'…
Rajarshi Guha has yet again made a key contribution to our UsefulChem project by connecting us with Gus Rosania at the University of Michigan. Gus is interested in a fully open collaboration to help us further prioritize our drug targets based on predicted subcellular drug transport:
It is the first time I hear about Open Notebook Science, but it sounds like a fantastic idea!
My research group studies the subcellular transport of small molecules. We are interested in combining cellular distribution of small molecules together with systems biology, to analyze the pharmacological activity of…
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ZUG, Switzerland, December 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG is pleased to announce that its portfolio company Hollywood Entertainment Exchange Plc ("HEE") has been the subject of a reverse takeover transaction whereby HEE has acquired 99.5% of the shares in Motion Network TV SA and HEE has been renamed to Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNTV"). As a result of the transaction Swiss Hawk AG holds 40 million shares in MNTV.
URL: http://www.swisshawk.com
About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNTV")
MNTV thinks globally and acts locally. MNTV provides television network and ancillary interactive…
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TORONTO, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --
- Free add-your-profile opportunity for colleges and universities on Facebook(R) Platform
Recent national surveys have found that 75% of college and university applicants are active Facebook users, and many discuss their plans for higher education using the social utility. SkoolPool(TM), a new application on Facebook Platform, offers a fast and effective way for institutions to share information with this key audience. With a SkoolPool membership, institutions get a profile page accessible through SkoolPool.com, SkoolPool on Facebook Platform, and on a…
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MISSISSAUGA, Canada, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Vasogen Inc. (NASDAQ:VSGN; TSX:VAS) and Grupo Ferrer Internacional, S.A. ("Ferrer"), a leading European pharmaceutical and medical devices company, today announced the receipt of initial orders for Vasogen's Celacade(TM) System in Germany. Celacade, a first-in-class therapy, is the only CE Mark approved product that specifically targets the destructive chronic inflammation underlying the development and progression of chronic heart failure. Under the CE Mark, Celacade can be marketed in the 27 countries that comprise the European Union…
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LEIDEN, The Netherlands, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --
- Researchers Expect Groundbreaking Results
Today Top Institute Pharma presents a new and highly promising research project. The TI Pharma project is a large-scale study into the brain material of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients, who gave permission to the Netherlands Brain Bank for their tissue to be used for scientific research. The analysis is a continuation of highly-promising results from previous studies and focuses on the genes that could be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The study…
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KYIV, Ukraine, December 14 /PRNewswire/ --
Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) Deputies Viktor Pynzennyk, Yuriy Prodan, and Hryhoriy Nemyria met today in Kyiv with four of the largest foreign creditors of Naftohaz Ukraine, Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company. Investment bankers requested the meeting with BYuT to address Naftohaz Ukraine's precarious financial situation.
The Western investors' concerns are rooted in the failure of the outgoing Party of Regions government of Viktor Yanukovich to provide Naftohaz Ukraine with the proper policies and financial management. The outgoing…
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WASHINGTON, December 14 /PRNewswire/ --
- New education index sheds light on opportunities for investment in Africa
This month School Ventures launched the African Private Schools Investment Index ("APSI"), developed in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit. The APSI is an analytical tool for investors, policy makers, philanthropists, educationalists, and the general public. It compares the attractiveness of African education markets as destinations for private investment.
Founder and CEO of School Ventures, Mubuso Zamchiya said, "Countries and businesses succeed when people have…
Does the consumption of green tea, widely touted to have beneficial effects on health, also protect brain cells? Authors of a new study being published in the December 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry share new data that indicates this may be the case.
The authors investigated the effects of green tea polyphenols, a group of naturally occurring chemical substances found in plants that have antioxidant properties, in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, resulting from the loss of dopamine-…
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LONDON, December 14 /PRNewswire/ --
- Second Appraisal Consultation Document Fails to Provide Choice for Patients and Ophthalmologists
Pfizer Limited today expresses concern that the latest NICE appraisal consultation document (ACD) regarding the use of treatments for wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), fails to provide any treatment choice for patients or physicians, by recommending only one anti-VEGF therapy for AMD.
NICE's second ACD again fails to recommend Macugen(R) (pegaptanib) for patients affected by wet AMD in England and Wales, in stark contrast to Scotland where the…