Genentech Forms Special Committee Of Independent Directors To Review Roche Proposal
Genentech Forms Special Committee of Independent Directors to Review Roche Proposal Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced today that it has formed a special committee of its Board of Directors, composed of the company's three independent directors, to assess the proposal from Roche to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Genentech stock not owned by Roche at a price of $89.
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Discovery Of Mutated Gene Could Lead To Better Understanding Of How The Visual System Develops
An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane syndrome. The research is published in the latest edition of Science.
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Imiquimod, An Immune Response Modifier, Is Dependent On The OGF-OGFr Signaling Pathway
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of imiquimod, a clinically important immune response modifier with potent antiviral and antitumor activity, is dependent on the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF)-OGF receptor (OGFr) axis for its action.
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Congress Approves Global AIDS Bill Which Will Save Five To Seven Million Lives
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which provides AIDS care and treatment services to more than 79,000 individuals in 20 countries worldwide, lauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing legislation (today's House vote to concur on the Senate amended House PEPFAR bill: 303 to 115) re-authorizing PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the successful US global AIDS program.
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Genentech Forms Special Committee Of Independent Directors To Review Roche Proposal
Genentech Forms Special Committee of Independent Directors to Review Roche Proposal Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced today that it has formed a special committee of its Board of Directors, composed of the company's three independent directors, to assess the proposal from Roche to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Genentech stock not owned by Roche at a price of $89.00 in cash per share. The special committee members are Herbert W. Boyer, Ph.D., Debra L. Reed and Charles A.
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Spinach - Green Gold
Spinach is said to have come from Persia. It would first have been cultivated regularly when the Graeco-Roman civilization was at its height. It was in 1929 that the cartoon 'Popeye' was first screened displaying a sailor-man who consumed spinach by the tin-full, and got instant and spectacular muscle boosts from it.
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New Doctors Need To Be Aware When Taking Consent, Medical Protection Society Advises
New doctors should not feel pressured to do anything beyond their knowledge, expertise and competence, such as taking consent for a procedure they are not familiar with. Always get a senior to explain it as part of your training, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) advises today.
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Reducing Stress Can Bolster Immune System In HIV-Positive Adults, Others
CD4+ T lymphocytes, or simply CD4 T cells, are the "brains" of the immune system, coordinating its activity when the body comes under attack. They are also the cells that are attacked by HIV, the devastating virus that causes AIDS and has infected roughly 40 million people worldwide. The virus slowly eats away at CD4 T cells, weakening the immune system.
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The Consequences Of Viral Infections Negatively Impacted By Cigarette Smoke
Jack Elias and colleagues, at Yale University School of Medicine, have performed new studies in mice that provide mechanistic insight into why viral infections have more severe consequences in individuals exposed to cigarette smoke than in those not exposed to cigarette smoke (e.g., influenza-infected smokers have increased mortality when compared with influenza-infected nonsmokers).
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European Champion Of Nuclear Medicine Is Honored During Society's 55th Annual Meeting
Peter J. Ell, director of the institute of nuclear medicine and chair of nuclear medicine at the University College London, U.K., was awarded the 2008 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award for his contributions to the nuclear medicine profession. The award was presented during SNM's 55th Annual Meeting - the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals.
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