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<title>19th International Symposium On Human Identification Features Advances And Applications In DNA Testing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The expanding power of DNA analysis is a key focus of this year's 19th International Symposium on Human Identification hosted by Promega Corporation. This year, keynote speaker, Dr. Sean Carroll will discuss the utility of DNA as the "Ultimate Record of Evolution.]]></description>
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<title>Sue Barker MBE Presents Awards At MDC National Conference</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's National Conference took place on 27 September at Birmingham's Hilton Metropole. Charity President, Sue Barker MBE, was there to present outstanding achievement awards to Muscular Dystrophy Campaign supporters from all over the UK.]]></description>
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<title>Researchers Identify Tumor Marker For Aggressive Thryoid Cancer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MicroRNA (miRNA) expression profiles can be used to identify an aggressive type of papillary thyroid cancer that is often otherwise difficult to detect, according to data to be presented on Oct. 2, 2008 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Chicago, IL.    miRNAs are a class of small RNA molecules that regulate a broad array of physiological and developmental processes.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The fourth annual conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative will be held Nov. 4-5 in London at the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. The initiative is a 10-year effort led by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to bolster the capacity of African science academies to provide independent, evidence-based advice on important public policy matters.]]></description>
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<title>To Escape Death By Hormonal Therapy Breast Cancer Cells Recycle</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many breast cancer cells facing potentially lethal antiestrogen therapy recycle to survive, researchers say.    About 70 percent of breast cancer cells have receptors for the hormone estrogen, which acts as a nutrient and stimulates their growth.  Patients typically get an antiestrogen such as tamoxifen for five years to try to starve them to death, says Dr. Patricia V. Schoenlein, cancer researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies.]]></description>
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<title>World Rett Syndrome Congress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The internet is emerging as a valuable tool for scientists to gather data for critical research into rare diseases.    Disability researcher, Dr Helen Leonard, from Australia's Institute for Child Health Research, said its InterRett online database had greatly expanded research into the neurological disorder Rett syndrome, which affects 1 in 8500 girls.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students, Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts, have reached back in time 115 million years to one of the most successful flying creatures in Earth's history, the pterodactyl, to conjure a robotic spy plane with next-generation capabilities.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Medavera, Inc. today announced the opening of the 2008 Therapeutic Temperature Management (TTM) Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A still-growing list of cardiologists, neurologists, emergency medicine, and other critical-care specialists are in attendance at the international educational event; also participating is a group of exhibitors and sponsors working in support of global learning.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[World leaders in infectious diseases convene to discuss emerging global viruses    WHO: The American Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene (ASTMH)    WHAT: The Latest Findings Regarding the Prevention, Treatment and Containment of Emerging and Global Infectious Di]]></description>
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<title>Houston Celebrates Planet Earth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The city of Houston, Texas, well known for its role in space launches, will soon be the site of another kind of launch: the official United States kick-off of International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). The celebration begins 5-9 October at the George R.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[STAYING SHARP IN CONCORD:  LEADING BRAIN EXPERTS DISCUSS SUCCESSFUL AGING    WHAT:   	    Brain function and health will be the focus of the Staying Sharp session on October 4 at the Embassy Suites Hotel Resort and Conference Center in Concord, NC.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA["Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects" is the topic of Penn State's 16th Annual Symposium on Family Issues, to be held Oct. 23-24, 2008, on the University Park campus. Sixteen scholars from major institutions will integrate perspectives from multiple social sciences and address policy implications.    One in five children in the U.S.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[EuropaBio welcomes the outcomes of the High Level Pharmaceutical Forum, which, for the first time in Europe, gathered all healthcare stakeholders to discuss the three key issues that dramatically slow down patient access to progress in medicine: the level of information available to patients, the understanding of the social, medical and economic value of innovative treatments and the identification of  mechanisms to facilitate timely patient access to the right treatments.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Arizona Myeloma Network, working with other non-profit groups throughout Arizona, is planning its first Fort Defiance Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Conference focusing on the health challenges facing Native Americans.    The free Oct. 11 conference at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, is being co-sponsored by the John Wayne Cancer Foundation, named for the actor made famous by movies such as Stagecoach and The Searchers, filmed in the Navajo Nation's Monument Valley.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern portions of North America.    More than 20 years later, researchers from Case Western Reserve University traveled to Sweden and Poland to gain insight into the downward migration of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the soil.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The FDA Amendments Act requires electronic drug establishment registration and drug listing. FDA is adopting the use of extensible markup language (XML) files in a standard SPL format as the standard format for the exchange of drug establishment registration and drug listing information. In response, theDrug Information Association (DIA) will host ]]></description>
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<title>Taking The Salt Out Of Sea Water</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations estimates that 1.1 billion people across the globe lack access to sustainable, clean drinking water and that 1.6 million children will die each year because of that lack of access.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[La Fondation IPSEN and Nature Publishing Group share the same desire to help new scientific knowledge emerge and facilitate the exchange of the most promising ideas from a variety of different research areas. In 2007, the two organisations came together to create a new series of scientific events - the Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia - one-day meetings highlighting some of the most dynamic sectors in biological and medical research.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Black Caucus of State Legislators today announced it will host its 15th Annual Mental Health Conference to address the more pertinent mental health issues on both state and federal levels facing us today. The goal of the conference is to educate state legislators, healthcare professionals, community leaders and the public about mental illness and what can be done to reduce the cultural stigmas and barriers that prevent access in the African American community.]]></description>
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<title>British Lymphology Society Chooses Belfast For Prestigious Annual Conference</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The British Lymphology Society (BLS), the only UK body representing the medical professionals who treat lymphoedema, has chosen Belfast as the venue for its high profile annual conference.     Nearly 200 nursing and physiotherapy delegates, plus 11 pharmaceutical companies will be gathering at the Wellington Park Hotel for three days; 5-7 October.]]></description>
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<title>Australasian Sleep Conference Adelaide Convention Centre, Conference Highlights, 2nd October</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New research demonstrates greater link between sleep and memory  (media conference 12.40pm Adelaide Convention Centre)   Robert Stickgold, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School     New evidence suggests memory processing is more dependent on good sleep habits than previously thought.]]></description>
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<title>BIO-Europe 2008: World&#x27;s Top Pharmaceutical Firms To Gather In Force</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As partnering transactions continue at record-breaking rates and deals continue as the defining industry trend, the critical question confronting big pharma is not if they should embrace earlier stage deals, but how to best take advantage of them. As the top 20 big pharma companies attend ]]></description>
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<title>PTC Therapeutics Announces Data Showing Six-Minute Walk Test Consistently Measures Ambulatory Function In Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[PTC Therapeutics, Inc.   (PTC) announced promising findings in patients with Duchenne/Becker           Muscular Dystrophy (DMD/BMD) at the 13th International World Muscle Society   (WMS) Congress. Results from an observational study assessing the utility   of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) as a primary outcome measure in trials of   treatment for DMD/BMD showed that the 6MWT clearly differentiates boys with   DMD from healthy boys, especially when adjusted for age.]]></description>
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<title>Primary Care Doctors Play Key Role In Fibromyalgia Diagnosis And Management</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Primary care physicians are at the forefront of fibromyalgia management, and deservedly so, a pain management expert said at a Meet-the-Experts Program entitled "Case Studies in Fibromyalgia: Connecting the Dots from Diagnosis to Pain Management" held in conjunction with PAINWeek 2008.      "That's just as it should be," moderator Kevin L. Zacharoff, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management consultant in Setauket, New York, noted.]]></description>
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<title>Conference: Perinatal Days And International Stillbirth Nov.5-7</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 21st Norsk Perinataldager (Norwegian Perinatal Days) will be arranged as a joint conference with the 2008 International Stillbirth Conference from the 5th - 7th November. This is in collaboration with the International Stillbirth Allliance (ISA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).]]></description>
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