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(Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin) wrote:
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(Gazette.Net) wrote:
On April 20, despite thunder and lightning and rain, more than 400 Frederick residents joined together to raise more than $125,000 for March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, to benefit all babies, those born healthy as well as those who need help to survive and thrive.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) wrote:
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) congratulates Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY), along with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) on the president signing into law their legislation that provides increased parent and health care provider education, improved follow-up care and enables states to ...
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(The Daily & Sunday Review) wrote:
Not everyone got up on two feet and walked in the March of Dimes March for Babies in Towanda Sunday morning. Zoë, a German Shepherd, relied on all four of her paws as she padded through town with her owner, Shirley Grover of Wyalusing.
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(The Daily & Sunday Review) wrote:
Not everyone got up on two feet and walked in the March of Dimes March for Babies in Towanda Sunday morning. Zoë, a German Shepherd, relied on all four of her paws as she padded through town with her owner, Shirley Grover of Wyalusing.
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(Seattle Times) wrote:
THE name of the March of Dimes annual walk, scheduled for Sunday at Qwest Field, has changed but the mission remains the same. The March for Babies...
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(WorldNetDaily) wrote:
With virtually no fanfare, President Bush has signed into law a plan that orders the government to take no more than six months to set up a "national contingency plan" to screen newborns' DNA that would be put into use in case of a "public health emergency."
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(The Sudbury Star) wrote:
The newborn screening program, which already tests for 27 disorders, will now test for cystic fibrosis, as well. The Ontario government will spend $1.5 million a year for the new cystic fibrosis screening program, which will be carried out on the roughly 141,000 babies born in Ontario [...]
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(Irish Emigrant) wrote:
The Enterprise Ireland Webworks is a fully serviced office facility in the heart of Cork city. It has been developed under partnership between Enterprise Ireland, Cork City Council and Howard Holdings for the benefit of services focussed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) trading internationally.
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(Hays Daily News) wrote:
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius promised to respond to a plan from legislative leaders for allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas, but they worked Tuesday on multiple options to see that they're built.
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(The Wichita Eagle) wrote:
Newborns in Kansas will be tested for a wide range of potentially deadly but treatable genetic disorders beginning July 1. Parents may not notice anything different, unless something turns up on their child's test. Babies already undergo a routine blood test -- through a heel prick -- for four diseases. Now the state will test for 29, including cystic fibrosis. In Topeka on Tuesday, NFL Hall ...
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(St. Charles Journal) wrote:
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on April 17 began hosting a two-day workshop with neighboring states to prepare the states for backup newborn testing in case of emergencies and share ideas for improving testing and follow-up.
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(KFDA-TV Amarillo) wrote:
Babies born across the country will now undergo a new level of testing. Thanks to the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, infants will now be tested......
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(The Kansas City Star) wrote:
TOPEKA | Getting more babies tested for genetic disorders would be “my Super Bowl victory,” Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly said Tuesday.
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(Hays Daily News) wrote:
Eds: INCORPORATES and UPDATES BC-KS--Newborn Screening, BC-KS--Earth Rally, BC-KS--Energy Conference-Governors. ADDS under the dome item, byline, Internet note.
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(News-Medical-Net) wrote:
Enzolve Technologies, a UCD spin-out company based at NovaUCD the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin, has received substantial investment from Enterprise Ireland under the National Development Plan (2007-2013) and private investors.
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(Hays Daily News) wrote:
Eds: APNewsNow. Moving on general news and sports services. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- During his playing days, football was Jim Kelly's passion. Now, his passion is childhood diseases.
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(Electric News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) wrote:
Enzolve Technologies, a UCD spin-out, is to begin production of a range of diagnostic kits which screen for disorders affecting newborn infants.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) wrote:
This is the WashingtonWatch.com federal legislative update for the week of April 28, 2008.
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(The Journal News) wrote:
PEARL RIVER - A little rain couldn't keep the crowd from flocking to Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River yesterday morning for the annual March of Dimes March for Babies.
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(Public Opinion) wrote:
CHAMBERSBURG -- This year's local March of Dimes ambassador family wants to do everything possible to help ensure that all babies are born healthy. Kathy and Kirk Baker of Hustontown know what it's like to have a baby with serious problems at birth.
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(NBC 30 Connecticut) wrote:
More than 1,300 walkers join Sunday to raise an expected $300,000 for March of Dimes March for Babies
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(BizJournals) wrote:
The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, creating the Hunter Kelly Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, has been signed into law by President George Bush.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) wrote:
The American College of Medical Genetics applauds the signing into law of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act sponsored by Senator Christopher Dodd and 21 co-sponsors including ACMG's Maryland Senators, Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin L.
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(OurSports Central) wrote:
(Manchester, CT) - The WNBA powerhouse, the Connecticut Sun, will be putting their feet to a different "floor" on Sunday, April 27 as players, coaches and staff hit the road at March of Dimes March for Babies in Mystic.
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(The Times and Democrat) wrote:
Orangeburg and Calhoun counties joined together by the hundreds on April 5 to raise more than $62,000 for March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, to benefit all babies — those born healthy as well as those who need help to survive and thrive.
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(WAAY-TV Huntsville) wrote:
MONTGOMERY, Ala.- All newborns in Alabama will be screened for cystic fibrosis, starting Monday, as doctors check for the life-threatening illness that's 1 of the most common genetic diseases in the United
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(Medical News Today) wrote:
The Alabama Department of Public Health in partnership with the cystic fibrosis centers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama and the University of South Alabama announces further significant expansion of Alabama's newborn screening program. On April 21, Alabama will add cystic fibrosis to its panel of primary newborn screening tests.
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(WTVM 9 Columbus) wrote:
Montgomery, Ala. (AP) - All newborns in Alabama will be screened for cystic fibrosis, starting Monday, as doctors check for the life-threatening illness that's one of the most common genetic diseases in the United States.
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(FOX 6 News Birmingham) wrote:
Here are the latest Alabama headlines from the Associated Press for Sunday, April 20, 2008...
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(NBC 15 Mobile) wrote:
All newborns in Alabama will be screened for cystic fibrosis, starting Monday, as doctors check for the life-threatening illness that's one of the most common genetic diseases in the United...
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(WKRG News 5 Mobile) wrote:
Alabama Department of Public Health announces its plan to test all newborns for cystic fibrosis starting Monday. more
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(Birmingham News) wrote:
Starting Monday, all newborns in Alabama will be tested for cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening illness that is one of the most common genetic diseases in the United States.
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(WorldNetDaily) wrote:
The state of Minnesota has advanced a plan to own the DNA of newborns, preserving it in a warehouse for use in genetic research, experimentation, manipulation, and profiling, according to an advocacy organization seeking to protect the privacy of that individual information.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) wrote:
Thousands of March of Dimes supporters are set to join Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning on Sunday, April 27, when March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, steps off from Lincoln Center at 65th St. in Manhattan.
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(Medical News Today) wrote:
The Department of Health's Chief Scientist and Director General for Health Improvement and Protection, Professor David Harper, has published his progress review on the implementation of the 2003 genetics White Paper. Since 2001, the Government has invested £70 million to help the NHS make best use of the advances in genetics knowledge.
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(Windsor Star) wrote:
WINDSOR -- For one Windsor child, an early cystic fibrosis diagnosis strengthened her battle with the fatal genetic disease.
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(Centre Daily Times) wrote:
Whatman, the global leader in separations technology, announces a donation of Neonatal Screening Cards to the Clinton HIV / AIDS Initiative (CHAI). The Whatman 903 Neonatal Cards were donated to CHAI for the collection of blood samples for early HIV / AIDS detection in infants in connection with CHAI's Pediatric Initiative. The 903 Neonatal Card is the recognized medical device for blood ...
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(Medical News Today) wrote:
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, examines bills dealing with newborn health screenings and brain injuries, House approval of legislation that would block Medicaid rule changes proposed by the Bush administration and a Senate hearing on an SCHIP enrollment directive in this week's "Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ.
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(AP via Yahoo! Finance) wrote:
Medical device maker Natus Medical Inc. said Tuesday it will buy privately held SonaMed Corp. for an undisclosed amount to bulk up its newborn screening product offerings.
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(Sun Star) wrote:
IN THE Philippines, at least 33,000 babies die or develop mental retardation. This may have been prevented if they were screened and diagnosed properly.
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(Scoop.co.nz) wrote:
The more we understand about how our bodies work, the more challenges and choices those involved with screening face, Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick said today.
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(The Herald) wrote:
A family whose daughter was born profoundly deaf has been told the Scottish NHS will only implant a device to aid her hearing in one ear.
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(The News-Star) wrote:
Louisiana has joined a nationwide push to expand the number of disorders included in newborn screening panels.
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(The Globe Gazette) wrote:
MASON CITY — Sometimes helping can aid in the grieving process.
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(Philippine Daily Inquirer) wrote:
MANILA, Philippines -- About 60 municipal health officers, public health nurses, midwives, and representatives from the Department of Health have taken part of an Internet-based lecture on newborn screening organized for municipal health officers in Capiz.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) wrote:
Alabama, Vermont and Nevada Join 37 Others in Screening for Life-Threatening, Genetic Disease
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(WIVB Buffalo) wrote:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed a bill approving $45 million to help states expand newborn screening programs. Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly spoke in favor of the bill on Tuesday.
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(WCAX-TV Vermont) wrote:
Associated Press - April 9, 2008 3:15 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has passed a bill approving $45 million to help states expand newborn screening programs.
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(New York Daily News) wrote:
The House voted Tuesday to expand research into and surveillance of traumatic brain injuries, which affect some 1.5 million Americans every year and have come to be the signature wound of the war in Iraq.
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(AP via Yahoo! News) wrote:
The House voted Tuesday to expand research into and surveillance of traumatic brain injuries, which affect some 1.5 million Americans every year and have come to be the signature wound of the war in Iraq. It also moved to ensure that all newborns get adequate screening for genetic or metabolic diseases.
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(CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) wrote:
As of Tuesday, all babies born in Ontario will be screened for cystic fibrosis (CF), a move the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is welcoming.
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(CBS News) wrote:
The House unanimously passed a bill to expand disease screenings for newborn babies on Tuesday, after a final push from Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly. The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act would authorize over $40 million grants to various programs to expand screenings of newborn babies for a variety of diseases. ...
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(The San Francisco Examiner) wrote:
WASHINGTON , April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Kelly , former Buffalo Bills quarterback who led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls, will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 , to meet with Members of Congress asking them to approve and fund the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act (S.1858).
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(The San Francisco Examiner) wrote:
WASHINGTON , April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Kelly , former Buffalo Bills quarterback who led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls, will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 , to meet with Members of Congress asking them to approve and fund the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act (S.1858).
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(Greater Milwaukee Today) wrote:
HARTFORD - A life that lasted only minutes has provided more than a lifetime of faith for a Hartford couple. "A year ago, my husband (Brian) and I lost our first daughter at birth," said Hope Zvara-Krebs.
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(WKBW-TV Buffalo) wrote:
Former Bills Quarterback, Jim Kelly, will be in Washington DC today. Kelly will be urging Congress to approve the "Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act", this would create the Hunter Kelly research program at the National Institutes of Health.
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(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) wrote:
Premier March of Dimes Fundraising Event
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(Toronto Star) wrote:
Babies born in Ontario will now be screened for cystic fibrosis, the most common and fatal genetic disease of children and young adults in the country.
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(Naples Daily News) wrote:
The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida gained accreditation as a cystic fibrosis center to provide diagnostic testing to newborns and treatment.
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(WorldNetDaily) wrote:
An Orwellian plan that has state and federal governments staking claim to the ownership of every newborn's DNA in perpetuity is advancing under the radar of most privacy rights activists, but would turn the United States' citizenry into a huge pool of subjects for involuntary scientific experimentation, according to one organization alarmed over the issue.
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(Pharmaceutical Business Review) wrote:
Ireland based medical diagnostics company Trinity Biotech has introduced its GeneSys platform for infant hemoglobinopathies.
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(The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles) wrote:
Honoring firefighters and volunteers at the Hatzolah dinner at Congregation Beth Jacob are, from left to right, Andrew Friedman, Sheriff Lee Baca, LAFD Fire Chief Douglas L. Barry, Deputy Chief Terry Hara of the L.A.P.D., and Hatzolah President Zvika Brenner.
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(BizJournals) wrote:
The New England Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative has awarded $100,000 in grants to five research projects in the field of genetics.
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(Wickenburg Sun) wrote:
Until now, many Arizona children with cystic fibrosis were not diagnosed soon enough to help prevent or slow down serious medical problems caused by this disease.
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(TM) wrote:
Trinity Biotech plc, a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products for the point-of-care and clinical laboratory markets and the market leader in adult haemoglobinopathy detection, is pleased to announce the introduction of its GeneSys(TM) platform for infant haemoglobinopathies. The GeneSys(TM) system will be the first on the market to offer a fully automated approach for newborn ...
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(American Family Physician) wrote:
Routine newborn screening in the United States began in the 1960s as screening for a single biochemical genetic disorder, phenylketonuria (PKU). 5 Over the years, congenital hypothyroidism and other metabolic disorders were added to the routine screenings.
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(KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) wrote:
Related: More Health/ Take KARE stories There may be new hope for the 30-thousand Americans living with cystic fibrosis. A new drug called VX-770 is just
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(The New Sabah Times) wrote:
KOTA KINABALU : The Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) here will be organising its “World Health Week” from April 3-5,in conjuction with the “World Health Day” celebration for this year.
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(Gulf Times) wrote:
Staff Reporter OVER 48,000 newborn babies have been screened under the newborn screening programme started last year by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), a senior hospital official told Gulf Times yesterday.
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(Independent Press) wrote:
AREA -- Morristown Memorial Hospital plans a fundraiser to benefit the hospital's Cystic Fibrosis Center -- a buffet dinner and dance cruise around New York harbor on The Skyline Princess, a fully enclosed and heated 120-foot ship.
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(OurSports Central) wrote:
LOS ANGELES - The March of Dimes and the Los Angeles Sparks will partner to raise awareness about pregnancy and baby health in addition to raising funds through March of Dimes' March for Babies on April 26, it was announced.
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(Finanzen.net) wrote:
PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that John E. Sherwin, Ph.D., has joined the Company as director of laboratory operations for its genetic screening business, ...
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(InfoBolsa) wrote:
Laboratory Services 24/03/2008 16:52:00 Business Wire PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that John E.
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(phillyburbs.com) wrote:
Like any healthy 18-month-old boy, Viktor is full of spirit, constantly in motion, looking for the next place to focus his considerable energy.
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(The Hindu) wrote:
The aim is to detect and treat hypothyroidism and adrenal hyperplasia
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(The Tennessean) wrote:
A Nashville couple — who didn't find out their daughter was deaf until she was 5 months old — are working to get the state to join 44 others that require mandatory hearing screenings at birth.
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(The Tennessean) wrote:
A Nashville couple — who didn't find out their daughter was deaf until she was 5 months old — are working to get the state to join 44 others that require mandatory hearing screenings at birth.
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(The Capital Times) wrote:
Madison-based Third Wave Technologies Inc. said Friday that federal regulators have approved its cystic-fibrosis genetic test. Third Wave CEO Kevin Conroy said approval from the Food and Drug Administration will allow the company to gain more of the $270 million genetic and pharmacogenetic testing market. It now has 15 percent of that market, he said. The diagnostics company teamed with 3M Co. ...
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(Leesville Daily Leader) wrote:
Anacoco 4-H members will be spending Saturday, March 15 raising money for the March of Dimes.
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(TM) wrote:
14/03/2008 20:05:00 Business Wire US5637711046 Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTI) today announced that the company has received clearance from the U.S.
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(TM) wrote:
Third Wave Technologies Inc. (15441;NASDAQ:TWTI) today announced that the company has received clearance
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(TM) wrote:
Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTI) today announced that the company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of its InPlex™ CF Molecular Test. The test simultaneously detects and identifies cystic ...
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(TM) wrote:
MADISON, Wis.----Third Wave Technologies Inc. today announced that the company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of its InPlex™ CF Molecular Test.
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(The Star-Ledger) wrote:
The number of babies born with cystic fibrosis declined by half in Massachusetts after genetic screening started to identify carriers of the gene, suggesting similar declines may be happening across the nation, according to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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(The Canton Daily Ledger) wrote:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Central Illinois residents Holly Roos of Canton and her mother Colleen Usrey of Cambridge recently traveled to Washington D.C. to speak with individual members of congress and their legislative assistants about issues regarding Fragile X Syndrome.
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(Gulf Times) wrote:
THE Second International Neonatal Cardio-Respiratory Symposium got under way yesterday at the Hamad Training Centre with a colourful opening ceremony.
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(Gulf Times) wrote:
Staff Reporter A THREE-DAY international conference that begins in Doha today will discuss respiratory and cardiovascular problems in newborns.
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(Centre Daily Times) wrote:
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) announce the upcoming teleconference New Standard for Blood Collection on Filter Paper as well as additional educational teleconference programs for clinical and public health laboratories.
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(Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) wrote:
WAYNE, Pa.----Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute will hold a workshop titled To Your Good Health as a component of its 2008 CLSI Leadership Conference, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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(BizJournals) wrote:
Pediatrix Medical Group said it has sold its newborn metabolic screening laboratory to PerkinElmer for an undisclosed price. (PDX)
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(Medical News Today) wrote:
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