Grady Memorial Hospital has invested $2 million in a new cardiac catheterization lab.

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A state tax credit program designed to lure private investment to Maryland biotechnology companies won’t get a funding boost this year.

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Northeastern University was awarded a $2.7 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to help develop a targeted therapy to combat a contagious and potentially lethal bacterial pathogen commonly found in hospital and nursing home settings called Clostridium difficile (C. difficile). The five-year international project, led by Northeastern’s Antimicrobial Center under the direction of professor Kim Lewis, Ph.D.
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The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its student travel award to attend the Biophysical Society’s 53rd Annual Meeting at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, February 28-March 4, 2009. The recipients of this competitive award are selected based on scientific merit, with priority given to those who will present a paper at the conference.
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The Biophysical Society has announced the winner of its Minority Travel Awards to attend the Biophysical Society’s 53rd Annual Meeting at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, February 28- March 4, 2009. The awards are meant to encourage participation at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting by minority students currently studying biophysics. Recipients will be honored at a reception on Saturday February 28, 2009.
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The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its international travel grants to attend the Biophysical Society’s 53rd Annual Meeting at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, February 28-March 4, 2009. The purpose of these awards is to foster and initiate further interaction between American biophysicists and scientists working in countries experiencing financial difficulties.
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If you’ve ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (http://www.jleukbio.org) provides an important part of the answer.
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