March 2008

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT:John ZimmerGlobal Medical Alliance LLC 608-836-3596 Phone 608-836-3598 fax [email protected] Global Medical Alliance Announces New Interactive Website for Medical Device Manufacturers and Independent Medical Sales RepresentativesMarch 17, 2008 Middleton, WI – Global Medical Alliance LLC (GMA) has just concluded a four-month website...

Jane S. Lebkowski, Senior Vice President of Regenerative Medicine at Geron will give a presentation at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA. Dr. Lebkowski will discuss the use human embryonic stem cells to advance technology for therapeutic applications. Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs) can be propagated indefinitely yet differentiate to...

Edward Lanphier, President & Chief Executive Officer at Sangamo BioSciences, which published a new study last October indicating that its technology could be used to modify the genomes in stem cells, create stem cell lines that mimic disease, and modify stem cells to treat diseases, will present at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA. Dr...

Bruce Wentworth, Senior Director of Cardiovascular Research at Genzyme will give a presentation entitled “Retention of Cells after Transplantation” at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA. Dr. Wentworth’s group has investigated the retention of syngeneic cultured cells (skeletal myoblasts, SM, and bone marrow stromal cells, BMSC) after...

Malcolm Moos, Medical Officer of Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies at FDA to give Featured Presentation at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MAMalcolm Moos, Medical Officer of the Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will give the featured presentation at the 4th International Stem Cell...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Cindy Stranad(919) [email protected] Banyan Rock & Talent President Named Co-Chair of Cary Ducks Unlimited Michael Sterling to Head Wetland Conservation Efforts RALEIGH, N.C. (March 25, 2008)— Raleigh financial advisor and business owner Michael J. Sterling of Banyan Rock and Talent, has been named co-chair of the Cary Chapter of North Carolina...

New York, NY – March 28, 2008 – BarterQuest.com, a Web site under development, announced that its parent company has initiated the process to establish international patents related to its proprietary trading and matching systems. BarterQuest.com will be a trading platform for the individual consumer that automatically matches the haves and wants of potential traders. Dr. Paul Bocheck, the...

April is a special time for MLB Spring Training fans. It’s a season of renewed hope for all the teams as every one starts the year with a fresh 0-0 slate. With this renewed hope can come some impatience both from teams and handicappers alike! The MLB season has already started for two teams with Boston and Oakland squaring off in Japan. MLB Spring Training is a series of practices games...

Jan Paul Medema, Professor of Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, will give a presentation at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA. Dr. Medema will discuss colon cancer stem cells, their resistance and differentiation. A novel paradigm in tumor biology suggests that cancer...

Mark Thiede of Pfizer will give a presentation entitled “Inference by Interference: Controlling MSC Differentiation with RNAi” at the 4th International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics, Apr 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA. Dr. Thiede will discuss how human adult stem cells such as bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), the primary source of progenitors for tissue maintenance, can...