29Mar/17

Comcast-Funded Civil Rights Groups Claim Low-Income People Prefer Ads Over Privacy – The Intercept


The Intercept

Comcast-Funded Civil Rights Groups Claim Low-Income People Prefer Ads Over Privacy
The Intercept
As we’ve reported, a number of legacy civil rights organizations have engaged in lobbying debates seemingly unrelated to their core missions, but in favor of their corporate donors. OCA, in addition to backing the telecom industry push against net
SJRes. 34 – Disapproving the Federal Communications Commission’s Rule on Privacy of Customers of Broadband …The White House

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29Mar/17

Jewish Federation Challenged on “Hate Grants” Facilitated through Donor-Advised Funds – The Nonprofit Quarterly (registration)


The Nonprofit Quarterly (registration)

Jewish Federation Challenged on “Hate Grants” Facilitated through Donor-Advised Funds
The Nonprofit Quarterly (registration)
In September of last year, NPQ reported on a rare case related to a donor-advised fund (DAF). The Jewish Community Foundation refused to release a grant recommended by Lisa Greer, a donor advisor, to IfNotNow, a progressive group of young Jewish …

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29Mar/17

World first as Japanese team transplants donor iPS cells – Asahi Shimbun


Asahi Shimbun

World first as Japanese team transplants donor iPS cells
Asahi Shimbun
The patient was a male in his 60s diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, which can result in a loss of vision. Cells from the iPS cell stock stored at CiRA were converted into retina cells and transplanted into the patient’s eye. Yasuo
Japanese Man Is First to Receive ‘Reprogrammed’ Stem Cells from Another PersonScientific American
Japan performs first transplant of donor iPS cellsNikkei Asian Review

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