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Dalhousie Dean of Science feared oil company’s revenge over divestment
National Observer Additionally, the Dalhousie report identified the following energy-related donors to Dalhousie include Exxon Mobil Oil Canada (plus-$1-million); Imperial Oil; Emera; Petro Canada; Shell (all of whom contributed $250,000 to $499,000); and TransCanada … |
Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War. – Foreign Policy In Focus
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Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War.
Foreign Policy In Focus Following the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision and related rulings, corporations and the wealthiest Americans gained the legal right to raise and spend as much money as they want on political candidates. The 2012 elections were consequently … |
Supreme Court Hears Former Virginia Governor’s Bribery Appeal – NBCNews.com
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Supreme Court Hears Former Virginia Governor’s Bribery Appeal
NBCNews.com Related: Supreme Court to Hear Corruption Appeal From Former Virginia Governor … The government said it doesn’t seek to criminalize the courtesies that public officials extend to donors who give legal campaign contributions. In McDonnell’s case, “the … |
In Solidarity, Evo Morales Departs for Earthquake-Hit Ecuador – teleSUR English
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In Solidarity, Evo Morales Departs for Earthquake-Hit Ecuador
teleSUR English Ecuador’s ambassador to Bolivia, Ricardo Ulcuango, thanked Bolivia for its solidarity and said the consulate will receive donations. Before leaving … displaced. Ecuador has since been rocked by over 800 aftershocks and a few unrelated smaller … |
Gift of Hope: Minorities urged to sign donor cards – Freeport Journal-Standard
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Gift of Hope: Minorities urged to sign donor cards
Freeport Journal-Standard FREEPORT — Freeport resident Kelvin Martin understands the importance of organ donation. He suffered three heart attacks and was in a medically induced coma for two weeks during the more than two years he spent waiting for a new heart. |
Fresh hope for diabetes sufferers – Shanghai Daily (subscription)
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Fresh hope for diabetes sufferers
Shanghai Daily (subscription) The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants? When glucose levels drop too low, most people with Type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, … |
Stem Cell Company Athersys Firing On All Cylinders In 2016 – Seeking Alpha
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Stem Cell Company Athersys Firing On All Cylinders In 2016
Seeking Alpha For those unfamiliar with Athersys, the company’s main product is an off-the-shelf allogeneic stem cell therapy called MultiStem that is manufactured from proprietary Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) that are derived from donor bone marrow. |
Ontario woman’s trip to Buffalo for stem-cell transplant came too late – Waterloo Record
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Ontario woman’s trip to Buffalo for stem-cell transplant came too late
Waterloo Record Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton and The Ottawa Hospital are the only centres in the province equipped to perform allogeneic transplants on patients, which use stem cells from unrelated donors like the one Shamblaw had. |
2016 Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic Matchups Announced – ESPN MediaZone
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2016 Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic Matchups Announced
ESPN MediaZone It awards 100 percent of all direct cash donations to cancer research and related programs. Due to generous donors, the Foundation has an endowment that covers administrative expenses. The Foundation awards peer-reviewed grants through a competitive … |
To Promote Organ Donation, Govt To Now Give Preference To Donors And Their Kin For Kidney Transplants – ScoopWhoop
ScoopWhoopTo Promote Organ Donation, Govt To Now Give Preference To Donors And Their Kin For Kidney TransplantsScoopWhoopAccording to a report by the Times of India, more than two lakh people require kidney transplant every year in India but only about…