Nursing Homes in Chatham, VA
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 Chatham Health & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 100 Rorer Street, Chatham, Virginia 24531 Ratings: Phone: (434) 432-0471 |
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University of Texas student receives Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship
Veronica Garcia, a student at The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, has been awarded a Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship from the American Society for Microbiology.
Carestream Molecular Imaging, OncoVision sign exclusive agreement for Albira PET/SPECT/CT imaging system
Carestream Molecular Imaging, a division of Carestream Health, Inc., has signed an exclusive, multi-year worldwide agreement with OncoVision (Valencia, Spain), to sell, market and service the Albira PET/SPECT/CT imaging system for small animal research. With the addition of this innovative, multimodal imaging system, Carestream Molecular Imaging will offer the broadest portfolio of pre-clinical in vivo imaging modalities in the market.
National Australian Hand Hygiene Initiative reduces risks of healthcare-associated S. aureus infections
Since its implementation in 2009, the National Australian Hand Hygiene Initiative has seen significant, sustained improvements in hand hygiene compliance among Australian healthcare workers, and reduced risks of potentially fatal healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus infection, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April), and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Research: Notch protein plays essential role in triggering T-cell development
The lab of Avinash Bhandoola, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has studied the origins of T cells for many years. One protein called Notch, which has well-known roles in the development of multiple tissues, plays an essential role in triggering T-cell development.
PharmAthene reports progress in lyophilized rPA anthrax vaccine development program
PharmAthene, Inc., a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that it continues to make solid progress in its lyophilized recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA) anthrax vaccine development program. The Company has recently demonstrated that its lyophilized rPA vaccine candidate is structurally stable and potent at various temperatures up to and including 70 degrees centigrade.
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