Page 23 - Marcus Foundation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Researchers find potential new treatment for fatal childhood brain cancer ANI | Updated: Feb 14, 2021 19:22 IST Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Every year around 20 Australian children die from the incurable brain tumour, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The average age of diagnosis for DIPG is just seven years. There are no effective treatments, and almost all children die from the disease, usually within one year of diagnosis. A paper published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals a potential revolutionary drug combination that -- i...

Marcus Foundation matches $10 million for Israel Blood Center   February 12, 2021 The Marcus Foundation announced Dec. 4, 2020, a $10 million matching grant to ensure the completion of Israel’s new national blood services center, a first-of-its-kind shielded blood facility that will protect Israel’s strategic blood reserves against missile, chemical, and biological attack. The building, under construction in Ramla, Israel, is set for completion this spring. The facility was designated as the Marcus National Blood Services Center based on a $25 million gift from the Marcus Foundation in 2...

Marcus Foundation matches $10 million for Israel Blood Center February 4, 2021 3:29 am The Marcus Blood Center under construction in late 2020. (Courtesy AFMDA) Advertisement This is a Paid Post. The Marcus Foundation announced Dec. 4, 2020 a $10 million matching grant to ensure the completion of Israel’s new national blood services center, a first-of-its-kind shielded blood facility that will protect Israel’s strategic blood reserves against missile, chemical, and biological attack. The building, under construction in Ramla, Israel, is set for completion this spr...

David Rouzer and President Trump aboard Air Force One in March. (Port City Daily/Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) SOUTHEASTERN NC — In the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Rep. David Rouzer is losing the support of the state’s most powerful corporations. Yet, Wilmington’s most powerful family — and Rouzer’s biggest donor — is standing by their man. “We support David,” Scott Sullivan responded Friday when asked if his company, Jh Land LLC, fully supports Rouzer after the congressman challenged the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Jh Land LLC is one part...

Boosted by celebrity endorsements and a controversial research program, clinics are peddling stem cell autism treatments questioned by experts tporter@businessinsider.com (Tom Porter) © Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images A researcher holds a box containing vials of human embryonic Stem Cell cultures from the freezer at the Burnham Institute on November 3, 2004 in La Jolla, California. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images From Central America to Ukraine, unlicensed clinics are offering stem cell therapies as a treatment for autism.  Stem cells used mainly to treat blood disease. Their effe...