Charity News from Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000

Churches Mobilize 100,000 Letters to Congress In Support of Hunger Relief Act
Bread for the World | As part of our 2000 campaign, A Fair Share: Working to End Hunger, Bread for the World members and churches are expected to generate more than 100,000 letters to their members of Congress asking them to support the Hunger Relief Act (H.R. 3192/...

Discovery Health Media and American Cancer Society sign two-year collaborative programming agreement
American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society has signed a two-year agreement with Discovery Communications (DCI), signaling the formal beginning of a relationship between one of the nation's premier voluntary health organizations and Discovery Health Media Inc. ...

Heat-Triggered Liposomes Carry Drugs to Eradicate Tumors in Mice
Duke University Medical Center | Human tumors implanted into mice regressed completely within about 12 days when treated with heat-triggered, sub-microscopic drug carriers called "liposomes," and most of those tumors didn't regrow during 60-day trials.

 

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