Charity News from Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001AJC Convenes Communal Leaders, Rabbis, Judaic Scholars To Explore Strategies to Address IntermarriageAmerican Jewish Committee | A group of approximately 25 communal leaders, rabbis and Judaic scholars met at the American Jewish Committee last week to discuss the recent AJC survey documenting declining resistance to mixed marriage among American Jews. "AJC convened the ... The Huntington's Disease Society of America Supports the Medical Research Investment Act Huntington's Disease Society of America | The MRI Act would increase limitations on charitable giving for medical research. The Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA) encourages support of the Medical Research Investment Act. NCI-Sponsored Trials of Celecoxib for Cancer Prevention National Cancer Institute | The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention is studying the drug celecoxib (CelebrexÛ) for the prevention of cancer in people with precancerous conditions and in people at high risk for second cancers. Epidemiologic ... A major grant to fight multi-drug resistant tuberculosis awarded to St. Jude in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | (Memphis, Tennessee February 27, 2001) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (grant awarded pre-merger to SmithKline Beecham) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was awarded a $2.4 million grant for...
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