Charity News from Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003Genetic key to blood cancer foundSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | A gene that is crucial to the development and function of an entire family of immune cells is also key to understanding why one member of that family can become cancerous according to a investigators at St. Jude's and the Blood Research Institute. IRC Aiding Refugees, Displaced People in Ivory Coast International Rescue Committee | The IRC has begun providing health services in villages around the town of Tabou near the Liberian border, for Liberian refugees, Ivorian returnees, and the host community. March of Dimes Subject Of Three Online Chats In September March of Dimes | The March of Dimes Prematurity and Newborn Screening Campaigns will be discussed in-depth during three separate, live, online chats during September. Dr. Siobhan M. Dolan will discuss the Prematurity Campaign and Prematurity Awareness Day. US Farm Subsidies Fuel Mexico Corn Crisis Oxfam-America | In a new report "Dumping Without Borders" published today, Oxfam says that Mexican corn prices are freefalling in competition from heavily subsidized US imports. Local farm incomes are slashed, resulting in rural suffering and misery. QUALCOMM and Wal-Mart Partner to Alert Truck Drivers about Missing Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | QUALCOMM and Wal-Mart today announced that the companies will partner to increase support of the nation's AMBER Plan program through Wal-Mart's newly created "Roadwatch: Missing Child Alert" system.
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