Charity News from Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003Two New Products Qualify for "Certified Humane Raised and Handled" LabelAmerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Consumers shopping for meat and eggs from animals raised under humane conditions now have more options as two new producers are receiving certification to use the "Certified Humane Raised and Handled" label. ASPCA National Shelter Outreach Offers Assistance To Animal Shelters Affected By California Wildfires American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' National Shelter Outreach department has been communicating with animal shelters and rescue groups in Southern California to assess their financial needs for disaster relief efforts. PUMA stalks cancer cells St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | A team of scientists led by investigators at St. Jude's has demonstrated that the p53 gene, long considered to be a central conductor of the process by which abnormal cells self-destruct, actually relies on the PUMA gene to trigger that activity.
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