Charity News from Friday, Nov. 21, 2003Joseph Nevins Named Director of IGSP Center for Genome Technology at DukeDuke University Medical Center | Joseph Nevins, Ph.D., a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and James B. Duke professor of genetics at Duke has been named director of the Center for Genome Technology, a center of the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP). Promising Anthrax Vaccine May Act Quickly to Halt Disease, Weill Cornell Medical College Experts Report Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Scientists have created a single-shot anthrax vaccine that could one day be used to rapidly protect people in the event of a bioterrorism attack. A new study suggests the vaccine may act more quickly and effectively than others under development. Action Cycling’s Crate & Barrel Party Will Benefit HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research at Emory Vaccine Center Emory University | Action Cycling Atlanta (ACA) and Crate & Barrel, Lenox Square, will hold a "Shopping for a Purpose" party on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to benefit HIV/AIDS vaccine research at the Emory Vaccine Center. Congressman Dingell, U-M Trauma Burn Center and The Century Council join forces to combat underage drinking University of Michigan Health System | As part of this joint effort, the U-M Trauma Burn Center will be pairing its Real Life program with The Century Council's Alcohol 101 for High School Seniors, a CD-ROM program designed to prepare students to make informed choices about alcohol. Presidential bioethics advisor Kass to speak at U-M Health System on December 3 University of Michigan Health System | Much of the progress being made in labs and clinics around the world aims to go beyond basic therapy, and into the realm of fulfilling basic human desires to live longer, better and happier lives, or to help the next generation do so. American Heart Association and OSHA join forces to protect America's workforce from nation's leading killers American Heart Association | A new alliance between the American Heart Association and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will help protect America's workers from heart disease and stroke – leading causes of lost productivity, disability and death. More sudden deaths after left-sided stroke than after right-sided American Heart Association | Strokes that attack the left side of the brain significantly increase the five-year risk for sudden cardiac death, according to research reported in today's rapid access issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The ASPCA Offers Travel Safety Tips To Pet Owners Before Taking Off For The Thanksgiving Holiday American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | As the busiest travel day of the year approaches, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) wants pet owners to be prepared before they begin their holiday journey.
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