Invirion, Inc. Forms Strategic Partnership with Worldwide AIDS Coalition (WWAC) In Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa
The Worldwide AIDS Coalition (www.fightaidsnow.org) announced a strategic partnership with Invirion Inc. to assure availability of high performance, low cost diagnostics to monitor the treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean.Co-founder and Executive Director for the WWAC, Dennis M Israelski, M.D. mentions, "We are extremely pleased that a company like Invirion, shares our passion for ending the pandemic of communicable diseases globally. "????WWAC supports the efforts of effective and innovative organizations in the fight against global public health disparity by focusing attention on the crisis of HIV/AIDS.
Their mission is to facilitate consilience in global efforts to overcome obstacles and barriers to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in resource poor communities.
Dr. Israelski states, "The pandemic of HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects places that can least afford care and treatment; it is without a doubt one of the greatest public health and moral issues of our times.
Our vision includes creating a vehicle to channel innovative technology to facilitate action and cooperation between Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), academia and governments to expand sustainable systems of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for people and communities most in need.
We are excited to have access to the Invirion ViroTect One that will replace CD4 and viral load tests with a single assay that is much quicker and simpler to run at a fraction of the cost of traditional diagnostics." Invirion, Inc. (www.invirion.com) was founded to bring state-of-the-art, biologically relevant basic science technology to the clinical marketplace to ensure the highest standard of care for patients.
Invirion is the first single cell diagnostics company dedicated to the early detection, monitoring and treatment of life-threatening viral diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer, and organ transplant rejection.
Invirion's novel HIV detection system monitors response to anti-retroviral therapy on the same instruments, flow cytometers, that measure CD4 counts. Published work has demonstrated that Invirion's ViroTect system correlates extremely well with plasma viral load and can be run at a fraction of the cost on the installed instrumentation base of cytometers. Invirion's assays are compatible with all vendor's cytometers including the new generation of capillary cytometers.
Bruce K.
Patterson, M.D., Founder of Invirion states "This opportunity validates our decade long effort to demonstrate the scientific, clinical, and economic advantages of detecting and monitoring viral disease in cells that are infected by viruses rather than in plasma where the virus is deposited. Invirion's innovative technology is adaptable to the installed instrumentation for CD4 counting eliminating the need for costly new equipment and infrastructure.
We feel that this model provides a tremendous benefit especially in countries that are faced with limited financial and clinical resources yet have the majority of afflicted individuals".Details and conditions of the alliance were not fully disclosed.Worldwide nearly 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS and in 2004, there were nearly 5 million new infections with over 3 million deaths. Every 6 seconds, a new person is infected and every 10 seconds a person dies of HIV/AIDS.
Since 1981, over 28 million have died of HIV/AIDS.
This global pandemic has been called our generation's holocaust.The Worldwide AIDS Coalition (WWAC). is a non-profit organization, with a team of Scientific Advisors from the San Francisco Bay area, financial offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Administrative offices located in Washington D.C.WWAC supports the efforts of effective and innovative organizations in the fight against global public health disparity by focussing attention on the crisis of HIV/AIDS. Its founders are William Lloyd Wiley, PhD, MBA of Charlotte, North Carolina who serves as the Chairman of the Board and Dennis M. Israelski, M.D. of Stanford University School of Medicine who serves as Executive Director.The Worldwide AIDS Coalition's mission is to facilitate consilience in global efforts to scale up HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in resource poor communities.
The Worldwide AIDS Coalition's vision is to provide a vehicle to channel U.S. corporate benevolence to facilitate action and cooperation between Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), academia and governments to expand sustainable systems of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for people and communities most in need. We bring a focus and organize the needed financial, material and pharmaceutical resources for the current public health emergency of HIV/ AIDS in Africa, Asia, and around the globe, to establish a coalition of key stakeholders interested in public health equity.Contact Information:Dr Dennis IsraelskiWWAC650-208-6612orJoe KopetkaInvirion, Inc.773-469-4348.
Microboards to Distribute Pioneer Displays
Chanhassen, MN (ContentDesk) October 2, 2005 -- Microboards announced today that they now distribute Pioneer's line of high-end plasma displays. Pioneer Plasma screens are the display of choice for thousands of professional facilities, boardrooms, retail, and recreational installations. "Pioneer's plasma screens are ahead of their time," said Mitch Ackmann, Microboards President and COO. "Pioneer's dedication to innovation is even more apparent in their displays, noted worldwide for their stunning visual clarity and contrast.""Microboards and Pioneer have been partners for a long time, and Microboards has been a leader in the CD/DVD industry for content distribution solutions," said Dee Sproule of Pioneer. "With the stunning acceptance of DVD video and Microboards role in content distribution on DVD, it makes sense that Microboards would be successful with high-quality display devices as well." Microboards, best known for their history as an innovator in DVD/CD duplicators and publishers,...
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Six Ways To Save Time And Money While Holiday Shopping
(ContentDesk) December 18 2003--If you're struggling to finish?or even start?your holiday shopping, if your gift list is growing longer as your wallet and your calendar countdown shrink, and if panic is beginning to set in, you can stop worrying. "If you know where to look, you can still purchase thoughtful, creative gifts and get great deals on them to boot," advises Art Beroff, coauthor of The Bargain Hunter's & Smart Consumer's Field Guide: How To Buy Almost Anything For Next To Nothing! (Avebury Books 2003, available at Amazon.com).
"The trick is use the time factor, coupled with smart shopping tactics, to your advantage."1.???As time goes by. If you can handle the approaching-deadline anxiety, waiting to shop until the season is well under way can be a good thing. "The closer the holiday deadline looms, the more retailers mark down merchandise," Beroff says.
"One week before the big day?or even one day?is a terrific time to pick up bargains on everything from clothing...
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Magnesium Oxide
Magnesium oxide has the chemical formula MgO. It is a white or colorless, odorless compound. It is extracted from seawater or underground brine. It is also formed by the calcination of magnesium minerals such as magnesium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide. Magnesium oxide is present in the mineral periclase.
Periclase is multihued, which makes it a substitute for gemstones. Periclase is also the substance responsible for providing streaks to white marble.
Medicinally, magnesium oxide is used as a short-term laxative for rapid elimination of the bowels, especially before surgery. It is also used as a dietary supplement when the amount of magnesium in the diet is not sufficient. Magnesium oxide use is not recommended for persons with heart and kidney problems. It is also not advisable for pregnant and lactating women.
Magnesium oxide can interfere with other drugs like warfarin, aspirin, ranitidine, etc.
Apart from medicine, magnesium oxide also...
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CTL Corporation Introduces Reseller Friendly 42" Plasma ED Television
CTL Corporation announced the introduction of its Nexus? Ex4200 Enhanced Definition 42" Plasma Display Television at the 2005 INTERFACE Conference in Portland, Oregon. With a suggested retail price of under $1989, CTL developed the product as part of it's "Channel First" Program, which is designed to allow independent and specialty CTL resellers the opportunity to compete against multi-national discount chain stores with high quality, feature-rich yet profitable products."We saw an opportunity in the 42" ED Plasma space to offer our resellers a product which they can use to differentiate themselves from the discount chains," said Mike Mahanay, CTL's Director of Marketing. "With the Ex4200, our resellers win by selling a better quality product to their customers at a lower price than the discount chains ? all while maintaining a healthy margin." The Nexus? Ex4200 features a 42" Enhanced Definition 16x9 Plasma screen, a 2000:1 contrast ratio and a super bright 1000cd/m2 brightness rating....
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MDG Xtreme Core Conflict Challenge Winner Announced
Oakville, ON (ContentDesk) August 2, 2006 -- Robert Ritchie has been judged the winner of the MDG Xtreme Core Conflict Challenge held this month at Fragapalooza.Canada's largest gaming event and LAN party, Fragapalooza, was held over the weekend of July 27th30th in Edmonton, Alberta. This year, MDG threw open a challenge to the gaming community to build the Ultimate Gaming PC.
MDG Computers selected five gaming PC enthusiasts from an online campaign where Fragapalooza participants submitted their ultimate Gaming PC design. The five selected contestants moved on to engage in a head-to-head battle to build the Ultimate Gaming PC before the Fragapalooza crowd.A panel of judges rated the games on parameters of innovation, ease of usage, and content among others. Their consensus along with the voting from Fragapalooza crowd finally tilted the scales in Robert Ritchie's favor."Rather than dictate to the gaming community what the Ultimate Gaming PC product line would be, MDG Computers...
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6 Ways To Fund Your New Business
I'm often asked: what is the best way to finance a new business venture. This question is usually followed by "So, do you ever invest in new business ventures?"
The answers, respectively, are: 1. there is no "best" way to fund a new business; and 2. I do invest in new business ventures, but darn it I can't today because I left my checkbook in my other suit.
The truth is there are a variety of ways to finance a new business and which way is best for you depends totally on your product, your market, your financial requirements, your burn rate, and most importantly, your personal and financial situation.
So with that in mind, here are a few of the most common ways to finance a new business without hitting old Tim up for a loan. Keep in mind that all methods have pros and cons and some (or most) may not work for your specific situation.
No matter what financing method you choose thoroughly investigate the ups and downs and don't jump in...
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