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Progenics Announces Progress And Presentations In HIV Therapy Program - Enrollment For PRO 140 Phase 2 Clinical ...Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 6:18AMProgenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) today announced the completion of enrollment in two, phase 2 clinical studies of PRO 140, an investigational drug that is being developed for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The phase 2 studies are separately evaluating intravenous and subcutaneous forms of PRO 140.

Community MilestonesMonday, September 29, 2008 @ 12:45AM□ Sixteen nurses at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have been named to the Great 100 list in North Carolina, which recognizes some of those providing excellent health care.

MARION COUNTY OBITUARIES: published on Sept. 24Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:38PMObituaries for the following were published in the Sept. 24 issue of the Marion Star & Mullins Enteprise: Floyd, Martin, Richardson, Richardson, Edwards, King, Grainger, Gerald, Robson

National Institute On Drug Abuse Announces Recipients Of New Avant-Garde Award For Innovative HIV/AIDS ResearchMonday, September 8, 2008 @ 7:15AMThe National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced the first three recipients of its new Avant-Garde Award. This award is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers.

Scientists discover platelets play an important early role in promoting cerebral malariaMonday, August 18, 2008 @ 10:57PMPlatelets - those tiny, unassuming cells that cause blood to clot and scabs to form when you cut yourself - play an important early role in promoting cerebral malaria, an often lethal complication that occurs mostly in children.

Tiny molecule helps control blood-vessel development, UT Southwestern researchers findTuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:38AMDALLAS – Aug. 12, 2008 – The development and repair of heart tissue and blood vessels is intimately tied to a tiny piece of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that is found nowhere else in the body, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Designer RNA Fights High Cholesterol, Researchers FindTuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 7:12AMSmall, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Africa: Daily HIV/Aids ReportThursday, August 7, 2008 @ 4:09PMallAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

Cancer Research HighlightsTuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 11:24AMHALF OF ALL AMERICANS will be diagnosed at some point in their lives with cancer, the number two killer in the United States. One of the professions at the frontlines in the battle against cancer are medical physicists -- scientists who use the power and innovation of physics to study and solve the most pressing medical problems.