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Last year, during Black History Month, our team at MedSource Labs took a closer look at the world of medical illustration and the ongoing efforts to address the lack of diversity in the field. We were inspired by the work of medical illustrators who are breaking barriers and ensuring that healthcare visuals represent the full spectrum of patients they serve. To see video, please click here What ...
One specific initiative that we have honed in on in 2023 is hosting recurring blood drives with the RI Blood Center. Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and or platelets. Blood donations are critical to helping to save lives. We place a high level of importance on being an involved member in our ...
On Wednesday, June 7th, during the Providence Business News 2023 Best Places To Work awards ceremony, AVTECH Software was awarded third place within the Small Business category. This is the third consecutive year that our team has received the Best Places To Work Award. It is once again a huge honor for us to be acknowledged for creating a positive work environment, where our employees love to ...
The Company’s allogeneic (“off-the-shelf”) cell platform is based upon induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated from donated cord blood that can be differentiated into NK cells, T cells and other cells of the immune system. ...
While taking preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19, and after considering where we can currently apply our social contribution efforts, we conducted a variety of social contribution activities in various countries and regions, including promotion of blood donor programs, vaccine donations through collection of used clothing, donation ...
Several governments around the world, including the U.S. and Spain, consider Grifols’ manufacturing plants and plasma-and blood-donation centers as essential infrastructures. For this reason, the donors and personnel that make these donations possible are exempt when restrictions are placed on movement. ...
In 2019, the company had a total of 28 registered products: five Bioscience Division products and 23 Diagnostic Division products, of which eight are NAT donor-screening solutions utilized for blood and plasma donations and 15 are blood-typing solutions. Grifols will continue its efforts to expand its portfolio of registered products in China ...
Revenues generated from transfusion medicine solutions continue to drive the division´s performance with a positive upward trend in NAT donor-screening solutions, used to detect viruses in blood and plasma donations, blood typing and recombinant proteins. The Hospital Division’s revenues expanded by 12.5% (12.1% cc) to EUR 134 ...
The patented models enable the rapid freezing of blood plasma to a core temperature below -30°C, with two freezing plates inclined at 5°. Studies showed that this creative design better preserves the quality of the donated blood plasma. ...
Turkish Red Crescent, which serves with 67 blood donation centers and mobile blood donation vehicles, with the purpose of meeting whole blood demand from continuous volunteers, was the guest of Astim. In the Red Crescent mobile blood donation vehicle that visited our company, 50% ...
Healthy volunteers with informed consent donated their blood cells for the study. The scientists separated white blood cells from the samples and exposed the cells to anti-cancer agents to activate p53. ...
Healthy volunteers with informed consent donated their blood cells for the study. The scientists separated white blood cells from the samples and exposed the cells to anti-cancer agents to activate p53. ...
The global partnership involves a USD 2 million funding from The Coca-Cola Company to support the IFRC's work in disaster response and public engagement in communities as well as USD 1 million donation from the Coca-Cola Foundation to the IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund. ...
In addition, Mark Kelly (Giffords’ husband) requested that donations in her name go to support the local Southern Arizona chapter, which organized blood donations at a local mall. Kelly also requested donations be sent to Tucson’s Community Food Bank, which launched the Gabrielle Giffords Hunger Action Fund in ...
In 2010, a year in which many companies were still struggling financially, Adam & Eve, America's most trusted source for adult products donated to over 80 non-profit organizations during 2010, with donations totaling more than $85,000. ...
ABBOTT PRISM systems can screen 160 blood donations per hour, making it possible to test more than 1,200 donations in an eight-hour laboratory shift. ...
Other associates will organize additional activities in October, as part of the year-round commitment of Novartis to Corporate Citizenship Some 350 associates in Japan will work with the Guide Dog Society for people with disabilities, spruce up a residence for families of children being treated in hospitals, clean parks and streets, assist with a Novartis-sponsored orchestra concert, and raise ...