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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... Opioid For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved ... structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

... Against Cancerous Tumors Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like ... chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner...

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New Report Supported By The New York Community Trust and United Hospital Fund Examines Threat Posed By The Federal Association Health Plan Regulation

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06/11/2018

... federal rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs), expected to be finalized soon, could further destabilize New York’s ... greatly expand AHP operations in New York through U.S. Department of...

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients

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06/22/2018

... Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns ... Medicaid Population , funded by the New York State Department of Health,...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Names Julie Fernandes Associate Director for Institutional Accountability and Individual Liberty

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07/02/2018

... Individual Liberty The Rockefeller Family Fund is pleased to announce that Julie Fernandes has joined the Fund as ... comes at a critical moment. She has a compelling set of experiences that are well-suited...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly

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07/27/2018

Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly The Milbank Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Alan B. Cohen, ScD, will serve as the editor ... research professor in the Markets, Public...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day ... offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting ... Bliss E...

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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring A team of biologists has discovered that the distinctive genetic ... and across the evolutionary tree. Its findings point to a largely overlooked dynamic...

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ASPCA Assists in Helping Hundreds of Animals Displaced by Devastating Wildfires

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11/15/2018

ASPCA Assists in Helping Hundreds of Animals Displaced by Devastating Wildfires At the request of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control (DACC), the...

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ASPCA and NYPD Celebrate Five Years of Fighting Animal Abuse and Rescuing Victims across New York City

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01/29/2019

ASPCA and NYPD Celebrate Five Years of Fighting Animal Abuse and Rescuing Victims Across New York ... ground-breaking partnership with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) . The collaboration launched...

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Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth

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03/26/2019

... Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the genome of ... world's most important staple crops--senses and responds to...

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

... Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night The new analysis of a 40-year record of more than 70,000 nighttime songbird ... send out flight calls that may lure other nearby birds to their death...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth Brent ... civil, architectural, and environmental engineering department chair, associate professor...

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Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President

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07/16/2019

Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for ... Economic Council, and occupied key positions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she...

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Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

... construct in nature can help prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and genome mining. Scientists used this knowledge to help solve the X-ray crystal structure of the...

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... simplest form, is learning from your peers and listening to their experienced voices. Through working groups, ... lasting connections that improve their own work and that of the larger sector. Connect with the...

Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

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02/01/2013

Martha Matsuoka, an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College, was ... Board for 2013. She focuses her teaching and research on issues such as metropolitan regionalism,...

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