uniQure and Consortium to Receive EUR 2.5 Million Eurostars Grant to Develop RNAi Gene Therapy for Huntington's Disease

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — uniQure B.V., a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today announced that with its consortium partners it is to receive a EUR 2.5 million Eurostars grant to develop an RNA interference (RNAi) gene therapy for Huntington’s disease. The consortium is a pan-European collaboration consisting of uniQure as the coordinator, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, University Medical Center Gttingen, Germany, and Maria Curie-Skodowska University, Poland. Continue reading

Dante Stakes, prep for Epsom Derby, goes to Libertarian in an upset

Email Libertarian, one of the two longest shots in the field, upset the Group 2 Dante Stakes on Thursday at York. The Dante is considered a prep race for the Epsom Derby, but few will be rushing to back Libertarian in the big race. While Libertarian is by the same sire New Approach as Derby favorite Dawn Approach, Thursdays victory was just the second of his career and first in a stakes race, where Dawn Approach is a multiple Group 1 winner, and a perfect 7 for 7 Continue reading

Freedom Opening Weekend Chock Full of Great Promotions

May 12, 2013 – Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom FLORENCE, KY – The Florence Freedom, coming off a Frontier League championship series appearance in 2012, return to the field for the first time in 2013 this week when the regular season opens at University of Cincinnati Medical Center Stadium on Thursday. The Freedom will host the River City Rascals, based out of O’Fallon, Missouri, in a three game series ending Saturday night. Fans coming to the ballpark can enjoy these great promotions and giveaways Continue reading

HealthCare Consumerism Radio: Dr. Wendy Lynch, On Creating Better Consumers of Health Care – Video




HealthCare Consumerism Radio: Dr. Wendy Lynch, On Creating Better Consumers of Health Care Hosts Doug Field, CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Ron Bachman, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, talk with Dr. Continue reading

Aerospace Day welcomes airplane enthusiasts, career seekers

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (April 6, 2013) — Airplane lovers and career seekers are invited to attend the second annual Aerospace Day, which will be held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m Continue reading

Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Deliver Keynote Address on Big Data

Acclaimed global futurist Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver a keynote address on Big Data. In addition to explaining what big data is and how a variety of trends are fueling its growth, Uldrich will explore how the field is forcing organizations to reconsider virtually every aspect of their business. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 In addition to covering some aspects of his popular new book, “Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow,” and explaining how future trends in information and mobile communications, sensors, RFID technology, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and cloud computing are fueling the growth big data, Uldrich will draw on his work in the field of change management (hes the author of the 2011 best-seller “Higher Unlearning: 39 Post Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future”) to explain how business leaders must also let goand unlearnmany of their assumptions about their industry, business models and customers in order to grasp big datas full potential. Continue reading

Liberty heads to NCAA tournament

UpdatedMar 10, 2013 4:14 PM ET Liberty coach Dale Layer doesn’t care how many losses it took to get his players to the NCAA tournament. The Flames became just the second 20-loss team to reach college basketball’s marquee event, beating Charleston Southern 87-76 Sunday to win the Big South Conference title Continue reading

75 East Liberty St, Toronto – 1 Bedroom – Furnished Short Term Rental – Video




75 East Liberty St, Toronto – 1 Bedroom – Furnished Short Term Rental Heart of Liberty Village Area! 2 minute walk to Metro Supermarket, Large Park, shops, restaurants, banks. 5min walk to Streetcars, Exhibition Place (CNE), BMO Field, and Lakeshore. 7mins to Harbour Front Continue reading

Astronomy research center launched by China, Chile

An astronomy research center was jointly launched Friday by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chile. The center will aim to better explore international astronomical resources and cooperate with other south American countries in the field of astronomy. Continue reading

01/25/13 RHM Boeing Aerospace Peregrine Falcon – Video




01/25/13 RHM Boeing Aerospace Peregrine Falcon Today I found this Peregrine perched on a traffic cone across the street from the Boeing Aerospace Building in Kent, WA. near the KOA campground. I saw her fly off the building and land in this field Continue reading