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PHILADELPHIA Penn Medicine was recognized with two Gold Excellence awards by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its efforts to create positive change in the community. Penn Medicine was honored for its work redeveloping Philadelphias former Civic Center into a matrix of world-class medical research and treatment centers. The award included the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), who owned the land, as well as the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which has also built in the area.

The two honors, in the categories of Public Private Partnerships for communities with populations greater than 500,000, and Partnerships with Educational Institutions for communities with populations greater than 500,000, were presented at an awards ceremony earlier this month at the IEDC Annual Conference in Philadelphia. The non-profit IEDC is a membership organization serving economic developers. Its Excellence in Economic Development Awards recognize the worlds best economic development programs and partnerships, marketing materials, and the years most influential leaders.

The former Civic Center site now houses Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, the Smilow Center for Translational Research, and the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, all of which have taken shape since 2005. The area is also the site of the Colket Translational Research Building and the Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, slated to open in 2015.

Together, Penn Medicine and CHOP invested more than $2 billion in its facilities on the site, and construction on another one millionsquare feet of space isexpected to finish by 2015.

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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of theRaymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania(founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.

The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according toU.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals byU.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.

Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided$827million to benefit our community.

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DNAnexus and the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine Announce Ultra Large-Scale Collaboration …

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The Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC) at Baylor College of Medicine and DNAnexus today announced a broad collaboration focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in the large-scale clinical analysis of genomic data. Through this collaboration, the HGSC has adopted the DNAnexus enterprise cloud platform to power its Mercury pipeline, a semi-automated and modular set of tools for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data in both research and clinical contexts. The collaborators also worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to process data from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium using the Mercury pipeline, generating 430TB of results and making them available to hundreds of researchers participating in this global project.

The HGSCs Mercury pipeline identifies mutations from genomic data, setting the stage for determining the significance of these mutations as a cause of serious disease and is used as the core variant-calling pipeline for the CHARGE Consortium. The CHARGE Consortium is aimed at better understanding how human genetics contributes to heart disease and aging. The CHARGE Consortium has a longstanding collaboration with the HGSC to fuel disease gene discovery. These discoveries are instrumental in understanding disease and aging in mechanistic detail, enabling the development of new medical interventions and analysis tools.

The management and analysis of genomes at the scale needed to appropriately power clinical studies requires computational infrastructure that exceeds the capacity of most institutional resources, said Jeffrey Reid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine. Working with DNAnexus and Amazon Web Services, we were able to rapidly deploy a cloud-based solution that allows us to scale up our support to researchers at the HGSC, and make our Mercury pipeline analysis data accessible to the CHARGE Consortium, enabling what will be the largest genomic analysis project to have ever taken place in the cloud.

The CHARGE project involves more than 300 researchers across five institutions around the world analyzing the genome sequence data of over 14,000 individuals (3,751 whole genomes and 10,771 exomes), requiring approximately 2.4 million core-hours of computational time and some 860 TB of storage. At the projects peak, HGSC used the DNAnexus platform to spin up more than 20,000 cores on-demand in order to run the CHARGE data through the Mercury analysis pipeline. During this period, HGSC was running the largest genomics analysis cluster in the world, hosted by AWS.

Many large-scale population studies to date have been limited in scope by a lack of the necessary compute power; this is a real hindrance in realizing the full promise of genomic medicine, said Richard Daly, CEO of DNAnexus. The DNAnexus platform offers research and clinical enterprises the requisite computational resources that allow them to focus on the data and provide the ability to share and collaborate in a secure compliant environment. Through this collaboration with the HGSC and Amazon Web Services, 300 scientists can now perform downstream analyses on these invaluable health and aging data at a scale not previously possible.

DNAnexus provides an enterprise-focused API-based platform-as-a-service that enables clinical and research enterprises to efficiently move their analysis pipelines into the cloud, using their own algorithms alongside industry-recognized tools and reference resources to create customized workflows in a secure, cost-effective and compliant environment. With DNAnexus, labs of any size can build and run their data analysis applications and workflows from anywhere in the world, and work securely with research and clinical collaborators.

For more information please visit: https://dnanexus.com/usecases-charge.

About the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine, (HGSC)

As one of three U.S. Centers that contributed to the Human Genome Project, the HGSC played a pivotal role in the emergence of genomics as a core discipline in modern biomedical and translational research, and has been at the forefront of technical innovation and testing of next-generation sequencing technologies. The HGSC is also a leader in developing large-scale sequencing and analysis solutions, and has emerged as a world leader in the analysis of personal genomes and the introduction of genomics into medicine. For more information please visit:https://www.hgsc.bcm.edu.

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Research and Markets: Worldwide Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Industry to 2016

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pvcsvz/global) has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Industry to 2016" report to their offering.

The report, the Global Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market in the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Personalized Medicine Diagnostics market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Further, the report states that one of the main challenges is low awareness about personalized medicine diagnostics in developing countries. Most of the patients in developing countries such as India and China are not fully aware of the recent developments in personalized medicine diagnostics. The high cost of personalized medicine diagnostics in certain treatments is another major challenge for the market in these countries.

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Modernizing Medicine Named Among Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare

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BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Modernizing Medicine, Inc., announced it is ranked number 34 for medium-sized businesses on Modern Healthcare magazines top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare list. The industry's leading source of healthcare business and policy news for healthcare professionals, Modern Healthcare magazine chose winners based the results of an employee engagement and satisfaction survey, which gauges overall employee satisfaction in regards to standard benefits, best practices and more.

Teamwork is in our DNA, said Daniel Cane, President and CEO of Modernizing Medicine. Our success would not have been possible without the hard work of our passionate, innovative team that is committed to building something better for the healthcare industry and having fun doing it. We are thrilled to receive this award and we look forward to another exciting year of growth at this company where people love to come to work every day.

The recognition program, now in its sixth year, honors outstanding employers in the healthcare industry on a national level. Specifically, the award recognizes workplaces in healthcare that enable employees to perform at their optimum level, providing patients and customers with the best possible care, products and services. Winners were honored yesterday at a conference and awards gala at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga., and are listed on the Modern Healthcare website.

For more information about the Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work Awards, please visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/section/bestplaces-2013. The Modernizing Medicine team continues to grow! For more information about careers at Modernizing Medicine please visit http://www.modmed.com/careers.

About Modernizing Medicine Modernizing Medicine is transforming how healthcare information is created, consumed and utilized in order to increase efficiency and improve outcomes. Our product, Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), is a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system with a massive library of built-in medical content, designed to save physicians time. Available as a native iPad application or from any web-enabled Mac or PC, EMA adapts to each providers unique style of practice and is designed to interface with hundreds of different practice management systems. Today, Modernizing Medicine provides specialty-specific offerings for the dermatology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and plastic and cosmetic surgery markets, and to more than 1,300 physician practices across the country. In 2013 Modernizing Medicine was listed on Forbes annual ranking of Americas Most Promising Companies.

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Report: Medical school at UNLV could have $900 million economic impact

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Students sit outside the student union on the campus of UNLV Wednesday, March 6,2013.

By Andrew Doughman (contact)

Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 | 2 a.m.

Anybody who thinks injecting the Las Vegas economy with $900 million is a good idea, please take heed.

If a new UNLV medical school opened in 2017, it could improve health outcomes in Las Vegas, create thousands of jobs, bolster state coffers by $44 million in annual tax revenue, and have an overall economic impact of at least $882 million by 2030, according to a draft copy of a study conducted for UNLVs Lincy Institute.

The report from Tripp Umbach, a top national health care consulting firm, is the first to examine various medical school models for Southern Nevada and evaluate the economic impact of each.

It concluded that the price tag for a medical school at UNLV would be $68 million, much less than the $220 million estimated cost for an academic medical center near UMC that was discussed earlier this year. And it recommends an allopathic medical school that trains doctors of medicine rather than an osteopathic medical school like Touro University in Henderson, which trains doctors of osteopathy.

Regent Mark Doubrava first proposed the idea of a second medical school in Southern Nevada in March.

He welcomed the reports findings and said its time for the state to have a medical school in both Southern and Northern Nevada.

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The six-year medical program allows students to complete their medical degree in six years, which is two years shorter than the traditional path taken by students at other universities.

One third-year student who wishes to remain anonymous, is concerned with the medical school facilities.. She said she feels the buildings are not well-maintained. In addition, they lack any significant plan to improve the conditions. Elevators are being replaced and individual unit sections are receiving repairs but she said more repairs are necessary.

She said she also believes more space would improve the condition of the building. For example, once students reach year three of the program, they receive their own offices. These offices are intended for professional use only, but students often conduct private studying within these spaces. There have been instances when offices have had to be shared among students.

To share an office is a bit cruel, she said. These office spaces are the size of closets.

She believes it is ridiculous for students to have to share office space when tuition ranges from $50,000-$150,000 per year, depending on grade level.

Gaining acceptance into the school, she believes, is fair, but once accepted, she encountered other problems.

Admissions are not a problem, she said. Basic science classes are a problem.

She said teachers who instruct the basic science courses that most students take campus wide are subpar. Classes are far too large and the focus is only on rote memorization, with no real learning involved. While there are a few basic science teachers who are welcoming and take interest in their students learning, some teachers are oblivious to concerns.

I like the teachers at the medical school, she said. They are very personal and the class sizes are smaller.

She admits that this is her own personal opinion of the teachers and classes, as she has asked other medical students and some prefer the large classes for the convenience of skipping class.

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Liberty Hill edges Burnet in defensive struggle

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After his teams victory Friday night, Liberty Hill football coach Jerry Vance could have given game balls to defensive end Chris Robinson and linebacker Jason Reeves. Or perhaps the coach might have opted to hand them out to all 11 of the Panthers defensive starters.

That was how impressive Liberty Hills defense was in a critical Class 8-3A clash against longtime rival Burnet. Nick Barrios and Hunter Lindsay both rushed for touchdowns, and the Panthers made those scores stand up in a 14-7 victory over the visiting Bulldogs.

It was Robinson and Reeves, though, who combined for the game-saving play. Burnet quarterback Derek Kiser, facing a fourth down-and-5 at Liberty Hills 10 with 55 seconds to play, saw his pass tipped by Robinson before Reeves made the interception in the shadow of the goal line.

Liberty Hill, 7-1 overall, remains the district leader with a 3-0 record.

I was just reading (Kisers) eyes on that last play, Reeves said. (Robinson) tipped it, and I just caught it.

The interception capped a remarkable night for Liberty Hill, which held the Bulldogs 30 points below their season average. Kiser, averaging 276 yards passing a game, finished with 191, most of them coming during a frantic fourth-quarter rally.

Liberty Hill had a seemingly comfortable 14-0 lead with 4:30 to play in the game, but Kiser led a two-play, 71-yard touchdown drive, capped by his scoring pass to Blayne Parisher that helped slice the Bulldogs deficit to 14-7.

After Burnet forced Liberty Hill to punt on its next possession, Kiser took control at his own 31 with 2 minutes to go. He then completed consecutive passes to Cody Jones, Parisher and Trenton Hafley.

Liberty Hill, though, would not let Kiser draw his team any closer. The Panthers stuffed the Bulldogs on four consecutive plays to win the game.

To hold Burnet to just seven points is an outstanding job by our defense, Vance said. I thought our secondary played well all night.

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Liberty's closeness to bondholders could thwart Ziggo/UPC merger

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* Ziggo/UPC merger could strain high yield indices

* LGI at pains to let investors class exposures separately

* Ziggo bond refinancing could create poison pill

By Robert Smith

LONDON, Oct 25 (IFR) - Liberty Global (LGI) has fired the opening shot in its takeover battle for Dutch cable business Ziggo, but the close relationship the U.S. cable giant has forged with bondholders could complicate any attempt to merge the target firm with its UPC operation.

"Liberty has one of the best relationships with bond investors in the European high yield market," said one investor, explaining that it has kept investors happy by allowing them to class its myriad cable businesses as separate exposures.

LGI businesses such as Unitymedia, Virgin Media and UPC all have separate credit pools, and so carry separate bond tickers. This benefits portfolio managers as they break down exposures on a ticker basis, allowing them to list the businesses separately.

Several European cable businesses switched to a single "LBTYA" ticker at one point, according to three market sources, but the company reverted back to separate tickers after complaints from bondholders.

Maintaining these separate tickers could pose a problem for LGI's next target acquisition, however.

Ziggo confirmed last week that it had rejected an initial offer from John Malone's LGI, which already holds a 28.5% stake in the company. This was in response to a report in German weekly Manager Magazin that LGI intends to merge Ziggo with its UPC operations in the Netherlands and Belgian firm Telenet.

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