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Responsibility Broadens for Enrollment of Participants into NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program LA JOLLA, CA – [10.05.16] – The National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of its national Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program, has expanded a five-year fundin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego Blood Bank and the National Blood Collaborative receive Sub-award to support the U.S. Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program Efforts will assist one of the most ambitious medical research programs  in history of American medicine SAN DIEGO, CA – O

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global RFID blood monitoring systems market report until 2020. This research report also lists nine other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecas

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A lucky blood donor received the keys to a new Toyota Tacoma today at Kentucky Blood Center’s Beaumont location. Larry C. Taylor, 47, of Versailles, donated blood on Aug. 22 and won a new truck a few weeks later. “I’ve never won anything big like this,” said Ta

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29, 2016 — Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGLE), a biotechnology company committed to developing enzyme-based therapeutics in the field of amino acid metabolism to treat rare diseases and cancer, today announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phas

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The FDA announced new guidelines for blood donations. All blood donations in the United States and its territories are to be screened and tested for the zika virus. Officials hope it will help stop the spread of the virus. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers in Mob

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) For many in Kentucky, Zika is not a big concern. Blood donor Brandon Warden says, “It doesn’t really worry me much.” “We really don’t live close to any of the areas that have been affected or anything so it may or may reach this area,” says blood donor Ramona Lee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where Z

LAKEWOOD, Colo., — August 9, 2016—Terumo BCT, a global leader in blood component, therapeutic apheresis and cellular technologies, today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with B Medical Systems, a Luxembourg-based leading manufacturer of professional biomedic