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BioHistory Moment: Iditarod Trail used to transport diphtheria serum to Nome.

Balto

In 1925, a life-or-death race to save the children of Nome from a diphtheria epidemic made an international hero of one sled dog, and led to the creation of Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race. A diphtheria epidemic threatened remotely located Nome, and air transportation was unavailable to transport serum from Anchorage nearly a thousand miles away.

The solution: A relay of dog teams transported serum on the Iditarod Trail from Nenana to Nome, and every village enroute provided its best team and driver for the next leg continually moving the serum toward Nome. Gunnar Kaasen, a Norwegian musher, drove the final two legs into Nome behind his lead dog Balto through a blizzard with 80 mph winds to deliver 300,000 units of diphtheria antitoxin to Dr. Curtis Welch, the only doctor in Nome.

The serum arrived in time, prevented the epidemic and saved hundreds of lives. The 20 mushers had covered nearly 700 miles in slightly more than 127 hours in temperatures of minus40° Fahrenheit below zero and strong winds. The serum run received worldwide press coverage and the mushers received special gold medals and other recognition. In 1926, a statue of Balto, the heroic lead dog, was erected in New York's Central Park.

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Learn about Seattle's PNDRI Life Sciences Incubator Building

PNDRI Sciences Incubator Building, Seattle, WA. A contemporary-designed building provided with modern research systems. Four floors are specifically laboratory space, one floor is a fully equipped vivarium and one floor is clinical space and management offices.

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  • FDA announces new boxed warning on Plavix  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form.
    FDA  March 12, 2010  


  • Sanofi-aventis and BMS announce important updates to PLAVIX U.S. prescribing info  Sanofi-aventis U.S. and Bristol-Myers Squibb announced revisions to the U.S. prescribing information for PLAVIX(R) (clopidogrel bisulfate), which include a boxed warning.
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Company  March 12, 2010  


  • Monsanto welcomes chance to participate in Dept. of Justice/Dept. of Agriculture workshop  As part of today's first joint public workshop exploring competition issues in the agriculture industry, Monsanto will participate in a panel discussion about the past, present and future of the seed and trait industry.
    Monsanto Company  March 12, 2010  


  • Oncothyreon consults with Division of Corporation Finance  Oncothyreon announced that it will restate its 2008 financial statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2009 to correct a revenue recognition error.
    Oncothyreon, Inc.  March 12, 2010  


  • FDA's Black Box Warning addressed by Genelex's PlavitestT  The FDA added a new black box warning to Plavix, pointing out the importance of individual patient genetics in determining the effectiveness of Plavix treatment. The relabeling is in response to clinical research demonstrating that one-third of patients are in varying degrees of treatment failure.
    Genelex Corporation  March 12, 2010  


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Learn About Washington's BioHistory

Learn About Washington's BioHistory Why is there a life science industry in Washington? Is the industry growing? What do other states have?

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March - National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

As a leading health organization for 25 years, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the vision of Carolyn Aldigé, has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence and provided more than $113 million in support of cancer prevention and early detection research, education and community outreach programs across the country.

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