Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) has appointed Executive Vice President Gary F. Raisl, Ed.D., to the position of Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Dr. Raisl will provide strategic direction and oversee the day-to-day financial operations of Burnham's California and Florida campuses.
Tom Young, Computing , Monday 7 December 2009 at 17:20:00 £600m to be cut from the “life time costs” of the NPfIT says minister The National Programme for IT is not to be cancelled completely, Andy Burnham told MPs in the commons today. Speaking ahead of his pre-budget proposals to be released on Wednesday, chancellor Alistair Darling had indicated the programme would be scrapped...
Tom Young, Computing , Monday 7 December 2009 at 17:20:00 £600m to be cut from the “life time costs” of the NPfIT says minister The National Programme for IT is not to be cancelled completely, Andy Burnham told MPs in the commons today. Speaking ahead of his pre-budget proposals to be released on Wednesday, chancellor Alistair Darling had indicated the programme would be scrapped...
Children between the ages of six months and five years will start to be vaccinated against swine flu in the run up to Christmas, Health Secretary Andy Burnham announced today. This age group has been identified as the next priority group for the vaccine because they are more likely to be hospitalised if they fall ill with swine flu...
The two Burnham Centennial pavilions closed to the public October 31st. The Hadid, the last to arrive - six weeks late - was the first to go, all traces now removed. The more angular steel frame of the van Berkel, stripped of its glossy white melting ice cream scoops, endures, long enough to become, covered in the first snow of the season, the lovely geometric sculpture you see here. (Photo...
About a year ago, I wrote How to destroy a library , a very cynical take on Andy Burnham's plans to turn libraries into vaguely book-themed amusement parks for idiots, and ruin the concentration of anyone trying to read a damn book. Well, the other day I went into my local library - about 60% of the people in there were using the Internet. There was some group therapy session going on. Kids...
[NEWS] Contact: Josh Baxt jbaxt@burnham.org 858-795-5236 Burnham Institute Peptide delivers anti-cancer compounds to where they can do the most good (Santa Barbara, Calif.) - Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids…
"Oh dear, rarely have we seen a more abject example of the Government's incompetence." Those were the words of Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, in a Commons clash with Andy Burnham over a muddle over the NHS's IT contract. But hold on, wasn't "smarter government" supposed to be the theme of the Government's drive to cut public spending? Indeed. But the IT fiasco...
Put that the Chancellor and Andy Burnham seemed to be saying different things in terms of the NHS/IT contract, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that Andy Burnham was currently in the House of Commons and referred journalists to his comments there. The Chancellor made comments yesterday in regard to the way in which [...]
... of the cinema verite approach. Among Philly artists, it’s nice to see that Abby Heller-Burnham , whose paintings I’ve been espousing here, is doing similar things on YouTube. It would be interesting to see Abby direct a cinema verite film, in the manner of Warhol, using multiple characters, at some point. Her style is as confrontation as Chuck Wein’s is, and the idea of...
( Burnham Institute ) Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal tissues. The peptide was also shown to deliver diagnostic particles and medicines into the tumor.
Peptide Delivers Anti-Cancer Compounds to Where They Can Do the Most GoodResearchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal tissues. The peptide was also shown to deliver diagnostic particles and medicines into the tumor....