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Merck Congratulates Awardees of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Discovery Leading to River Blindness Treatment

2015-10-05 23:15:00| Merck.com - Corporate News

Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Co-recipient Dr. William C. Campbell Conducted his Nobel Prize-winning Work at Merck Research Laboratories KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, proudly congratulates William C. Campbell, a retired scientist from Merck Research Laboratories, who was jointly named the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine with Satoshi Omura for the discovery of avermectin, which led to Mercks development of Mectizan (ivermectin), a treatment for river blindness (also known as onchocerciasis) in Africa, Latin America and Yemen. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Lainie Keller, 908-236-5036orClaire Gillespie, 267-305-0932orInvestors:Terri Loxam, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more

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Equator Prize Protects Amazons Center of the Earth

2015-10-02 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: As I traveled by boat down the Xingu River to visit indigenous villages that would have been flooded by the massive Belo Monte Dam, I came to understand why the local people thought of their land as the Center of the Earth. The massive rivers, seemingly eternal jungle and liquid blue-grey sky made me feel as if I was heading farther into the center of a lush, green ecosystem that was bigger and more encapsulating than the word ecosystem can describe. Though threatened by exploitation for its...

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12 Internet of Things Startups to Better Your World Compete for Verizon $1 Million Prize Money

2015-09-30 03:43:28| Telecom - Topix.net

Verizon is America's #1 mobile provider and the company just announced finalists for their international Powerful Answers Award which will grant $1 million, $500,000 and $250,000 to the top 3 winning companies in the category Internet of Things . To break things up Verizon has created 3 categories: the two other categories in this year's prize includes Transportation and Emergency Response with same number of finalists and prize amounts .

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12 Internet of Things Startups to Better Your World Compete for Verizon $1 Million Prize Money

2015-09-29 21:51:21| IT Services - Topix.net

Verizon is America's #1 mobile provider and the company just announced finalists for their international Powerful Answers Award which will grant $1 million, $500,000 and $250,000 to the top 3 winning companies in the category Internet of Things . To break things up Verizon has created 3 categories: the two other categories in this year's prize includes Transportation and Emergency Response with same number of finalists and prize amounts .

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Nobel Prize predictions see honours for gene editing technology

2015-09-24 08:36:20| IT Services - Topix.net

REUTERS: Scientists behind the discovery of a technology called CRISPR-Cas9 that allows researchers to edit virtually any gene they target are among the top contenders for Nobel prizes next month, according to an annual analysis by Thomson Reuters. The predictions announced on Thursday come from the Intellectual Property & Science unit of Thomson Reuters .

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