By Gina Kolata (The New York Times) – The National Institutes of Health, 10 large drug companies and seven nonprofit organizations announced an unconventional partnership on Tuesday intended to speed up development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
(Reuters) – In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a simple way to reprogram mature animal cells back into an embryonic-like state that allows them to generate many types of tissue.
By Melanie Grayce West (The Wall Street Journal) – An influx of donations this month to support cancer research is positioning New York as a premier location for scientists at a time when major advances are happening in cancer treatment, but fewer public resources are available to study the deadly disease. Read the full article.
(JAMA) – With 14 000 federal scientists returning to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to salvage research disrupted by the recent government shutdown, they and their academic colleagues face new uncertainties surrounding whether Congress will reach a budget compromise and whether sequester cuts will continue.
The Pershing Square Foundation Partners with The Sohn Conference Foundation To Launch $25 Million Cancer Research Alliance. Below is a list of all of our media coverage for the announcement.
Bloomberg News “The peak of my biomedical education was my Bio AP exam that I took in high school,” Bill Ackman said on Oct. 22 at the Galien Forum, one of the world’s leading science conferences. The CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management was there because Pershing Square Foundation has created a new prize for young, New York-based scientists.
The Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research was announced on October 22 at the annual Galien Forum in New York. Participating in the announcement were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management; Evan Sohn, vice president of the Sohn Conference Foundation, and Marc Tessier-Lavigne, … Continued
Counsel & Heal Bloomberg Makes Surprise Appearance at Healthcare Conference Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a surprise appearance at the Annual Galien Forum in New York on Tuesday to help launch a new program for scientists based in New York City.
The Pershing Square Foundation and The Sohn Conference Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance today at the Annual Galien Forum in New York.