Trend Results : Francis Collins

Links 5/14/13

Links for you. Science: These ants are doing a terrible job. Probability and Interpretations Fighting dengue fever from within the mosquito Birds and Dinosaurs Francis Collins asks Twitter about the impact of sequestration Other: ‘Early to rise’ may be holding … Continue reading ?

The NIH, Pfizer, and Senator Wyden

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) seems to be the latest champion of the "NIH discovers drugs and Pharma rips them off" viewpoint. Here's a post from John LaMattina on Wyden's recent letter to Francis Collins. The proximate cause of all this seems to be the Pfizer JAK3 inhibitor: Tofacitinib (Xeljanz), approved last November by the U.S. Show More Summary

Update: NIH distances itself from Stanton Glantz tobacco-influence study

Or maybe “disavowed” is a better word. Questioned by Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said he was “troubled” by the revelation that NIH funds paid for a laughably conspiracy-minded report by Stanton Glantz attacking political conservatives, calling it an “unfortunate outcome” and saying, “We thought we were funding a [...]Show More Summary

NIH Director Regrets Taxpayer-Funded Hatchet Job Linking Tea Party to Big Tobacco

At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said he was "quite troubled" by a axpayer-funded study that tarred the Tea Party movement as a pawn of Big Tobacco. Collins called...Show More Summary

InterOil Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

InterOil (IOC) Q4 2012 Earnings Call February 28, 2013 8:30 am ET Executives Wayne W. Andrews - Vice President of Capital Markets Phil E. Mulacek - Chief Executive Officer and Director Collin Francis Visaggio - Chief Financial Officer William J. Show More Summary

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Update: New Victory Tour Posters

There’s two new posters for director Francis Lawrence‘s adaptation of Suzanne Collins‘ Catching Fire, the second installment of the immensely popular The Hunger Games trilogy. After Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Petra (Josh Hutcherson) win the 74th annual Hunger Games they are sent on a Victory Tour of the 12 districts. These are two of the [...]

Famed geneticist Francis Collins blasts cuts to science funding

Links 1/20/13

Links for you. Science: The genes that built a home How gun control is another front in the far right’s war on science (unfortunately, it’s not the “far” right, just the right) NIH Director Francis Collins: Medical research at risk … Continue reading ?

Francise Lawrence to Direct ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2?

Lionsgate is bringing back 'Catching Fire' director Francis Lawrence for the two-part adaptation of Suzanne Collins' 'Hunger Games' finale, 'Mockingjay'.

Francis Lawrence To Direct ‘Hunger Games Mockingjay’ Pics

Lionsgate has tapped Francis Lawrence to direct THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 and THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2. Based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling series, the films will be written by Danny Strong and star Jennifer...Show More Summary

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Adds Stephanie Leigh Schlund as Cashmere

The actress will play the former Career Tribute from District 1 in director Francis Lawrence's adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel. [...]

Kerlin Gallery presents summer group exhibition featuring new works by six artists

DUBLIN.- Kerlin Gallery presents new work by Phil Collins, Mark Francis, Liam Gillick, David Godbold, Merlin James and Isabel Nolan. The exhibition itself is not about a curatorial discourse but rather one that highlights new works from...Show More Summary

My Conversation with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins

By Jake Crosby Below is a video of the Canary Party Press Conference when the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) was on lunch break. In it, I speak (16:40 mark) about a conversation I’d just had with Dr. Francis Collin...

Effort advances to build national electronic health information infrastructure

NIH director Francis Collins talks at a workshop on electronic health data at Stanford, sponsored by a new nonprofit research organization that seeks to build a stronger health information network. A worthy goal for the nation's still-nascent electronic health-information revolution would be the active involvement of as much 10 percent of the U.S. Show More Summary

Elizabeth Kucinich: Free the Rockville 15!

We need to communicate with Dr Francis Collins, Director of the NIH, to ask him to intervene to have the Rockville 15 released to sanctuary, rather than warehoused in a laboratory at taxpayers' expense.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Will Be Partially Shot in IMAX

Director Francis Lawrence will utilize the IMAX cameras for key sequences in this adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular novel. [...]

NIH Director Francis Collins on Speeding Up Arrival of New Disease Treatments

Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, spoke at the last TEDMED about the challenges of converting fundamental research into practical therapeutics. In addition to proposing new approaches like repurposing of...Show More Summary

National strategy on Alzheimer's disease aims to halt it by 2025

Asserting "we are at an exceptional moment" in the hunt for an Alzheimer'sdiseasetreatment, National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins on Tuesday promised a raft of new research aimed at stopping and reversing the memory-robbing disorder by the year 2025. Show More Summary

Michael Arndt May Do Some Writing on Catching Fire

Just one day after director Francis Lawrence ( I Am Legend ) was confirmed to direct Lionsgate's Catching Fire, based on the second book in Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" series, The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Oscar-winning...Show More Summary

Francis Lawrence Confirmed To Direct ‘Catching Fire’

LIONSGATE®, a leading global entertainment company, announced today that Francis Lawrence has officially signed on to direct CATCHING FIRE, the sequel to THE HUNGER GAMES, based on the second in a series of books by Suzanne Collins that has 36 … Continue reading ?