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National Marrow Donor Program Increasing Efforts To Attract Minority Donors
The National Marrow Donor Program, a not-for-profit group that manages a national registry for potential bone marrow donors, is using social networking sites to attract donors from minority communities, the Wall Street Journal reports. The process of finding a genetic match for a bone marrow transplant is often more difficult for minorities or people who identify themselves as multiracial because patients and donors must be genetically compatible. According to the Journal, a white patient has an 88% chance of finding a match, while the odds of most minorities finding a match can be as low as 60%. The odds of some minorities actually receiving a transplant can be as low as 20% because of other factors such as access to care in their communities, the Journal reports. About seven million U.S. residents already have signed up for the national registry -- recently renamed Be the Match -- and the program also has increased outreach to younger potential donors through social networking Web sites, such as Facebook and MySpace (Landro, Wall Street Journal, 5/27).
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International Workshop Assesses Revisions Aimed At The Purity, Quality Of Blood Thinner
Continuing to help ensure the identity, purity and quality of heparin, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has revised written and physical standards for the widely used blood thinner. In February, USP released updated heparin standards at the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the 2008 public health crisis in which more than 200 people died as a result of heparin adulterated for economic gain. A second phase of revisions is reflected in the newly posted standards. These developments and new information about heparin were discussed by scientists and regulators at the third International Heparin Workshop held at USP headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, July 27.
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New Courses Headline University Of Queensland Open Day, Australia

Three new programs within UQ"s School of Human Movement Studies are bound to get the heart racing in 2010, and will be on show at this year"s Open Day event. Potential students can choose from a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, a Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Nutrition Sciences). The Exercise and Nutrition Sciences is a three-year degree, while the other two programs span four years full-time professional preparation. Graduates will have the flexibility to pursue jobs within government, health and physical education, sporting teams, exercise physiology, private practice and rehabilitation clinics, to name a few. On Open Day (St Lucia-August 2), visitors to the School of Human Movement Studies will have the opportunity to participate in sporting demonstrations, get a taste of a career in nutrition or dietetics and talk to students who are pursuing studies in health, sport and physical education. Academic information sessions will also be held on careers in sports coaching and exercise and sports science. Head of the School of Human Movement Studies Professor Doune Macdonald said the program titles were intended to assist students in choosing studies in their primary areas of interest. "The new program structure will also enable the students to get to know their peers and lecturers from the beginning of their university experience and, as such, receive full support to plan their study and career pathways," Professor Macdonald said. "There will also be expanded opportunities for students to undertake international exchanges with leading institutions worldwide." A Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education will address professional practice in education, sports coaching, health promotion and recreation management, while a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Sciences will hone skills in clinical exercise and physiology and sports science. Students studying the Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Nutrition Sciences) will gain an understanding of the anatomical, physiological, biomechanical and behavioural basis of human movement - a perfect foundation for a range of careers and postgraduate study options. Applications for the new programs can be made through QTAC. Current minimum entry requirements are passes at Year 12 level, or equivalent, in senior English and one strand of science being either biological sciences, chemistry or physics. For more information on the new programs go to http://www.hms.uq.edu.au and for Open Day details click on http://www.youruq.com/openday/. University of Queensland


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