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More Moms Seeking Safer Plastic Baby Bottles (Carteret County News-Times)

20 Jul 2008

(ARA) - Moms across the country are raising concerns and tossing away baby bottles after a recent report issued by an arm of the National Institutes for Health. The report indicated that bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical found in many plastic baby bottles, could pose health risks.

FSU Becomes 1 Of World's Top Imaging Centers (Medical News Today)

20 Jul 2008

At Florida State University, the collective strength of biomedical research and the scientists who lead it has earned a $2 million High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The one-year award will help FSU buy a state-of-the-art robotic electron microscope to advance cutting-edge studies of HIV/AIDS, heart disease, hypertension and cancer.

American Society For Microbiology Honors David J. Lipman (Medical News Today)

20 Jul 2008

The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Promega Biotechnology Research Award has been presented to David J. Lipman, Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.