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Support Your Kids in Language Arts: Family-Friendly Ideas

Support Your Kids in Language Arts: Family-Friendly Ideas

Discover family-friendly ideas to support your child's language arts skills, including reading, writing, and vocabulary.

Setting Expectations for Grandparents

Setting Expectations for Grandparents

To ensure a smooth transition, set clear expectations for grandparents, from health & safety guidelines to playtime and social media rules.

Down Syndrome Resources in the DMV

Down Syndrome Resources in the DMV

Resources for children with Down syndrome in the DMV, including support groups, medical clinics, and educational services.

Back to Work as Mom of Two: How NBC4's Erika Gonzalez Is Making It Work

Back to Work as Mom of Two: How NBC4's Erika Gonzalez Is Making It Work

Balancing work obligations and outside interests is challenging for everyone. Adding children to the mix increases the complexity.

Animal Attractions Around the DMV

Animal Attractions Around the DMV

Explore engaging animal attractions around the DMV for kids to learn, interact, and enjoy unique wildlife experiences.

Batter Up! Batting Cages in the DMV

Batter Up! Batting Cages in the DMV

Baseball and softball are popular sports in the DMV. There are batting cages with pitching machines that you can visit to practice.

Are GMOs Safe for Your Kids?

Are GMOs Safe for Your Kids?

Feeding your family involves choosing between organic and nonorganic options. This guide explains GMOs and the option to go organic

How and Where to Watch the Cosmos in the DC Area

How and Where to Watch the Cosmos in the DC Area

While the light from a variety of sources causes light pollution that presents a problem for stargazing in the DMV, there are ways around it.

Exploring Our Multicultural Region Through the Arts

Exploring Our Multicultural Region Through the Arts

Engaging other cultures is one of the best parts of living in the DMV. Discover classes, performances, camps & celebrations for kids and teens.

What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Cell Therapy Investments

It’s difficult to believe there is anything that Star Wars can teach us about cell therapy, let alone cell therapy […]

7 Cell Therapy Companies in Maryland Helping to Revolutionize Drug Discovery: The Latest News

Maryland is home to one of the largest life science clusters in the United States with more than 500 biotech […]

Rare Diseases: Why Are They Difficult to Cure?

Approximately 7,000 rare diseases affect 350-500 million people worldwide. The majority of these (80%) are monogenic, so-called because these genetic […]

The History of HIV Cure Research: Reaching for a Cure

A new immune deficiency illness came on the scene in 1981. In the years immediately following, four questions arose that […]

The History of HIV Cure Research: The Latest Research in BioPharma

In the forty years since the HIV/AIDS pandemic began in 1981, researchers have learned a lot about this disease that […]

9 Reasons Treatment of Rare Diseases Will be Big in 2025

Of the 7,000 known rare diseases affecting 350 to 400 million people worldwide, most have a genetic basis and it […]

Why Is It So Difficult to Find an HIV Cure?

More than 32 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic in 1981, making HIV/AIDS […]

4 Global Trends That Will Affect ​HIV Cure​ Research in 2025

Researchers have been working on an HIV Cure since the first reports of the illness appeared in 1981. We now […]

The History of HIV Cure Research: Discovery to Treatment

When reports of a new immune deficiency disease hit the news in the summer and fall of 1981, the cause […]
abhita batra, otomagnetics ceo, aims to change the lives of childhood cancer survivors with magnetic drug delivery technology

Abhita Batra

Abhita Batra, CEO Otomagnetics, Inc., is leading the growth of an innovative biotech startup, and bringing a drug delivery technology […]
roosterbio’s got plenty to crow about

RoosterBio

First in the ‘Plug and Play’ Stem Cell Products RoosterBio has come a long way from its days in the […]
rare disease 2020: one mom’s fight to save her son, amber freed raises millions to create a cure. coronavirus won’t stop her.

Bio-Trac – First Annual Symposium

I spent the afternoon yesterday at the First Annual BioTrac Symposium. The topic was Multiplex Immunofluorescence in Immune Oncology. The speakers were very knowledgeable and spoke about Opal staining, multispectral image acquisition, and the immunophenotyping analysis with AI. It was fascinating. There are hands-on workshops today.

Flatten the Curve: COVID-19

‘Flatten the Curve’ is sure to become a phrase forever linked with COVID-19. It refers to doing all we can […]
a look at kazia's business model with ceo james garner

Kazia’s Business Model

The path from idea to market in the oncology sector is long and expensive. In the traditional model of drug […]
deal or no deal: uncertainty surrounding brexit continues

Brexit Passes

The European Union will include one less member on February 1st. The Withdrawal Agreement Bill completed its passage through Parliament […]
the lower drug costs now act of 2019 – the numbers behind the claims

Lower Drug Costs Claims

Just how how large is the difference between drug prices in the U.S. and Europe?
the lower drug costs now act of 2019 – what stakeholders have to say

Lower Drug Costs Stakeholders

What do stakeholders have to say about the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019?
overview: the lower drug costs now act of 2019 and the american pharmaceutical industry

Lower Drug Prices Overview

H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (cited as the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019), is a bill before the House that is intended to make prescription drugs more affordable for those in the Medicare program. The bill also seeks to maintain Medicare's future viability.
what’s at stake for the u.k. pharma industry in a no deal brexit?

No-Deal Brexit UK Pharma

It’s become increasingly clear that the life science sector faces acute disruption as a result of this period of uncertainty, whether or not a satisfactory Brexit deal is ultimately reached.
what do the j&j and purdue pharma outcomes mean to the pharma industry?

Implications of Pharma Outcomes

Oklahoma was the first state to file suit against opioid manufacturers. The success of their legal strategy will have a significant impact on the opioid–and pharmaceutical–industry going forward.
advances in the treatment of chronic asthma

Asthma Biologics

Although asthma is a common chronic disease, there is currently no cure for it. Currently, physicians use a variety of means to reduce inflammation and keep it at bay. The extent of their success depends upon environmental factors, patient compliance and the “fit” of the treatment.
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