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ENCORE: Why There Are So Few Black Men In Medicine; Family of Stem Cell Donor Connects With Recipient 20 Years Later; Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions -…

Last year, fewer than 4% of incoming medical students in Illinois were black men. Today: whats behind that number,and what should be done about it. Plus,decades ago, a cutting edge stem cell treatment from umbilical cord blood saved one Illinois woman's life. And earlier this year, she met her donor and his parents for the first time.And, wetalk to a University of Illinois geology professor about her work, on how to better forecast volcanic eruptions

Black Men In Medicine

Last year, fewer than 4% of incoming medical students here in Illinois were black men. That number can be surprising on the surface, but it could also have more serious health implications for all African-American men.

And the path to medicine comes with many obstacles. Some students dont get the support they need beforehand and even if they do, going to med school is incredibly expensive.

Stephanie Whiteside reported on this for Illinois Newsroom. And Dr. Don Arnold is Chief of Surgery at Herrin Hospital, just outside of Carbondale.

They both spoke with Brian Moline this past spring.

Family of Stem Cell Donor Connects With Recipient 20 Years Later

In 1994, DaniaDavey and her husband made an important decision. Although she didnt quite realize how important it was at the time, that decision would save a young womans life hundreds of miles away.

That woman is Holly Becker, who was 24 when she received a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Hollys oncologist at Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Illinois decided to try a cutting edge treatment at the time in the 90s: a stem cell transplant from donated umbilical cord blood.

That cord blood came from Danias son Patrick. It was donated and frozen the day he was born in New York.

Holly is now cancer free. And she met the Daveys earlier this year in Illinois. Its thought to be one of the first times a stem cell donor from umbilical cord blood has met the recipient.

Dania Davey now lives in New York. Holly Becker is in the Chicago suburbs, along with her oncologist, Dr. Patrick Stiff from Loyola University Medical Center.

The three of them spoke with Brian Moline earlier this year.

Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions

When it comes to forecasting severe weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes, accuracy is key. Knowing what to expect and when to expect it can mean the difference between life and death.

Now, researchers at the University of Illinois are part of a new study looking at ways we can better forecast volcanic eruptions. Theyve been studying one which happened in Alaska back in 2008,which traditional forecasting models missed.

Researchers are now using new computer models to paint a more accurate picture about if and when we can expect volcanic eruptions.

Trish Gregg is a geology professor at the University of Illinois. She spoke with Brian Moline back in September.

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Personalized Stem Cells, Inc. Sponsors Arthritis Foundation Event in Los Angeles – PR Web

It is an honor to help support the Arthritis Foundation and to work closely with the Orthohealing Center.

POWAY, Calif. (PRWEB) November 26, 2019

Personalized Stem Cells, Inc (PSC), a human adipose-derived stem cell company, recently sponsored an event put on by the Arthritis Foundation and hosted by Dr. Steven Sampson and Dr. Danielle Aufiero of the Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles, California. The event, which took place on October 23, 2019, highlighted the ongoing efforts to promote research, educate the public, and provide support to people with arthritis.

Event attendees included medical doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and other medical professionals. Dr. Sampson presented current and evolving regenerative and stem cell therapies, including PSCs FDA approved clinical trial to treat osteoarthritis in the knee with a persons own stem cells. The Orthohealing Center is one of several approved clinical trial sites and is currently screening and enrolling patients in the clinical trial.

PSC CEO, Michael Dale, stated, It is an honor to help support the Arthritis Foundation and to work closely with the Orthohealing Center. The Foundation and the Orthohealing Center have worked together for many years advocating and spreading awareness for arthritis patients.

PSC provides stem cell therapy for clinical trial investigators and their patients, working within the FDA cell therapy regulations in order to assure consistent manufacturing, quality tested cells, as well as clinical trial and manufacturing oversite for safety and efficacy. PSC was founded by Robert Harman, DVM, MPVM and Michael Dale, both of whom also co-founded VetStem Biopharma and are both experienced serial entrepreneurs.

About Personalized Stem Cells, Inc.Personalized Stem Cells was formed in 2018 to advance and legitimize human regenerative medicine. This privately held biopharmaceutical enterprise, based near San Diego (California), offers qualified physicians who enroll, an FDA compliant autologous stem cell product (from patients own fat tissue) for use in FDA approved clinical trials. PSC is driving development and adoption of stem cell and regenerative medicine within the FDA-IND process by providing cGMP manufactured, quality tested cells, and well-defined clinical trials. PSC has licensed a portfolio of over 70 issued patents in the field of regenerative medicine.

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Trial cancer treatment in Wichita – KAKE

I-70 reopens in NW Kansas written by KAKE Newskake.news

Forecasters said that snow parts of northwest Kansas was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour, and near blizzard conditions were possible.

Prosecutors have charged three people with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy in Wichita.

SafeHome.orgreleased a study on Friday that says Kansas is the 7th smartest state in the country.

There's a major medical break-through in the world of cancer treatment. No more chemotherapy or radiation; doctors in Wichita are using patients' own blood cells to fight off cancer, and it's working. 62-year-old David Butler's appointments at the Cancer Center of Kansas are coming to an end. It's been two long years for him - in 2017, stomach pain led doctors to discover 13 tumors inside his abdomen. Butler went through months of chemotherapy, then stem cell therapy. But the cancer ...

Authorities in Colorado have charged two people with animal cruelty after video showed a horse being dragged behind a pickup truck.

The latest list of school and weather-related closings and delays.

It's been a couple weeks since we set our clocks back an hour. If you're still feeling the effects of the time change, you're not alone. That has a growing number of Kansans saying it's time to end the twice a year time shuffle.

An accident shut down part of the Kansas Turnpike Tuesday night in Butler County. It happened just before 10 p.m. Tuesday after a two-vehicle accident near the Towanda Service Area.

Authorities say a wildfire in northwest Oklahoma is threatening dozens of home and forced communities to evacuate.

Jory Konrade's funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at CrossPoint Church in Hutchinson.

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AVITA Medical and the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Enter into Collaboration to Explore…

VALENCIA, Calif., MELBOURNE, Australia & AURORA, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVITA Medical (ASX: AVH, NASDAQ: RCEL), a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in therapeutic skin restoration, and scientists at the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine announced today a preclinical research collaboration to establish proof-of-concept and explore further development of a spray-on treatment of genetically modified cells for patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), with potential applicability to other genetic skin disorders.

The partnership will pair AVITA Medicals patented and proprietary Spray-On Skin Cells technology and expertise with the Gates Centers innovative, patent-pending combined reprogramming and gene-editing technology to allow cells to function properly. Under the terms of the Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA), AVITA Medical retains the option to exclusively license technologies emerging from the partnership for further development and commercialization. The Gates Center team is further supported by the EB Research Partnership in New York, the Los Angeles-based EB Medical Research Foundation, the London-based Cure EB Charity, and government grants in a collaborative effort to rapidly develop and translate this technology to the clinic for meaningful impact on patient lives.

The Gates Center is a leader in developing therapeutic approaches for genetic skin diseases. Researchers at the Gates Center have developed a powerful new approach for treating genetic skin disorders and improving the lives of patients with epidermolysis bullosa, said Dr. Mike Perry, Chief Executive Officer of AVITA Medical and adjunct professor at the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine. We look forward to collaborating with the team at the Gates Center on the expanded use of our technology. This agreement marks an important milestone in AVITAs mission to harness the potential of regenerative medicine to address unmet medical needs across a broad range of dermatological indications, including genetic disorders of the skin.

Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of rare and incurable skin disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding structural proteins resulting in skin fragility and blistering, leading to chronic wounds and, in some sub-types, an increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma or death. There are no approved curative therapies, and current treatment is palliativefocused primarily on pain and nutritional management, itching relief, wound care, and bandaging.

Its very exciting to partner with AVITA Medical to help advance our epidermolysis bullosa program, said Director of the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine Dr. Dennis Roop. Were looking forward to exploring a novel approach to delivering gene-edited skin cells to patients that addresses current treatment challenges.

We believe that Spray-On Skin Cells technology combined with our genetically corrected cells has the potential to be game changing in the treatment of this disease. This combination could reduce time to treatment, lower manufacturing complexity, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes, said Dr. Ganna Bilousova, assistant professor of dermatology, who is a co-principal investigator on this research program.

ABOUT THE CHARLES C. GATES CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

The Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine was established in 2006 with a gift in memory of Denver industrialist and philanthropist Charles C. Gates, who was captivated by the hope and benefit stem cell research promised for so many people in the world. The Gates Center aspires to honor what he envisionedby doing everything possible to support the collaboration between basic scientific researchers and clinical faculty to transition scientific breakthroughs into clinical practice as quickly as possible.

Led by Founding Director Dennis Roop, Ph.D., the Gates Center is located at the University of Colorados Anschutz Medical Campus, the largest new biomedical and clinical campus in the United States. Operating as the only comprehensive Stem Cell Center within a 500-mile radius, the Gates Center shares its services and resources with an ever-enlarging membership of researchers and clinicians at the Anschutz Medical Campus, which includes University of Colorado Hospital, Childrens Hospital Colorado, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, as well as the Boulder campus, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, and business startups. This collaboration is designed to draw on the widest possible array of scientific exploration relevant to stem cell technology focused on the delivery of innovative therapies in Colorado and beyond.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine work to advance science and improve care. These faculty members include physicians, educators, and scientists at University of Colorado Hospital, Childrens Hospital Colorado, Denver Health, National Jewish Health, and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The school is located on the Anschutz Medical Campus, one of four campuses in the University of Colorado system. To learn more about the medical schools care, education, research, and community engagement, visit its web site.

ABOUT AVITA MEDICAL LIMITED

AVITA Medical is a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in burns, chronic wounds, and aesthetics indications. AVITA Medicals patented and proprietary collection and application technology provides innovative treatment solutions derived from the regenerative properties of a patients own skin. The medical devices work by preparing a REGENERATIVE EPIDERMAL SUSPENSION (RES), an autologous suspension comprised of the patients skin cells necessary to regenerate natural healthy epidermis. This autologous suspension is then sprayed onto the areas of the patient requiring treatment.

AVITA Medicals first U.S. product, the RECELL System, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2018. The RECELL System is indicated for use in the treatment of acute thermal burns in patients 18 years and older. The RECELL System is used to prepare Spray-On Skin Cells using a small amount of a patients own skin, providing a new way to treat severe burns, while significantly reducing the amount of donor skin required. The RECELL System is designed to be used at the point of care alone or in combination with autografts depending on the depth of the burn injury. Compelling data from randomized, controlled clinical trials conducted at major U.S. Burn Centers and real-world use in more than 8,000 patients globally, reinforce that the RECELL System is a significant advancement over the current standard of care for burn patients and offers benefits in clinical outcomes and cost savings. Healthcare professionals should read the INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE - RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device (https://recellsystem.com/) for a full description of indications for use and important safety information, including contraindications, warnings, and precautions.

In international markets, our products are marketed under the RECELL System brand to promote skin healing in a wide range of applications, including burns, chronic wounds, and aesthetics. The RECELL System is TGA-registered in Australia and received CE-mark approval in Europe.

To learn more, visit http://www.avitamedical.com.

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BioLineRx to Host Investor and Analyst Breakfast Meeting on December 5, 2019 in New York – P&T Community

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ:BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, announced today that it will host an investor breakfast meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the Convene Conference Center near Grand Central Terminal in New York, N.Y.

The investor meeting schedule is as follows:

7:45 am EST Registration and breakfast8:10-9:30 am EST Formal presentations

Location:

Convene Conference Center237 Park Avenue (on 46th St. between Park and Lex)New York, N.Y.(888) 730-7307

The event will feature a presentation by Talia Golan, MD, from The Chaim Sheba Medical Center,who will discuss the current treatment landscape as well as the unmet medical need for treating patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Dr. Golan will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the event.

BioLineRx's management team will also provide an update on the COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 triple combination study in metastatic PDAC under its collaboration with Merck. In addition, the management team will provide a comprehensive overview of the Company's other developments for BL-8040, as well as its second lead asset, AGI-134. BL-8040 is a novel short synthetic peptide that functions as a high-affinity antagonist for CXCR4, which BioLineRx is developing for the treatment of solid tumors, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and stem-cell mobilization for bone-marrow transplantation. AGI-134, a synthetic Gal novel immunotherapy, is currently in Phase 1/2a development for solid tumors.

Talia Golan, MD is a clinician-scientist currently conducting translational laboratory research while also serving as medical director ofthe Phase I Unit and the Pancreatic Cancer (PC) Center at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, one of the leading medical centers in the world. Her clinical interest is in patients with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Golan's career goals include expertise in clinical medicine, translational laboratory research, and drug development. Dr Golan is PI on multiple early-phase trials on immune modulators. Her clinical and research expertise focuses on the understanding and treatment of hereditary pancreatic cancer patients. Dr. Golan is co-global PI of the first biomarker-selected (BRCA) Phase III clinical trial in PC, the POLO study.Dr. Golan's translational research lab, established in 2011, is an integral part of theSheba Pancreatic Cancer Program (SPCC). The research in the lab focuses on improving the standard of care options for pancreatic cancer patients by both finding targeted treatments tailored for each patient based on his own genetic background and developing state of the art early detection methodology. Disease heterogeneity and late detection are still the main challenges of pancreatic cancer treatment.

This event is intended for institutional investors, sell-side analysts, investment bankers, and business development professionals only. Please RSVP in advance if you plan to attend, as space is limited.For those who are unable to attend in person, a live webcast and replay of the event will be accessible here.If you would like to ask a question during the live Q&A portion of the event, please submit your request via email.

About BioLineRx

BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. The Company's business model is to in-license novel compounds, develop them through clinical stages, and then partner with pharmaceutical companies for further clinical development and/or commercialization.

The Company'slead program, BL-8040, is a cancer therapy platform currently being evaluated in a Phase 2a study for the treatment of pancreatic cancer in combination with KEYTRUDA and chemotherapy under a collaboration agreement with MSD. BL-8040 is also being evaluated in a Phase 2b study in consolidation AML and a Phase 3 study in stem cell mobilization for autologous bone-marrow transplantation. In addition, the Company has an ongoing collaboration agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, evaluating BL-8040 in combination with Genentech's atezolizumab in two Phase 1b/2 solid tumor studies.

BioLineRx is developing a second oncology program, AGI-134, an immunotherapy treatment for multiple solid tumors that is currently being undergoing in a Phase 1/2a study.

For additional information on BioLineRx, please visit the Company's website at http://www.biolinerx.com, where you can review the Company's SEC filings, press releases, announcements and events. BioLineRx industry updates are also regularly updated on Facebook,Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Various statements in this release concerning BioLineRx's future expectations constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include words such as "may," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," and "intends," and describe opinions about future events. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of BioLineRx to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these risks are: changes in relationships with collaborators; the impact of competitive products and technological changes; risks relating to the development of new products; and the ability to implement technological improvements. These and other factors are more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of BioLineRx's most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2019. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent BioLineRx's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. BioLineRx does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.

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Tim McCarthyLifeSci Advisors, LLC+1-212-915-2564tim@lifesciadvisors.com

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Tsipi HaitovskyPublic Relations+972-52-598-9892 tsipihai5@gmail.com

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