November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing attention to a disease that each year kills more people than breast, prostate,
colon and pancreas cancers combined.
The Lung Cancer Alliance is the only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to patient support and advocacy for people
living with lung cancer and those at risk for the disease.
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LifeScience Moment: "To Err is Human" report published by Institute of Medicine.
On Nov. 29, 1999, "To Err is Human" report published was published by the Institute of Medicine,
a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The report laid out a comprehensive strategy by which government, health care providers, industry,
and consumers can reduce preventable medical errors. Concluding that the know-how already
exists to prevent many of these mistakes. The report set a minimum goal a 50 percent
reduction in errors by 2005.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Plant Cells
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Science Quote
"...a path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind."
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David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist, historian
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(1711-1776)
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