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WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Five new lawsuits allege that KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) jeopardized the health and safety of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in enormous open-air burn pits with no safety controls. Three of the lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in Kansas, South Carolina, and Utah by the Burke O'Neil LLC law firm and co-counsel on behalf of 25 military veterans and private contractors whose illnesses - which...

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventura County firefighters who were overtaken by flames and seriously injured while battling brushfires in Santa Barbara are being treated at the Grossman Burn Center with skin donated by the largest non-profit tissue bank in the country, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF). MTF responded to this crisis by donating skin to the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks. Of the 28 firefighters who were injured while fighting the blaze, two...

WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Nine new lawsuits allege that KBR, Inc. jeopardized the health and safety of American soldiers and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in enormous open-air burn pits with no safety controls. The lawsuits are being filed today and Wednesday in state courts in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, and Wyoming by the Burke O'Neil LLC law firm and co-counsel on...

Clinical Specialists to Present Clinical Experience at American Burn Association Meeting ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith & Nephew Inc's Advanced Wound Management division (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) will host a clinical symposium titled "Optimizing Outcomes in Burn Care" at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association. At this symposium, top burn specialists will present their clinical work with Smith & Nephew's VERSAJET(TM) Hydrosurgery system,...

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The deadliest wildfires in the history of Australia have now killed over 200 people and injured many more. Local medical institutions are filled with those who have escaped the blazes, many with severe burns. The United States' largest tissue bank, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), has responded to this crisis by providing skin to treat some of those victims in Melbourne, the epicenter of the fires. The fires, which have been...

A new study suggests that adult bone marrow stem cells can be used in the construction of artificial skin. The findings mark an advancement in wound healing and may be used to pioneer a method of organ reconstruction. The study is published in Artificial Organs, official journal of the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO), the The International Faculty for Artificial Organs (INFA) and the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP).To investigate the practicability...

- Albuferon(R) for hepatitis C, LymphoStat-B(R) for lupus and ABthrax(R) for inhalation anthrax all progressing rapidly toward commercialization - - GSK Phase 3 trial of darapladib underway in chronic coronary heart disease - - HGS provides 2009 financial guidance; expects less than $25 million net cash burn - ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) will announce its priority goals for 2009 and report on the Company's progress toward...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Officials of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital announced today the recruitment of nationally recognized burn surgeons Larry M. Jones, MD, FACS, and Roger R. Barrette, MD, formerly of the UPMC-Mercy Trauma and Burn Center. Drs. Jones and Barrette will direct the West Penn Burn Center, one of the country's preeminent programs for the treatment of burn injuries. West Penn is the region's only burn center...

HAE:TSX Skin graft fixation for burn victims using fibrin sealant represents multi-million dollar market opportunity for Company MONTREAL, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Haemacure Corporation (TSX:HAE), a Montreal-based specialty bio-therapeutics company developing high-value human plasma-derived protein products for commercialization, disclosed today the positive results of a preclinical study conducted on the use of its proprietary lead product candidate, the human fibrin sealant...

Trial Demonstrates Increased Dermal Penetration of TPM/Lidocaine Compared to Topical Anaesthetic Xylocaine(R) MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; OTCQX: PPGNY) today announced the successful completion of a phase 1 clinical trial that examined the ability of its patented drug delivery system, TPM, to topically deliver the pain relief drug, lidocaine, safely into humans. The trial demonstrated that the patented lidocaine...