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Biotech Platforms

2008-09-04 10:08:55 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...treatment of cancer, that is, drugs that block the activity of kinases in cancer cells. Cancer cells are often described as cells that are out of control: They proliferate quickly, ignore death signals, invade nearby tissues and eventually metastasize to distant organs. These disease onset and advancement are associated with processes such as...
 
Tags: drug, treatment, cancer treatment, commercial drug, platforms, drug discovery platform, platform, cells, cancer cells
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen in Royal Bolton Hospital break-in

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2007-12-19 15:24:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...treatments at home Number Affected 350 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, NHS numbers*, GP practices, and some details about the patient's oxygen supply It is the common unique identifier that makes it possible to share patient information across the whole of the NHS safely, efficiently and accurately. The NHS Number is now...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, royal bolton hospital, hospital, sensitive personal information, bolton, information, information security, share patient information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients

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2008-02-04 10:47:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...treatment and clinical correspondence between medical staff Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging to gynaecology cancer patients from Bolton, Wigan and Salford (UK) was stolen from the office of a radiology consultant in October 2007, but only recently came to light Reference URL The Bolton...
 
Tags: royal bolton hospital, bolton hospital, bolton hospitals, hospital, relevant hospital staff, hospital staff, patients, bolton, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen NHS flash drive contained adolescent information

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2008-03-06 11:23:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...treatment details Breach Description A laptop was stolen from a speech therapist at the Madeley Health Centre in Shropshire (UK). According to officials the laptop has been secured, but a flash drive containing personal information belonging to child patients of the clinic is missing Reference URL Computerworld BBC News The Shropshire Star...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, information security, confidential information, information security strategy, nhs, information disclosure, information security program
 
 
 
 
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Physicians and medics

2008-05-26 20:12:12 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
 
...treatment, but theyd be able to do so with a deeper understanding of the problem space, greater (but not perfect) certainty that the course of treatment would work, and a better ability to explain to me, the patient, why I had to swallow this bitter pill, undergo the knife, or have this long tube snaked into one of my orifices Yes, I realize...
 
Tags: physicians, medics, mike, mike rothman, deeper knowledge, deeper, simple approach, approach, physician
 
 
 
 
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Kaspersky remains in the best category

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2008-11-13 17:09:14 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
...Treatment Award from Anti-Malware Test Lab Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 has received the Gold Malware Treatment Award from respected security software test laboratory Anti-Malware Test Lab
 
Tags: kaspersky, kaspersky lab, kaspersky anti-virus, anti-malware test lab, kaspersky products, fan, receives, developer, announces
 
 
 
 
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An Option with a Negative Value?

2006-07-28 08:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...treatment of that option can be negative or positive depending on whether you treat is as an asset or liability. Does this make sense Tags: finance derivatives options valuation
 
Tags: option, negative option, option seller, option writer sells, option buyer, option position, negative, position, writer
 
 
 
 
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Tasers

2007-12-20 06:03:15 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
IEEE Spectrum has a three-part article on Tasers and how they work. Interesting reading, although be aware that two of the authors have connections to Taser manufacturers -- so you should expect biased treatment of the issues
 
Tags: ieee spectrum, three-part article, tasers, taser manufacturers, issues, authors, connections, treatment, aware
 
 
 
 
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Iowa DNR loses personal information on 7,000

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2007-12-19 14:22:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...treatment plants, landfills and well-drilling operations the records, kept by Salem Associates of Des Moines on behalf of the DNR, were related to the certifications Evan] Salem Associates is a an IT services contractor for the DNR. You would think that a company that makes a living off of IT would know better than to copy un-encrypted...
 
Tags: iowa dnr, iowa, iowa dnr decides, iowa dnr lost, iowa department, dnr, computer flash drive, drive, information
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...treatment details, telephone numbers, credit and debit card information, and Social Security numbers Breach Description The State of Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott announced the taking of legal action against Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership and its parent company, Select Medical Corporation, for systematically exposing...
 
Tags: clients personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, sensitive medical information, customers sensitive information, texas attorney, texas, attorney