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The Florida House and Senate Approve $9.5 Million for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center for Continued ResearchCommitment from the state will play important role in pursuit of NCI designation April 30, 2010MIAMI, Fl. - The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will receive nearly $10 million for continued cancer research as a result of the 2010 Legislative Session. The additional funding from the state will allow Sylvester to recruit additional researchers who have expertise in specific areas of cancer as well as their research teams. As the only academic-based cancer center in South Florida, the impact on patient access to more pioneering therapies will be substantial. |
NEW RESEARCH BY VGTI FLORIDA SCIENCE DIRECTOR DEMONSTRATES HOW HIV DISABLES THE IMMUNE SYSTEMResearch helps focus future studies to specifically target the series of cellular interactions that cause the body to drop its guard March 8, 2010PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New research conducted by the scientific director for VGTI Florida and his colleagues at the University of Montreal, in collaboration with scientists from the NIH and the McGill University Hospital center, may soon lead to an expansion of the drug arsenal used to fight HIV. The research sheds new light on how HIV gradually weakens the body's immune system and highlights the need for new research into therapies that will target the chain of events that cause the progression of the disease. |
Enrollment in the Florida College System has grown by 23 percent over the past three years, while state appropriations have been reduced by more than 14 percent. |
Governor's recommended $67 million infusion will help Florida's unemployed retool for new jobsFLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM ENROLLMENT NEARS ONE MILLION AS RECESSION PUSHES UNEMPLOYED TO GET NEW SKILLS February 03, 2009TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida College System presidents today lauded Gov. Charlie Crist's recommended $67 million additional investment in the system's 28 institutions, which represent Florida's key access point to higher education at the Florida Association of Community Colleges' Legislative Summit in Tallahassee. |
Sen. Don Gaetz and Rep. Will Weatherford Unveil Proposal to "Right Size" Class Size AmendmentProposal Would Place Update to Class Size Amendment Before Florida Voters February 02, 2009Tallahassee - Aiming to "right size the class size amendment," Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) and Rep. Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel), today announced their proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution to update the 2002 class size amendment. Governor Charlie Crist expressed his support for the proposed amendment. |
