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Christie: 'We Need Leadership, Not Lectures'

Governor Christie: I never claimed to be a medical expert, but I do claim to be fairly good at common sense. And common sense is if you’ve been a healthcare worker who’s been directly exposed to the virus, active virus, and you come back to the U.S. you should quarantine for 21 days. And let me tell you something, if it’s good enough for our men and women in uniform who are going over there to try to help folks in West Africa, and they have to quarantine for 21 days when they get home, then I have to tell you, every healthcare worker should have to comply with the same thing that the men and women in uniform are over there sacrificing, just as much as the healthcare workers are, they should have to do the same thing. So this is just common sense.

Question: (inaudible)

Governor Christie: It should not discourage people, it should not discourage people from going over there. It’s part of the sacrifice, Anthony. Because I’m sure none of these folks want to come home and get anybody else sick, because that’s contrary to what they’re doing to go over there in the first place. So no, I don’t think it should be discouraging at all. I think folks should understand part of the sacrifice is going over there and the remainder of the sacrifice is when you come home – remember a healthcare worker directly exposed to the virus, or now members of our military – you have to be quarantined for 21 days. That’s common sense policy. I don’t know when the White House is going to get around to admitting that and not giving us seven minute lectures from the South Lawn, and just get to work. And that’s what people want, they want their leaders to do things and that’s why Republican governors and Democratic governors have taken the same step that I did and we’re happy. New Jersey is proud to lead on this, to lead in the area of common sense. That’s what we’re doing and we’re not changing. I don’t care what happens. We are not changing our policy. This is our policy. It will be our policy as long as this crisis is going on.

Dora Arias Honored As 'New Jersey Hero'

First Lady Mary Pat Christie congratulates Dora Arias, founder of Curémonos as her 30^th New Jersey Hero. (l-r: Dora Arias, First Lady Mary Pat Christie, Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz)

New Jersey's First Lady Mary Pat Christie has named Dora Arias, founder and executive director of Curémonosas the 6th New Jersey Hero of 2014. A Latina breast cancer survivor, Dora recognized the challenges women who speak English as a second language face in understanding their diagnosis and treatment options. She foundedCurémonos, a grassroots community-based organization, to provide education, advocacy and support to medically underserved women dealing with breast cancer. Today’s Hero represents a milestone as the 30th New Jerseyan recognized for the extraordinary work being done by citizens across the Garden State.

“Dora’s story is so inspiring. A breast cancer survivor herself, Dora saw a need within the community and is bringing hope, courage and emotional support to women at a critical time in their lives,” said Mrs. Christie. “Whether it’s accompanying patients to doctor’s appointments, interpreting or providing financial resources, she is truly making a difference by empowering these women about their breast health. I am proud to name Dora Arias as our 6th New Jersey Hero of 2014 and 30th Hero in just four years.”

Since its inception Curémonos has educated over 2,000 women on the importance of breast health and early detection of breast cancer while serving over 300 medically underserved and underinsured women. Clients are served bilingually, biculturally and free of charge.

In addition, the organization has educated over 75 healthcare providers on the cultural aspects and needs of Latinas affected by breast cancer, established a support group in Spanish at the Summit YMCA and developed various one-day programs to help breast cancer patients and their families during their time of need.

First Lady Mary Pat Christie made her New Jersey Heroes presentation during a “Day of Pampering” Curémonosorganized for breast cancer survivors and patients at Sofi’s Color Salon in Summit. The day of pampering, which consists of full makeovers free of cost, is one of the organization’s most successful events and gives the women personalized attention while providing an opportunity for them to regain their self-esteem.

“Curémonos has been the product of countless hours of hard work, tears, and many sacrifices, but beyond that, it is the product of love and passion,” said founder Dora Arias. “I am humbled to receive the New Jersey Heroes Award and would like to thank Mrs. Christie for recognizing my work in the Latino community and for giving me the platform to create awareness about Curémonos and the plight of underserved communities affected by breast cancer. With this award, I hope to further the mission of Curémonos so that underserved women and men affected by this devastating disease are not alone in their journey.”

Dora was instrumental in having New Jersey Congressman Leonard Lance introduce the "Breast Cancer Patient Education Act" of 2012 (H.R.5937). She has been featured and interviewed on the Today Show and was honored by Family Matters - as a Local Hero - Guiding Light. In 2012, she was named a "Model of Courage" by Ford Warriors in Pink and a Patient of Courage by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Breast cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the United States, after skin cancer. In fact, every two minutes a new diagnosis of breast cancer occurs. Today, there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

To learn more about Curémonos, visit http://www.curemonos.org/.

New Jersey Heroes is an initiative First Lady Mary Pat Christie began four years ago to showcase the positive and unique ways people and organizations are impacting New Jersey and their communities. To nominate a hero, go to newjerseyheroes.org and follow the application instructions to submit the person you believe is a true New Jersey Hero.

Christie: Smart Politically AND Scientifically

Matt Lauer: New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie is with us now exclusively. Governor, good morning to you.

Governor Christie: Good morning, Matt. How are you this morning?

Matt Lauer: I’m well. Thank you. You say you put these new rules in effect to protect the people of New Jersey. Along comes Kaci Hickox. She complained loudly about the treatment she received. Did you get more than you bargained for with Ms. Hickox?

Governor Christie: No listen Matt, I can't imagine that anyone would find it to be an experience they were looking for, to have to spend three days in a hospital. I understand that. But the fact is, Matt, that she presented at the airport as someone who had contact, direct contact with folks who are infected with the Ebola virus and then she became symptomatic. The fact is that person has to go to the hospital, has to be treated. CDC ordered her to be tested for the Ebola virus based upon her symptoms. And then when she was no longer symptomatic and the tests came back negative, she was released to continue her quarantine at home.

Matt Lauer: Let me make sure I understand that. Was she sent back to Maine because she no longer had a fever, any symptoms or was she sent back to Maine because she went out and hired a talented lawyer like Norm Siegel and was threatening legal action against the state?

Governor Christie: Well you used the word talented, Matt, not me. And secondly no, it had absolutely nothing to do with it. That’s been the policy all along. If she had never presented with any symptoms, our policy would have been to send her back to Maine and to ask her to quarantine at home in Maine. It’s because she presented with symptoms and then she was tested, and that testing was ordered, Matt, by the CDC in conjunction with the State of New Jersey.

Matt Lauer: The policy stays in effect now, right? The policy remains in effect. I want to read you what Dr. Anthony Fauci from NIH said yesterday. He called the mandatory quarantine of all health care workers who come in contact with Ebola patients in West Africa and then return, draconian. He said you and Governor Cuomo got it wrong. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz, an infectious disease expert said this: “[Christie and Cuomo] are both really smart guys, yet they have decided to ignore science, evidence and decades of careful observations made by those brave enough to have gone to Africa to assist in the control of these epidemics.” How do you respond to that?

Governor Christie: Well I’ll respond to it this way, Matt. First off, now 6 other states have joined us as well, both Republican and Democratic governors. As has the United States military. As has Dr. Bruce Buetler, a Nobel Prize winning physician who this morning said he favors our policy. The fact is that the CDC has been incrementalist on this. This newest guidance from my perspective is incredibly confusing and by the way, what’s the difference when someone is considered to be high risk? You don’t want them on public transportation. You don’t want them at public gatherings and you want them to work from home. That sounds like quarantine to me, Matt. Let me just finish this Matt.

Matt Lauer: Is it possible that you’re on the wrong side of science here but the right side of public opinion?

Governor Christie: No I’m going to be on the right side of both ultimately, Matt. And I understand that the CDC has been behind on this. Folks got infected in Texas because they were behind and we’re not going to have folks being infected in New Jersey and other states in this country. Governors ultimately have the responsibility to protect the public health and the public safety of the people within their borders when folks come in with this problem. And let’s be clear Matt, all we’re talking about is folks who have been directly in contact as healthcare workers with folks who are actively infected with the virus, not all travelers. The reporting has been very sloppy on this, Matt.

Matt Lauer: And yet a lot of people I talk to, healthcare experts say this, the best way to prevent new cases of Ebola from coming to the United States is to stop the outbreak in West Africa. You start attaching 21 days to the commitment of any healthcare worker who wants to go there and help the crisis there – isn’t that going to have a chilling effect?

Governor Christie: No it’s not, Matt, because these folks go over there because they want to help and they want to make a difference and we applaud them. But by the same token, when they’re in direct contact with people actively with the Ebola virus, asking them to quarantine at home for 21 days, unless they’re symptomatic, I don’t think it’s draconian. I think Dr. Fauci is responding, unfortunately, as are many other people from the CDC, in a really hyperbolic way because they’ve been wrong before, and now they’re incrementally taking steps towards the policy that we put in effect in New Jersey and now six other states have put into effect, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have put in effect. We’re all wrong and they’re right, Matt? We’re trying to be careful, here. This is common sense. The American public believe it is common sense and we’re not moving an inch. Our policy has not changed and our policy will not change.

Matt Lauer: Real, real quickly, all this takes place about a week from the midterm elections. A lot of people would like to infuse this situation with politics. Will you say to me right now that there is no political blame to be assessed for what has happened with Ebola in this country at this point?

Governor Christie: Listen, Matt, I’m not here to discuss political blame. And when you look at what has happened here and the different states that have adopted this you’ve had both Republican and Democratic governors adopting this. Governor Dayton in Minnesota. Governor Cuomo in New York along with me in New Jersey. Governor Scott, a Republican, in Florida. Democratic governors in Virginia and Maryland where I’m sitting this morning. The fact is you’ve got more Democratic governors doing this than Republican governors. This is a nonpartisan issue, Matt. Here’s the bottom line as governor. My first responsibility is to protect the public health and safety of the people of New Jersey and I will not submit to any political pressure in doing anything less than I believe is necessary. We’re now backed up by the American military and a Nobel Prize winning doctor. I understand there’s all kinds of protestations from the CDC but we want stricter things than what they have been willing to impose and now they’re incrementally, Matt, moving towards our position. What’s the difference, Matt, between telling someone who is a healthcare worker at high risk that they can’t go into public places, they can’t go on public transportation, and we want them to work from home. What’s the difference between that and a quarantine? This is because they don’t want to admit that we’re right and they were wrong, I’m sorry about that.

Matt Lauer: Questions that will continue to be asked. Governor, I really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you so much.

Governor Christie: Matt, thank you very much.

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NJ Jobs Outreach: Guadagno Tours Pennsauken Firm

Whew! . . . Keeping up with New Jersey's Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno is always a challenge as she moves throughout the state in her effort to attract and keep jobs for New Jersey. Today she was back in South Jersey once again to tour the Cetylite Industries facility in Pennsauken. 

Continuing her month-long tour of New Jersey’s life science companies, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited Cetylite Industries in Pennsauken, which manufactures medical, dental, and veterinary products that are sold all over the world.

“Cetylite has made Pennsauken its home for the last 35 years as an important partner in our state’s thriving life sciences industry – growing our economy and providing quality, good-paying jobs for our residents,” said Lt. Governor Guadagno. “Like many of New Jersey’s life science companies, its products are significant in the world marketplace and play a valuable role in the health of the state’s economy. As a company with a global reach, Cetylite could have located its operations anywhere, but chose to be in New Jersey with countless other life sciences companies.”

Cetylite has specialized in manufacturing liquids, gels and ointments for over fifty years, featuring prescription topical anesthetics and infection prevention products for medical, dental and veterinary use. The company’s 28,000 square foot facility houses manufacturing and warehousing capabilities for its own products and for other private label companies.

In August 2011, the firm’s $29,000 investment to train its staff was matched with a state-issued $24,000 customized training grant to educate about 27 employees in supervision, lean manufacturing, SWOT analysis and internal communications.

“Providing resources to help companies grow and succeed is a solid investment in the state’s economic future,” continued Lt. Governor Guadagno. “The Christie Administration has assisted 30 companies in the life sciences industry with expansion or retention projects, leading to the creation of nearly 3,700 new jobs and supporting more than 4,800 existing jobs in the state. In total, these projects will inject an estimated $507.2 million of private investment in New Jersey’s economy.”

The Lt. Governor’s visit to Cetylite comes a day after her return from this year’s BIO International conference in Boston, where she met with and encouraged life sciences companies to locate in New Jersey and hire New Jerseyans.

The New Jersey Partnership for Action (PFA) is a three-pronged public-private approach to economic development and the starting point for all initiatives, policies, and efforts to grow New Jersey’s economy and create quality, sustainable jobs in our communities. Led by Lt. Governor Guadagno, the PFA supports the vital role business plays in advancing the state’s economy and creating jobs. The three elements of the PFA include the Business Action Center reporting directly to the Lt. Governor and providing the business community with a single point of contact, applying a proactive, customer-service approach to businesses’ interactions with State government; the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, serving as the state’s “bank for business”; and Choose New Jersey, an independently funded and operated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation created to encourage and nurture economic growth throughout New Jersey.

Businesses considering a move or in need of assistance are encouraged to call New Jersey’s Business Action Center at (866) 534-7789 or visit the State’s Business Portal at www.newjerseybusiness.gov.

Guadagno Begins Month Long Life Sciences Tour

Emphasizing the state’s strong commitment to growing New Jersey’s life sciences sector, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited MicroDose Therapeutx to launch a month long tour of life sciences companies in New Jersey.

New Jersey’s life sciences sector employs over 122,000 people, which is nearly 4 percent of the state’s private sector employment as of the third quarter of 2011.

“The life sciences sector is important to New Jersey because these companies provide good, well paying jobs for our workers. These companies not only hire their own employees, but they also rely on locally available goods and services, which create even more jobs and opportunities in all regions of our state,” said Lt. Governor Guadagno. “And as America’s population grows older, Americans and people throughout the world will look to New Jersey’s life sciences sector for new treatments for many prevalent diseases, including hypertension, cancer and Alzheimer’s.”

Pharmaceutical companies comprised 43.8% of New Jersey’s life science establishments in 2010. Biotechnology companies account for 34.6% and medical device companies account for 21.6%.

In 2010, New Jersey’s life sciences employers paid more than $14 billion in wages, or 8.1 percent of the state’s total private sector wages. The average annual wage was $114,757, which was 106 percent higher than the state’s total private sector average annual wage of $55,736.

MicroDose Therapeutx introduced a dry powder inhaler to the market in 1998. The Monmouth Junction-based company works with pharmaceutical and biotechnological firms to develop products that use MicroDose Therapeutx’s proprietary drug delivery technologies.

“We are honored to have the Lt. Governor visit our facility as part of her life sciences tour,” said Anand V. Gumaste, president and CEO for MicroDose Therapeutx. “The Christie Administration has been a valuable resource, helping us explore options related to our company’s plans to expand in New Jersey. We respect their strong commitment to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries and look forward to a long lasting relationship in the Garden State.”

New Jersey’s life sciences companies reflect the state’s highly educated workforce. Over three-fifths of the sector’s workers hold at least a bachelor’s degree. More than twenty-two (22.3%) percent hold a master’s or professional degree and 8.2 percent hold a doctoral degree.

“This tour, which coincides with my visit to the Bio Conference in Boston this month, seeks to highlight our state and show the world’s life sciences companies that New Jersey is the best place on earth for them to do business,” continued Lt. Governor Guadagno. “New Jersey’s workforce is highly educated, and our state is perfectly located for life sciences companies to thrive and succeed.”

According to Rutgers University, the life sciences accounted for $23 billion, or nearly 5 percent, of the New Jersey’s gross domestic product in 2009.

New Jersey provides incentives and important advocacy and site selection assistance to life sciences companies moving to, or expanding in New Jersey.

During the Christie Administration’s first two years, New Jersey added more than 71,000 new private sector jobs and attracted scores of companies. In fact, 2011 was the best private sector job growth year in New Jersey since 2000, according to Rutgers University economist Joseph Seneca.

Led by Lt. Governor Guadagno, the New Jersey Partnership for Action (PFA) supports the vital role business plays in advancing the state’s economy and creating jobs. The PFA is a three-pronged public-private approach to economic development and the starting point for all initiatives, policies, and efforts to grow New Jersey’s economy and create quality, sustainable jobs in our communities. The three elements of the PFA include the Business Action Center, which reports directly to the Lt. Governor and provides the business community with a single point of contact, applying a proactive, customer-service approach to businesses’ interactions with State government; the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, serving as the state’s “bank for business”; and Choose New Jersey, an independently funded and operated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation created to encourage and nurture economic growth throughout New Jersey.

Business Facilities magazine recently presented its “Achievement in Reorganization of Economic Development” award to the PFA for its efforts to reverse the state’s previously anti-business image.

Businesses considering a move or in need of assistance are encouraged to call New Jersey’s Business Action Center at (866) 534-7789 or visit the State’s Business Portal at www.newjerseybusiness.gov.

Video: 'Gay' Penguins Will Be Separated By Zoo

Buddy and Pedro's relationship, however you characterize it, will come to an end soon because they have a duty. They have good genes and the Tornoto Zoo plans to separate them from each other and pair them with females for breeding.

Why Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats

Dogs are smarter than cats for a reason.
Dogs are more sociable animals and sociability requires more brain power.
So, over millions of years, dogs have had to develop bigger brains than cats. Dogs need more brain capacity because they are not solitary.
That's the result of an exhaustive study by researchers at Oxford University. The researchers attempted to study the development of different groups of mammals over millions of years.
The more sociable the mammal group is, the smarter it tends to be. 
Click here for more on this fascinating story from Science Daily.
BTW: Elephants (also mammals) are incredibly smart. Elephant brains — weighing more than 10 pounds — are so advanced that zoologists have measured behavior that reflects compassion, sympathy, and grief. And of course elephants are remarkably social.

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World's Largest Testicles Discovered

Researchers from the University of Derby and the University of Cambridge in Britain have discovered that the Tuberous bushcricket (Platycleis affinis) has testes which are 14 percent of the male body mass, setting a world record.
The lead researcher for the team that made the discovery said, "We couldn't believe the size of these organs, they seemed to fill the entire abdomen."
"We are also interested in the reason why they are so large," the researcher added. "An almost universal evolutionary rule appears to be that such variation in relative testes size is linked to female mating behavior; testes tend to be larger in species where females are more promiscuous, as has been demonstrated in various species in fish, birds, insects and mammals."
It was also discovered that the huge testes on the bushcricket  did not translate into greater sperm production. A type of fruit fly may still hold the world's record for the longest and must abundant sperm.

Beautiful: Dolphins Leaping At Hilton Head

Our thanks to the Hilton Head fan site at Facebook for this incredible video!

All Female Ant Species

From Anne Minard at National Geographic:
Save the males? Too late for Mycocepurus smithii (pictured).
This leaf-cutter ant species is all female and thrives without sex of any kind—ever—according to a new study. The ants have evolved to reproduce only when queens clone themselves.
"They appear to have evolved a new mode of reproduction, and the genetic mechanisms have yet to be worked out," said lead study author Anna Himler, a research associate at the University of Arizona.
In M. smithii the typical muscular reproductive organ of female ants has evolved into a "sort of a ghost of an organ at this point," Himler added.
No male of the species has ever been found, and "even if a male were theoretically to appear somewhere, we're not sure they could mate any more," she said.
Other ants, such as fire ants, that can reproduce asexually have working sexual organs, just in case.
M. smithii also has an idiosyncratic arrangement for that other apparent necessity: food. The ants, which range from northern Mexico to Argentina, are in a codependent relationship with a specific fungus.
"The fungus garden is quite wimpy," Himler said. "If you remove the ants, the gardens will quickly die."
The ants keep the gardens weeded, and they "feed" the fungus leaf bits, insect carcasses, and feces, which the ants clean and cut up before offering to the fungus. In return, the fungus provides the sole source of food for the ants' babies.

'Ultimate Predator' Found

From Andy Coghlan at New Scientist:

Fossil remains of a huge and fearsome marine predator, dubbed "Predator X", have been discovered in Svalbard, a remote Arctic archipelago.
About 15 metres long and weighing 45 tonnes, the creature is a new species of pliosaur, and ruled the Jurassic seas some 147 million years ago.
Predator X had a head twice the size of Tyrannosaurus rex and its bite had four times the force, at around 15,000 kilograms (33,000 pounds). Its teeth were each around 30 centimetres (1 foot) long.
The remains were discovered in June 2008 during a two-week expedition led by Jørn Hurum of the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.
'Ultimate predator'
"Its anatomy, physiology and hunting strategy all point to it being the ultimate predator – the most dangerous creature to patrol the Earth's oceans," according to the museum.
The key find enabling the dimensions of the beast to be calculated was a spherical bone called the bassioccipital condyle, which connected the base of the skull to the spine.
"The condyle we found measures 15 centimetres in diameter, the largest of any known pliosaur species," explains Hurum. "By comparison, the condyle of T. Rex measures just 8 centimetres, meaning that Predator X's skull was at least double the size," he says.
Giant jigsaw
In all, the team found 20,000 fragments of the creature's skeleton, which is being assembled at the museum.

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Obama, Church At Odds

From Phiip Pullella at Reuters:
President Barack Obama's lifting of restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research puts him at odds with Pope Benedict and the American Roman Catholic Church.
After Obama signed the order on Monday, the Vatican and U.S. Church leaders condemned the move. One commentator said the test of "a real democracy" was its defense of the most defenseless.
Obama's executive order reversed and repudiated restrictions placed on the research by his predecessor, George W. Bush, freeing labs across the country to start working with the cells, which can give rise to any kind of cell in the body.
Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee on pro-life activities, called Obama's decision "a sad victory of politics over science and ethics."
"This action is morally wrong because it encourages the destruction of innocent human life, treating vulnerable human beings as mere products to be harvested," he added.
The Catholic Church, other religious groups and pro-life advocates oppose such research . . . because it involves the destruction of embryos.
The Catholic Church supports adult stem cell research, which has made advances in recent years, because it does not involve the destruction of embryos.
An article in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano on Tuesday said "a real democracy" should be founded on protection of human dignity in every phase of its existence.
Separately, Osservatore's editor-in-chief Gian Maria Vian told an Italian newspaper that Obama "cannot claim a monopoly on being the Good Samaritan" by saying he supports embryonic stem cell research in order to help alleviate human suffering.
"Does that mean those who oppose embryonic stem cell research want to prolong human suffering?" Vian said.
Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, a leading Vatican bioethics specialist, told Italian media: "The motive for this decision should be seen in the pressure for profits."
After the ban was lifted on Monday, U.S. shares in stem cell research companies soared. Researchers said companies that had been afraid to test the waters would probably leap in now that federal dollars can be used.
The issue will most likely be a main topic at the first meeting between the pope and Obama, expected to take place in July when the president is in Italy for a G8 summit.
In 2001, the late Pope John Paul II urged Bush not to allow stem cell research.
Last year a Vatican bioethics document said the human embryo has "from the very beginning, the dignity proper to a person."

Bravo, Bonnie!

Our friend Bonnie Grant is back where she belongs - at the helm of an important Philadelphia agency and ready to tackle the sort of Big Challenge that she excels at.
The Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress (GPLSC), a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, has named Bonnie Grant as executive director, effective April 1.
The GPLSC grew out of Philadelphia hosting the 2005 BIO convention, which had more than 18,000 attendees and an economic impact of $35 million.
The GPLSC strives to connect leaders in higher education and research institutions, venture capital entities, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and the health care communities to position the Philadelphia region as a world-class destination for meetings and conventions.
Grant has more than 20 years experience in marketing and communications in the education, government, corporate and non-profit sectors, including nine years as deputy city representative under Mayors Rendell and Street. Most recently, she served as director of communications for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition.
“The life sciences affect everyone,” said Grant. “From research to finding a cure for a disease and new drugs to treat it, to attracting new and innovative businesses to our region – this sector provides passionate and provocative topics that drive policy making and touch people on every part of the planet, all of which require the meeting of great minds. We want those minds to meet here in Philadelphia.”
And you're the one to make it happen, Bonnie. Congratulations!