BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 18 state attorneys general to file an amicus brief in Delaware State Sportsmen's Association, Inc. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security, defending Delaware's commonsense laws that restrict access to assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. In the brief,   more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: AstraZeneca advances its robust lung cancer portfolio and pipeline at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), September 9-12, 2023. More than 40 abstracts will feature eight approved and potential new medicines from AstraZeneca, including nine oral presentations and a late-breaking plenary Presidential Sym  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: To help protect access to medicines for cancer and rare disease patients, AstraZeneca today has filed a legal challenge to critical aspects of the drug price negotiation provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The drug price negotiation provisions of the IRA run headlong into the goals of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), a federal statute designed to encoura  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Jeremy Henderson For Auburn's Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts (CBB), 2023 is coming up roses. And ryegrass. That's one of the model crops CCB researchers, along with a team of academic collaborators from the University of Delaware, New Mexico State University, Ireland and Northern Ireland, will use for a $1 million USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) project t  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of a district court decision denying an attempt to block Delaware's law restricting assault weapons and large capacity magazines (LCMs). Delaware's law bans the possession, sale, or transfer of certa  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 26 -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2023: The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation has partnered with Troon St. James, LLC to manage operations of the Deerfield and Garrisons Lake golf clubs owned by DNREC. Troon, which will assume operations under their affiliate Indigo Sports starting Jan. 1, 2024, is an internati  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 23 -- Delaware Technical Community College issued the following news: After serving as assistant coach/offensive coordinator for two seasons, Dan Yearick is now head coach of Delaware Tech's men's lacrosse program. "Coaching at Delaware Tech offers me the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of student-athletes in the state I grow up in," Yearick said. "As the head lacrosse coach, I can mentor and guide the players not only in their athletic career but also as a   more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- DuPont issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced a definitive agreement to sell an 80.1% ownership interest in the Delrin acetal homopolymer (H-POM) business/1 to TJC LP (TJC) in a transaction valuing the business at $1.8 billion. TJC has received fully committed financing in connection with the transaction, which is expected to close around year-end 2023, subject to customary closing conditions and regulator  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief, defending Delaware's commonsense laws that restrict access to assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. Raoul and the coalition filed their brief in Delaware State Sportsmen's Association, Inc. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security in the U.S. Court of Appeals f  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: In two separate friend-of-the-court filings, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General stood up to the gun lobby which, once again, is seeking to end common-sense weapon restrictions. Yesterday, New Jersey co-led an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states supporting Delaware's assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (LCMs) restrictions in the U.S. Court of App  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to defend legislation that bans dangerous assault weapons and restricts the use of large capacity magazines. Joining a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Attorney General James urged the court to reject challenges to Delaware laws banning assault we  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD's Leah Palm-Forster and Kent Messer involve stakeholders in research designed to make their work more relevant to society * * * How do you get farmers to take action to help prevent climate change? A few years ago, that was the key question Kent Messer, University of Delaware S. Hallock du Pont Professor of Applied Economics, explored in research that was published in a prominent scientific j  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD's Anamarie Whitaker analyzes how early care and education centers meet quality indicators across the nation * * * By the end of their first year, an infant's brain will double in size, and by the age of five, their brain will reach about 90% of its full development. The first five years of a child's life are a critical time for building the foundations for lifelong academic and social-emotiona  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 22 -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: By Amy Cherry For a long time, extracellular vesicles (EVs) were often thought of as garbage bags containing a myriad of materials that cells don't need. But scientists have since learned that EVs are instrumental in various biological activities from homeostasis and cell-cell communication to cancer progression. University of Delaware molecular biologist Mona Batish likened them to FedEx envelopes. "They're ad  more