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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Thursday November 21, 2024 ( 4 items )  

New Training Series for Rapid Response Clinical Research Available for Free
FREDERICK, Maryland, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: By Elayne Lowe A new virtual training series aims to educate and empower clinical researchers to perform rapid response clinical studies in atypical environments. The Frederick National Laboratory Global Clinical Research Educational Modules (FNL GCREM) is a series of videos that shares expertise, tools, and recommendations to build clinical research  more

Progress Against RAS-Driven Cancers Lauded at RAS Symposium, With More Candidate Treatments on Horizon
FREDERICK, Maryland, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: By Mary Ellen Hackett Researchers from around the world met in October to mark progress their field has made in developing drugs to treat cancers driven by the RAS oncogene, and to map out even more ways they can help cancer patients. "This is a great story about tackling an intractable disease that was said to be an impossible task," said National C  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Maryland Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Eastern Panhandle
MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Shawn Gorsira, 53, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Berkeley County. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gorsira was a distributor for a drug trafficking conspiracy, selling large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Berkeley Count  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Two Indicted for COVID Fraud in West Virginia
MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Two people have been indicted for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding on behalf of a West Virginia resident, according to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. Kimberly VanKline, 56, of Hyattsville, Maryland, and Rhonda Brown-Moore, 64, of Brooklyn, New York, were indicted yesterday for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud  more