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Check Out a New Year's Worth of Webinars
It's a new year, and we have a new year's worth of webinars lined up! Register for the 2023 AATB Webinar Series subscription today and gain access to over 30 LIVE 60-minute webinars, an additional 180 on-demand webinars, and new this year, access to all AATB asynchronous module-based programs.
NEWS FROM THE FIELD
UK Trial Asks if Proton Beam Therapy for Breast Cancer Can Reduce Heart Risks
Medical News Today
Researchers are looking to proton beam therapy for breast cancer because it still provides radiation, but is more precise, minimizing healthy tissue damage.
Researchers Identify Protein That Helps Skin Cancer Spread Throughout the Body
ScienceDaily
An aggressive melanoma cell with high levels of the protein LAP1 was shown to change the shape of its nucleus to allow migration through tissues.
Gene Therapy Works for Bubble Boy Disease
Science
Researchers were able to use a harmless virus to insert missing gene IL2RG to help restore childrens' immune systems.
Passage of FDA Modernization Act 2.0 Clears the Way to Reduce Animal Testing
Endpoints News
Animal tissue doesn't always mimic human tissue preceisely, so developing invitro systems based on human cells and models could be more predictive of drug or therapy efficacy.
Xenograft Gains Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Status
FDAnews
Creating xenografts from live porcine skin tissue is the first non-autologus tissue to secure FDA’s Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Positive PPDs and mTB Screening: When should you worry? (Individual)
Join AATB and Dr. Rebecca Free, Medical Officer at the CDC Office of Blood, Organ, and Other Tissue Safety, on January 18 as we delve into two specific instances of infectious disease transmission from donor to recipient through blood product transfusion, solid organ transplantation, and tissue implantation.
HPV and Birth Tissue Donor Screening (Individual)
Dr. Anna McDonald and Anna Tirrell, from Birth Tissue Recovery, LLC, join AATB on January 25 for a presentation discussing the process of placental pathologic examination and the implications of genitourinary-related infectious diseases (GC/CL, HSV, HPV) as they relate to birth tissue donation.
Birth Tissue Donor Services
JOBS
Implant Direct Biologics Sales Solutions Specialist (Western United States) | Implant Direct
Thousand Oaks, California: The Biologics Solutions Specialist is responsible for achieving and exceeding sales goals to grow Implant Directs' biomaterials revenue through selling directly to clinicians and dental office staff. Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, this role will cover multiple sales regions in Western North America.
Supervisor, Tissue Services | Southwest Transplant Alliance
Dallas, Texas: General Statement (Summary of duties & responsibilities): The Supervisor of Tissue Recovery is responsible for the day-to-day activities of tissue recovery staff and ensures all aspect of the tissue recovery process are in compliance with STA policies and procedures, the standards and regulations as outlined by the FDA and AATB.
Donor Records Specialist | Pinnacle Transplant Technologies
Nationwide: People who thrive on working for a growth company and want to make their mark on an organization will want to read about this opportunity. Established in 2010, Pinnacle Transplant Technologies is a multi-service tissue bank committed to honoring the gift of donation and improving patient's quality of life through the processing and distribution of high-quality allograft implants.