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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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New drug reverses diabetes in mice, boosting insulin-making cells by 700%

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Scientists from Mount Sinai Health System in New York City and the Los Angeles-based City of Hope, a research center for diabetes and one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the US, have demonstrated a combination treatment that can increase human insulin-producing beta cells in vivo for.

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Fundwriter.ai 101 – Can A Robot Write Better Than You?

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Inputs: Organization : Los Angeles Cancer Center (LACC) Mission : Our mission is to serve as a regional destination for oncology services that ranks with the best major treatment centers to ensure we deliver superior care to our patients. He didn't know he'd be diagnosed with brain cancer just five months later.

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How to Show Visual Impact on Your Online Donation Forms

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Let’s look at some examples: Minds Matter of Los Angeles. Minds Matter of Los Angeles added a background image of the students that benefit from their programs. Let’s look at some examples: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance. That said, don’t draw too much attention from your donation form.

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Remento, a storytelling app for preserving family stories, raises $3M and debuts its iOS app

TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based company is also launching its iOS app today after beta testing it for a year. Remento was founded in 2020 by Charlie Greene, who came up with the idea for the company after filming a series of interviews with his mother shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.

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Recycling robotics firm Glacier emerges from stealth with $4.5M

TechCrunch

More recently, it launched its first commercial system at a facility in Los Angeles. “Our team has developed and deployed self-driving excavators and forklifts, extraterrestrial mining robots, humanoid disaster response robots and AI models to detect prostate cancer. Founded in 2019, Glacier has run a number of pilots.

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Using Data to Improve Health Policies and Outcomes

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The data you display, the types of visualizations you show, and the complexity of the visualizations you’re working with will vary greatly depending on what your goal is—whether it’s to improve health outcomes for low-income citizens, increase cancer screening, or educate policymakers.

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