The Promise

GentiBio To Present Preclinical Data Demonstrating Technical Progress to Engineer Regulatory T Cells for the Prevention and Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GentiBio, Inc., a biotherapeutics company developing engineered T regulatory (Treg) cells (EngTregs) therapies for autoimmunity, autoinflammation and allergic diseases, today announced an upcoming presentation of preclinical data relating to the company's platform technology. The abstract, entitled "Finely Controlled IL-2 Signal in Engineered Human Tregs utilizing a Chemically Induced Signaling Complex (CISC)" will be presented at The Promise of IL-2 Conference in Paris, France on September 16, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • By way of background, Tregsare crucially important in addressing many diseases driven by uncontrolled autologous and allogeneic reactivity.
  • Further, interleukin-2 (IL-2) is the key cytokine for supporting Tregs homeostasis and its functional scarcity underpins many autoimmune diseases.
  • For Tregs therapeutics, IL-2 is essential to support in vivo Tregs stability, proliferation, and persistence, and hence, potency.
  • The company also has a collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb for the development of Treg therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.

In the wake of Uvalde shooting police departments nationwide vow to do no harm

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the looming issue of national police reform unsettled, communities around the nation seek viable approaches to eliminating police harm while protecting the communities they serve. In response, the 501 (c)(3) organization Police2Peace launched The Peace Officer Promise, the first community-based oath to address harm reduction by the police. Like the Hippocratic Oath physicians take to do no harm, The Peace Officer Promise is policing's answer to this issue. Hundreds of policing agencies from 45 states and DC already support The Peace Officer Promise.

Key Points: 
  • In response, the 501 (c)(3) organization Police2Peace launched The Peace Officer Promise, the first community-based oath to address harm reduction by the police.
  • Like the Hippocratic Oath physicians take to do no harm, The Peace Officer Promise is policing's answer to this issue.
  • "The Promise isn't just about harm reduction it's about the nobility of policing," said Jonathan Parham, Police Director of the Rahway Police Department in Rahway NJ.
  • Police2Peace is advancing the national framework of police officers as "Peace Officers" to address community dissatisfaction with the police and build public trust.

National Civil Rights Museum Adds Kerry Kennedy to Hybrid Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death on April 4

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

Memphis, TN, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, will join the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in a hybrid commemoration, Remembering MLK: The Man.

Key Points: 
  • Memphis, TN, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, will join the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in a hybrid commemoration, Remembering MLK: The Man.
  • Kerry Kennedy is President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  • The Museum invites a global audience to join this years commemoration, the 54th anniversary of Dr. King's death.
  • The NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, located at the historic Lorraine Motel where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from slavery to the present.

National Civil Rights Museum to Host a Hybrid Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death on April 4

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Museum invites the public to join in honoring Dr. King at this years Remembering MLK: The Man.

Key Points: 
  • The Museum invites the public to join in honoring Dr. King at this years Remembering MLK: The Man.
  • As with tradition, audio recordings of the civil rights leaders speeches will play in the courtyard throughout the day.
  • The NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, located at the historic Lorraine Motel where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from slavery to the present.
  • The Museum is steadfast in its mission to chronicle the American civil rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights.

Broadridge Collaborates with SLIB to Deliver Shareholder Rights Directive II Solution for French Market

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

This Broadridge-SLIB alliance will enable the distribution of meeting agendas for European shareholder meetings, as well as process and count votes from French shareholders in a seamless service, unique to the French market.

Key Points: 
  • This Broadridge-SLIB alliance will enable the distribution of meeting agendas for European shareholder meetings, as well as process and count votes from French shareholders in a seamless service, unique to the French market.
  • The Broadridge and SLIB solution will for the first time allow French retail intermediaries to offer proactive proxy voting services to shareholders where they can be notified of shareholder meetings for European companies and exercise voting rights seamlessly.
  • "This is a landmark initiative and brings together the leading provider of global proxy solutions in Broadridge, with our unique Votaccess platform, the electronic voting solution leader in the French market," said Philippe Cognet, CEO, SLIB.
  • "With deep expertise and robust investor communications governance models with the main banking actors, Broadridge represents an ideal partner to bring this innovative solution to market."

A Mother's Dying Wish - A Daughter's Heartfelt Promise - Daughter Gives Her Dying Mother Her Wish and Gets Her Writings Published

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pauli Rose Libsohn made a promise to her mother before she died to get her writings published and she has delivered five times on that promise.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pauli Rose Libsohn made a promise to her mother before she died to get her writings published and she has delivered five times on that promise.
  • In her new book, What is Love, Pauli Rose Libsohn chronicles her parents 60 year love affair, the secret writings that made that love so strong, and the promise to tell the world their story.
  • The story behind What is Love had its beginnings in the 1930's at the beach in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY.
  • It tells a captivating tale of emotions, desire, and a bond never broken between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, and a promise kept by a daughter.