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NIH Director Nominee Francis Collins, MD, PhD Many are applauding President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Francis Collins as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, and I join ...
View ArticleTechnology Brings Global TV Interview Closer to Home: Skype™ Saves the Day
The ever-changing world of technology is giving new meaning to the old adage, “It’s a small world after all.” We recently learned how versatile SkypeTM can be for conducting international ...
View ArticleThe Dr. Oz Show To Bring Mass Exposure To Rare Disease
Yesterday, we accompanied our pro bono client, The Progeria Research Foundation (PRF), to a taping of The Dr. Oz Show at NBC Studios in New York. You know, 30 Rock. ...
View ArticleA Race Against Time: Finding a Treatment for Progeria
This week, Lauran Neergaard (AP) reported on a topic near and dear to our hearts: the fight to find – and fund – treatments for rare diseases. Our client, The ...
View Article“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –...
Yesterday I was browsing Popular Science and found an interesting article, Science Confirms the Obvious: Rejection Can Make You More Creative. The article discussed new research being conducted by a ...
View ArticleInspiring HBO documentary about Spectrum client Sam Berns will soon move...
How often does a PR firm get to see a client’s courage, brilliance and ingenuity come to life in a poignant documentary film, for the entire world to see? That ...
View ArticleSam Berns, 1996-2014
When I founded Spectrum in July 1996, I had no way of knowing that in October that same year a baby boy born to a Massachusetts couple would before too ...
View ArticleThe Reward is in the Risk
The other day I was thinking about risks: how frequently we take them, rewards that follow and their impact on the greater good. Working in the health industry, we hear ...
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