• Community Forum The Challenges of Health Care in Maine

    Orono High School Performing Arts Center Orono, ME, United States

    Are you concerned about: Hospital closures? Loss of primary care/specialists? Understanding Medicare/Medicaid? This nonpartisan forum will address these topics and more. Bring your questions! Speakers: Erin Oberson RN, Maine State Nurses Association Jim Jarvis MD, President-Elect Maine Medical Association Steven Michaud, President of Maine Hospital Association Lori Dwyer, CEO and President of Penobscot Community Healthcare […]

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  • The Prophages of Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Their Role in Intrinsic Drug Resistance

    Orono High School Performing Arts Center Orono, ME, United States

    Speaker: Sally D. Molloy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genomics, The University of Maine Honors College, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences About the seminar: Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients with a treatment success rate of only 45%, and is considered one of the most drug-resistant mycobacteria. Resistant isolates commonly display increased expression of intrinsic antibiotic resistance […]

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