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Osiris
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Osiris in Egyptian mythology, a god originally connected with fertility, husband of Isis and father of Horus. He is known chiefly through the story of his death at the hands of his brother Seth and his subsequent restoration to a new life as ruler of the afterlife. Under Ptolemy I his cult was combined with that of Apis to produce the cult of Serapis.
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Osiris Teams Up With Consolidated Skateboards for the Drunk.
PR Newswire; 10/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...based skate/surf lifestyle brand, Osiris (http://www.osirisshoes.com...Wilson, Executive Vice President for Osiris, adds, "If they can make skate shoes...Can't we all have a little fun?" Osiris will be the first in a series of core...
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Osiris Therapeutics Receives $8 Million Financing for Stem Cell Research and Production Expansion.
PR Newswire; 10/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that...trust, in which Alexandria purchased Osiris' research laboratories and pilot GMP...owners. As part of the transaction, Osiris received $8 million in guaranteed financing...
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Osiris Completes Enrollment in Second Prochymal Phase III Trial for Graft vs. Host Disease.
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 5/7/2009; 700+ words
; Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR) announced...the United States, Canada and Australia. Osiris has now completed enrollment in two pivotal...studies in the second half of 2009 (see also Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.). Additionally...
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Osiris Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results.(Financial report)
Newspaper article from: Clinical Trials Week; 11/17/2008; 700+ words
; Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR...for the third quarter of 2008 (see also Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.). Highlights and...President and Chief Executive Officer of Osiris. "As the commercial launch of Prochymal...
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Major Shareholders of Osiris Therapeutics Elect to Extend Lock-up Agreement.
Business Wire; 9/20/2007; 700+ words
; Osiris Therapeutics to Present at the 2007 UBS...Sciences Conference COLUMBIA, Md. -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR...Chairman of the Board of Directors of Osiris, and certain entities with which he is...
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Bureau van Dijk Premieres OSIRIS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the first glimpse of its new product, OSIRIS, billed as a fully integrated public...analytical information solution. The OSIRIS database covers over 90 countries and...academic community. The information in OSIRIS is pulled from several sources and then...
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Osiris Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results.(Financial report)
Business Wire; 5/14/2007; 700+ words
; BALTIMORE -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR...facility expansion for Osteocel([R]) "Osiris continues to execute its mission to develop...Mills, Ph.D., President and CEO of Osiris. "During 2007, we have the opportunity...
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Osiris Discontinues Enrollment in Crohn's Study Due to Concerns with Trial Design.
Business Wire; 3/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...factor in decision COLUMBIA, Md. -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR...Mills, Ph.D. President and CEO of Osiris Therapeutics said, "We had a situation...We fully agree with the decision by Osiris to end enrollment in this trial due to...
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Osiris Stem Cell Funding Totals $70 Million for 2005; Additional $19 Million in Private Equity Concludes a Successful Year of Stem Cell Development.
Business Wire; 12/21/2005; 700+ words
; BALTIMORE -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has closed...financing round is the capstone to a successful year for Osiris," said C. Randal Mills, PhD, President and CEO of Osiris. "Our mission is to bring this remarkable stem...
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Osiris Therapeutics Completes License and Research Agreement with Northwestern University for a Novel Cartilage-Forming Molecule
PR Newswire; 11/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. has entered into...formation of cartilage. The agreement grants Osiris an exclusive worldwide license to patentable...diagnostic products that are commercialized by Osiris. Dr. Arthur Veis, Professor of Biochemistry...
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Isis and Osiris
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Isis and Osiris: see DYING AND RISING GODS .
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Osiris
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Osiris One of the most important deities of ancient Egypt, Osiris was god of the underworld and judge of the dead. He...represented the idea of renewal and rebirth in the afterlife. Osiris appears in many Egyptian myths and legends, and his...
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Isis
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...Isis was the sister and wife of the god Osiris*. Together these two deities played a...sister and brothers were Nephthys, Set, and Osiris. These six deities—Geb, Nut, Isis, Osiris, Set, and Nephthys—belonged...
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Ancient Egypt and the Afterlife
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...were a highly moral people. The gods Osiris and Isis were exalted as the ideal father...c. 2000 b.c.e.,) the story of Osiris became a kind of gospel of righteousness...rituals would be entitled to follow the god Osiris into the afterlife. The cult of Osiris...
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Demonology
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...such a pair can be found in ancient Egypt in Osiris and his demonic brother Seth. Osiris and Seth Dating from Old Kingdom times (2700...Egyptian mythological texts as brothers. While Osiris — together with his sister/wife Isis...
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