Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to The Wistar Institute web site. The Wistar Institute provides this web site to you on the terms and conditions described below. By accessing and using material on the web site, you agree to accept these terms and conditions:

1. No Provision of Medical Advice.

The Wistar Institute's web site contains information on the medical research being conducted by its scientists to understand and treat human diseases. This research is experimental in nature; the diagnostics, drugs and other therapies being studied by Institute researchers are not approved for diagnosis or treatment of any disease. The information contained on the web site does not constitute medical advice, and should not be relied on when making medical or health care decisions.

2. Links to Other Sites

The Wistar Institute may provide links to other web sites for your convenience in locating additional information on medical research. You should be aware that The Wistar Institute does not control these other web sites, and does not endorse their content, products, policies or services. Once you leave The Wistar Institute's web site to link to a new site, you will become subject to the terms and conditions of that site. The Wistar Institute is not responsible or liable for any damages or losses that you may incur as a consequence of your use of or reliance on the content of any site that you access in this manner.

3. Proprietary Rights

This web site is the property of The Wistar Institute and is protected under applicable intellectual property laws. You may not copy, distribute, display or make derivative works from the images, text or "look and feel" of the site without the express written permission of The Wistar Institute.

4. Copyright Infringement Policy

The Wistar Institute is committed to complying with copyright and related laws, and expects those who use this web site or other online services of the Institute (including employees, students and third parties) to comply with such laws as well. Using this site or other online services of the Institute to transmit any content (e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) or to engage in any activity that infringes any copyright or other right of a third party violates Institute policy. You represent and warrant to The Wistar Institute (a) that you own, or are otherwise lawfully authorized to use, any content that you transmit to or through this web site or the Institute's other online services; and (b) that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You agree to indemnify The Wistar Institute for all claims resulting from content that you supply. You agree that The Wistar Institute, in its sole discretion and for any reason, may terminate part or all of your access to this web site or the Institute's other online services and delete any content transmitted to or through these medium. You agree that The Wistar Institute may terminate your access to the Institute's online services at any time and without prior notice.

5. Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied on The Wistar Institute's site, systems or network in a way that constitutes infringement under federal copyright laws, please provide the following information to The Wistar Institute's Designated Agent for receipt of notification of claimed infringement (to ensure that your notification complies with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

a. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

b. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

c. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

d. Your address, telephone number and e-mail address;

e. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;

f. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

The Wistar Institute's Designated Agent can be contacted at:

By mail: Mr. Raymond Preis, Director of Information Services
The Wistar Institute
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

By telephone: 215/898-3787
By facsimile: 215/898-0709
By e-mail: preis@wistar.upenn.edu
6. Disclaimer of Warranties

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEB SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (iv) ANY ERRORS IN THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

7. Limitation of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE WISTAR INSTITUTE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE WISTAR INSTITUTE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONTACT WITH ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTION 6 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

8. Miscellaneous

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and The Wistar Institute with respect to your use of this web site. These terms and conditions, and your relationship with The Wistar Institute, shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to choice of laws.