Biotech Law Weekly

National Taiwan University - Hemochromatosis gene mutations worsen liver disease in viral hepatitis patients

National Taiwan University Hospital - The new peptide S7 opposes angiogenesis and tumor growth

Natl. Hosp. for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London - Lymphocyte contamination of laryngoscopes poses transmission risk

Natl. Inst. for Longevity Sciences, Japan - Vaccine research earns researchers recognition

Nephrology Zentrum Emsland, Lingen - Findings describe new data in transplant medicine research

Nevada Cancer Institute - Cancer institute announces new hires

New Haifa Teaching Hospital - Studies add new findings to malaria body of knowledge

New York University - Brain injury studied, nature of rapid microglial response defined

New York University School of Medicine - Gene expression studies clarify leiomyoma development

New York University School of Medicine - Transvaginal transducer simplifies evaluation

Ninewells Hospital, Dundee - Capnography use in tracheal tube placement evaluated in UK PICUs

Noguchi Thyroid Clinic & Hospital Foundation, Oita - Thyroid evaluated in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism via US

Northwestern University - Neuroblastoma cells studied, neuronal nitric oxide synthase regulation defined

Novartis - Pharma company signs license agreement with Arrow Therapuetics

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. - Healthcare real estate company announces new investments totaling $59 million

Oncolytics Biotech, Inc. - Researchers investigate reovirus-based therapy in battle against cancer

Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit - Novel light microscopy approach facilitates stereological analysis

Open Biosystems, Inc. - Biosystems company to distribute shRNA libraries

Optimer Performance Fibers - New technology helps relieve night sweats

Oragenics, Inc. - Biotech company names new interim chief executive officer

Oregon Health & Science University - Endogenous ephrins control retinal neovascularization

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland - Grief resolution is compared in pregnancy termination

Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc. - FDA approves new indication for Topamax as initial monotherapy

Osped Clinicizzato SS Annunziata, Chieti - New research in the area of cardiology detailed

PAREXEL International Corporation - Biopharmaceutical outsourcing organization provides financial guidance

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. - EMEA grants orphan drug designation to PTC124

PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. - Health plans announce merger agreement

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - High density whole genome scan of single nucleotide polymorphisms initiated

Pfizer Inc. - Recent findings illuminate research in lipoproteins

Pharmos Corporation - Clinical program to commercialize NanoEmulsion drug delivery announced

Postgrad Inst. of Med. Research, Chandigarh - Cost of ambulatory care of diabetes in north India reported

Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk - Hyperoxia examined, transient oxidative stress and enzymatic adaptation noted

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company awarded patent for toxic agent reducing method

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Consumer products company and Novartis enter into agreement for Enablex

Public Health Agency Canada, Winnipeg - Research in SARS provides new insights

Radboud University, Netherlands - Quality measures need to be field-tested

Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford - Researchers' data advance hormone replacement therapy research

Rice University, Houston - Nanophotonics lab gets $3 million training grant

Rice University, Houston - Speed and endurance are doled out by the pound

Roche - Weight loss medicine gains European approval for use in young people

Schering-Plough Corp. - U.S. FDA approves moxifloxacin HCl therapy for complicated skin infections

Second University of Naples - Nuclear transcription factor plays role in beta-cell apoptosis

Second University of Naples - Probiotic VSL#3 staunches liver dysfunction in liver disease patients

Seoul National University - IFN-gamma assay better than tuberculin skin test for TB diagnosis

Seoul National University - Oligopeptide-cleaving catalysts synthesized

Seoul National University College of Medicine - Rare location of subungual schwannoma discovered

Serologicals Corp. - Celliance offers Australian-sourced Probumin Plus Albumin

Serologicals Corporation - University of Padova, Italy's Sirio Dupont wins 2005 Young Cell Signaller Award

Southampton General Hospital, Hants - VEGF gene polymorphism correlates with atherosclerosis severity

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Trial of satraplatin and docetaxel in patients with solid tumors begun

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - John P. Moses named CEO of children's research hospital fund-raising arm, ALSAC

St. Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille - Standard versus extended two-field mediastinal lymphadenectomy compared

StayinFront, Inc. - Duramed Pharmaceuticals selects integrated CRM solution

Sunderland Royal Hospital, Durham, U.K. - Recent findings in obstetric anesthesia provide new insights

Suzuka University of Medical Science - Atrophied soleus muscle examined, induction of capillary regression shown

Sysmex America, Inc. - Laboratory systems company announces urinalysis product agreement with Novation

TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. - New drug suppresses menstruation

TB Research Center ICMR, Tamil Nadu - Preventive TB therapy in HIV-infected persons can impact morbidity & mortality

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital company names Steven W. Ortquist VP of ethics and compliance efforts

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries - U.S. FDA grants final approval of generic drug for major depressive disorder

Texas Tech University - Model of blood-brain barrier choline transporter evaluated

The Hospital & Healthsystem Assoc. of Pennsylvania - Public opinion survey finds public attitude on Medicaid is positive

The Next phase Publishing, Inc. - Online service features cardiovascular market research

Tiens Biotech Group U.S.A, Inc. - Biotechnology company added to Halter U.S.X China Index of U.S. listed companies

Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai - Status of progesterone receptor subtype expression was associated with gender

Tokyo Medical and Dental University - Aquaporin channel examined, binding of multiprotein "motor" complex revealed

Tufts University, Boston - Chronic ethanol consumption may contribute to development of restenosis

Tufts University, Boston - Infantile dilated cardiomyopathy is associated with abnormal taurine metabolism

U.K. National Institute Med Research, London - Rv3676 gene implicated in reactivation of dormant M. tuberculosis infections

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -  Chlamydia and Mycoplasma in pneumonia diagnoses determined

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - MIF expression in P. falciparum-infected placentas characterized

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Method to quantify phenolic metabolites in urine developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Non-work-related finger amputations in U.S. in 2001-2002 reviewed

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Topotecan arrests the manufacture of angiogenic protein in neuroblastoma

U.S. National Institutes of Health - American practices of paying research subjects characterized

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Porcine rotavirus-based human rotavirus candidate vaccines constructed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Research add new data to HIV/AIDS pathogenesis body of knowledge

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Yield of merozoite surface protein 3 from Pichia pastoris improved

U.S. Spine - Developer of spinal implant technology raises over $4 million in private funding

Umea University - Docking protein p130Cas is prominent regulator of cell adhesion by Yersinia

Univ of the Witwatersrand Med School, Johannesburg - Response to phosphodiesterase inhibitors may be preserved in cardiac hypertrophy

Univ. of California, Davis - Naturally occurring asbestos linked to lung cancer

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Major heart failure quality of care variations found in U.S. hospitals

Univ. of California, San Diego - "Golden armor" offers new way to fight resistant staph infections

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Patient navigation addresses barriers to care but needs standardization

Univ. of Manchester. U.K. - Research uncovers secret sex life of killer fungus

Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Researchers find molecule that inhibits regrowth of spinal nerve cells

Universidad Nacional de Cordoba - Oral OVA/CpG-ODN induces specific mucosal and systemic immune responses

Universita di Roma La Sapienza - 3,5,3'-Triiodo-L-thyronine promotes beta-cell-like phenotype

University College London - Prion protein analyzed, expression in the megakaryocyte lineage determined

University Hospital Center of Groningen - Life expectancy in differentiated thyroid cancer estimated

University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege - Strain rate imaging quantifies regional myocardial function

University Hospital, Graz - Study determined factors associated with RSV infection risk in preterm infants

University Medical Center of Utrecht - Tumor suppression by von Hippel-Lindau protein required phosphorylation

University Milano-Bicocca, Monza - New findings in the area of cardiology detailed

University of Alabama - Study finds subcutaneous drain does not prevent wound complications

University of Bern - Novel technique developed for visual field function assessment

University of Bristol - Negative self-schema is found to be a risk factor for depression

University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Nitric Oxide modulates T cell adhesion to brain microvessels

University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Podocalyxin is a CD34-related marker of HSCs and embryonic erythroid cells

University of California Spine Center - California physician performs first axial lumbar interbody fusion surgery

University of California, San Diego - Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis modeled, effect of HSP70 clarified

University of California, San Diego - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

University of California, San Francisco - Efficacy of endorectal ultrasound in managing malignant rectal polyps evaluated

University of Chicago - Bacterial-colonized epithelial cells studied, pathway crosstalk revealed

University of Colorado - Impact of vaccine shortages on provider use of pneumococcal vaccines examined

University of Colorado - Risk factors for latent tuberculosis in Mexican American children outlined

University of Copenhagen - Study links coping with infertility to occupational social class

University of Edinburgh - Alternative explanations for Scottish rates of IHD must be considered

University of Edinburgh - Being smart doesn't guarantee happiness in old age

University of Florida - Researchers describe findings in diabetes therapy studies

University of Frankfurt - New research in the area of transplant medicine detailed

University of Frankfurt Klinikum - Abacavir + efavirenz effective PI alternative in heavily pretreated HIV patients

University of Freiburg - P53 tumor suppressor gene polymorphism is associated with recurrent miscarriages

University of Glasgow - Vector developed as adjuvant for DNA vaccine against feline leukemia virus

University of Heidelberg - Protein sorting examined, yeast SEC18/nsf-independent pathway defined

University of Heidelberg - Soluble VEGF receptor gene therapy abates liver tumor growth

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City - Changes in RV ECG indices were not correlated with changes in NYHA class

University of Laval, Quebec City - Research add new data to virology body of knowledge

University of Massachusetts - HIV gp120 immunogenicity enhanced when combined with recombinant DNA priming

University of Miami - Desire to stop drinking could be more important than therapy

University of Miami - New findings in the area of transplant medicine described

University of Michigan - hs-CRP evaluation be useful test during primary CV disease prevention

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Organ origin and other factors shape the genetics of ovarian cancer

University of Missouri, Columbia - Hindlimb unloading in rats reduces peripheral NO and cardiac tone

University of Montreal - Scaling properties of epidemics before and after mass vaccination presented

University of Murcia - Protection by Chlamydophila abortus vaccines affected by vaccine components

University of New South Wales - Different educational resources for men about prostate cancer screening assessed

University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst - Intermittent HAART may reduce incidence or slow development of lipoatrophy

University of New South Wales, Sydney - TDF-3TC-d4T most tolerated regimen for nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis

University of North Carolina - Active transportation, exercise, and weight examined in young adults

University of Ottawa - Findings advance knowledge in imaging research

University of Padua - Skin disorders occurred later in recipients of transplants in childhood

University of Pavia - CV risk calculators may lead to different results for the same person

University of Rochester - Recent studies add new data to obstetrics research

University of Rochester Medical Center - Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty effective

University of Rome La Sapienza - Ultrasound contrast agents pass through pulmonary circulation during ventilation

University of Sao Paulo - Study examined ventricular tachycardia in patients with Chagas disease

University of Sydney - Using a mobile phone when driving quadruples crash risk, hands-free no safer

University of Texas Health Center, Tyler - CREB positively regulates IFN-gamma production by T cells that respond to MTB

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Ethnic differences govern survival after intrahepatic shunt placement

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Hepatitis B vaccine raises antibody in HIV-infected hemodialysis patients

University of Texas, Galveston - T-lymphocyte apoptosis examined, non-interleukin-2-dependent induction revealed

University of Tokyo - Researchers' work adds to diabetic nephropathy body of knowledge

University of Toronto - Mucosal nutrient adaptation examined, role of glucagon-like peptide-2 revealed

University of Toronto - Posttransplant hypertension studied, role of dietary salt intake clarified

University of Tubingen Hospital - Accuracy of image-guided implant socket drilling evaluated

University of Turku - Program was effective in reducing depressive symptoms among male CHD patients

University of Ulm - Dendritic cells AML blasts maintain expression of leukemia antigens

University of Washington School of Medicine - Secondary inclusions may enable chlamydiae to maintain infection

University of the Basque Country, Vizcaya - Biological activity flourishes despite apoptotic induction in stem cells

VNU.S. Medical Technologies, Inc. - Television ad campaign directed at patients with varicose veins

Valeant Pharmaceuticals - Redesigned migraine drug delivery system introduced at headache society meeting

Vertebron Inc. - Pedicle screw system for spinal procedures used in over 300 surgeries

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington - Left-sided pleural effusion is not indication for clinical or imaging evaluation

Viragen, Inc. - U.K. investment firm reiterates buy recommendation on pharmaceuticals company

Walgreen Co. - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island expands prescription drug coverage

Wallaceville Animal Research Center - Mycobacterial protein improves M. bovis BCG vaccine protection

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Outer membrane vesicles from N. meningitidis lpxl mutants characterized

Walter Reed Medical Center, Atlanta - Recent findings in atherosclerosis described

William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso - Surgical implications of the meandering mesenteric artery reported

Women's & Infants Hospital of RI, Providence - Antepartum surgery is indicated for malignant adnexal masses

Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu - Ischemic brain injury studied, nature of neuroprotective effects clarified

YRG CARE, Tamil Nadu - Low-cost assays can monitor HAART patients in developing countries

Zevex International, Inc. - Silver Award for Excellence in Design given for enteral feeding pump

bioMerieux SA - Genes involved in tumor progression identified