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Biotech Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 8th, 2006
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Biotech Week | Other Publications

Athersys, Inc. - Stem cell transplants improve recovery in animal models for stroke, cerebral palsy

Battelle - Bioscience industry fuels jobs and growth for states

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Inhibition of histone deacetylation may provide valuable approach for lung cancer therapy

New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission - New Jersey making strong gains as a biotechnology leader, new study shows

University of Hamburg - BH4 is a potential therapy for erectile dysfunction

4SC AG - 4SC, Institute of Molecular Virology sign pact to develop influenza therapies

AGA Medical Corp. - AGA Medical, University of Minnesota Medical School establish radiology chair

AMDL, Inc. - AMDL closes private offering of shares and warrants

Aarhus University Hospital - Beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers are associated with reduced fracture risk

Aarhus University Hospital - New findings from Denmark, the the Netherlands and Belgium in the area of melanoma described

Abbott - Myriad and Abbott enter broad discovery collaboration to identify novel therapeutic targets

Ablynx - Ablynx, Procter & Gamble extend Nanobody agreement

Acacia Research Corporation - CombiMatrix and Texas A&M University receive grant, focus is DNA hybridization on microarrays

Acacia Research Corporation - CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics establishes facility in Toronto

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam - Post-term pregnancy incidence may be reduced by membrane sweeping at 41 weeks

Accentia BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. - Accentia, Exaeris sign copromotion agreement for MD Turbo

Accentia BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Fast Track status for SinuNase

Acrux - Acrux appoints director of project management

Actelion Ltd - Actelion recruits for studies of sickle cell disease, pulmonary hypertension

Actelion Pharmaceutical - New data from Switzerland and the United States lluminates research in diabetes

Active Implants Corp. - Active Implants begins trial of hip implant

Acusphere, Inc. - Acusphere prices common stock and warrant offering

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in obesity research

Adelphi University, Garden City - Bifenthrin exposure can increase risk and frequency of inflammatory responses, diseases

Adherex Technologies, Inc. - Adherex executes trial agreement for ADH-1 with the U.S. National Cancer Institute

Adnan Menderes University of Hastanesi, Aydin - Haemophilus influenzae cefotaxime resistance involves altered binding proteins

Advanced Medical Institute, Inc. - Advanced Medical subsidiary gets approval for human nebulizer testing

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc - Advanced Medical Solutions Group appoints new board member

Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Adventrx signs definitive merger agreement with SD Pharmaceuticals

AerovectRx, Corp. - AerovectRx receives U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for nebulizer drug delivery system

Aethlon Medical, Inc. - Aethlon Medical submits Avian influenza treatment grant application

Affitech AS - Affitech raises NOK 86 million in private placement

Affymax, Inc. - Affymax begins clinical trial of Hematide to treat anemia in patients with aplasia

Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Companies leverage Singapore's research complex infrastructure to reduce costs and time-to-market

Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Singapore attracts three scientists to spur translational and clinical research efforts

Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Singapore budgets US$8 billion over next 5 years to expand research, development efforts

Aichi Cancer Center - Acute promyelocytic leukemia not linked to chromosomal imbalances

Aichi Medical University - Endoscope-assisted minilaparotomic radical retropubic prostatectomy is safe and effective

Alaska Department of Health & Social Services - Multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef at school potluck

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Biofilm formation may diminish antifungal efficacy during cryptococcal infection

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Diabetes-related myocardial infarction is increasing in New York City

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - H2-D^b molecule analysis shows other mechanisms involved in beta2m/type 1 diabetes relation

Aldagen, Inc. - Aldagen IND for stem cell trial to treat critical limb ischemia is cleared by U.S. FDA

Alexandroupolis Democritus University of Thrace - First onset atrial fibrillation is linked to elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

Alfred Hospital, Prahran - Researchers' findings from Australia, Brazil and the United States advance HIV/AIDS research

All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Reports from India, the United States and Sweden add new data to diabetes research

All India Institute of Medical Sciences - TB cure rate and drug compliance increase when physicians are involved in control program

Allergan, Inc. - Allergan completes note offerings, redeems convertible notes due 2022

Allergy Research Group, Inc. - Allergy Research Group reports 5% increase in revenue

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alnylam to collaborate with U.S. Army on RNAi therapeutics for biodefense threats

AlphaRx, Inc. - AlphaRx, Proprius Pharmaceuticals sign license deal for Indaflex

Alphatec Spine, Inc. - Alphatec Spine names Trent J. Northcutt as VP of sales

Amarin Corp. plc - Amarin completes $4.2M financing

American Academy of Neurology - Rasheda Ali-Walsh & American Academy of Neurology spread word on Parkinson

American Academy of Neurology - Scientific highlights presented at the American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Orthopedic surgeons offer tips to prevent injuries at home

American College of Chest Physicians - Children whose parents snore are three times more likely to snore, study shows

American Optometric Association - Federal agencies investigate soft contact lens use, solution as cause of serious eye fungus

American Peptide Company - American Peptide signs manufacturing supply deal with Affymax

American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. - American Pharmaceutical Partners receives U.S. FDA approval for Mitoxantrone

American Psychological Association - Chronic exposure to stress hormone causes anxiety and depression in mice

American Thoracic Society - Endurance walking test distances improve significantly for COPD patients after breathing Heliox 28

Amgen, Inc. - New findings in cancer treatment described from the United States

Amicus Therapeutics - Amicus Therapeutics announces European regulatory status on Amigal for Fabry disease

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Anadys Pharmaceuticals appoints Robert Schooley to board

Andalucía Investiga - Researchers of the UGR analyze tumors in depth using mathematical equations

AngioScore, Inc. - AngioScore completes $30M financing to fund U.S. product launch

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Angiotech presents positive Adhibit data

Antenne IRD, Bobo Diolasso - Research from the Burkina Faso and United States add new data to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

Antipodean Pharmaceuticals - Antipodean Pharmaceuticals establishes San Francisco headquarters

Antoni van Leeuwnhoek Hospital, Amsterdam - Researchers from Netherlands; k, United Kingdom and fmeric@mdanderson report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute - Late luminal loss may be unreliable predictor of clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents

ArQule, Inc. - ArQule announces management and board changes

Arizona State University - New findings from the United States, 13110 and Scotland in the area of insulin detailed

Array BioPharma, Inc. - Array BioPharma achieves milestone for selection of third compound for anticancer program

Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton - Postoperative arrhythmias are common in colorectal surgical patients

Arrowhead Research Corp. - Arrowhead granted patent covering a new approach to targeted therapeutics

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. - Asahi Glass to expand facility for recombinant protein for biopharmaceuticals

Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido - Ovarian cancer invasion suppressed by overexpressed HOX genes

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. - AspenBio Pharma closes $1,428,000 private placement

Astellas Pharma Inc. - Astellas submits marketing application to EMEA for candin antifungal agent micafungin

AstraZeneca - Thiazoloquinazolines found to be selective Aurora A and B kinase inhibitors

Athenagen, Inc. - Athenagen acquires Osprey Pharmaceutical Company

Athens General Hospital - In patients with non-ST elevation MI, C-reactive protein has limited predictive value

Athens University Medical School - QTd interval is linked to cardiac mortality and is similar between types 1 and 2 diabetes

Athens University Medical School - Studies from Greece and Italy add new findings to transplants body of knowledge

AtriCure, Inc. - AtriCure appoints Gene R. McGrevin to its board of directors

Atrium Medical Corp. - Atrium Medical receives U.S. FDA approval for C-QUR coated mesh

Attikon University Hospital, Athens - Pulmonary toxicity linked to novel antineoplastic agents

Auckland University of Technology - Bradykinin B-2 receptors may be a target in diabetic nephropathy

Aureus Pharma - Aureus Pharma licenses Aurscope GPCR to Serono

Australian National University - Vaccine efficacy measures should take disease transmission into account

Australian Stem Cell Centre, Melbourne - Australian Stem Cell Centre, Monash University sign agreement with UCSD

Avantium Technologies - Avantrium announces strategic collaboration with BP

Axis-Shield - Axis-Shield's Afinion wins medical design award

B. Braun Medical Inc. - Technology firm Moog to continue relationship with Curlin infusion pump company B. Braun

BD Technologies - Recent studies from the United States add new data to anthrax research

BSD Medical Corp. - Scientists observe that hyperthermia is the most potent radiation sensitizer known

Baxter Healthcare Corp. - Baxter launches grant program to promote advancement in treatment of kidney disease

Baxter Vaccines - Research from Austria, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China in SARS provides new insights

Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc. - Bayhill doses patients with multiple sclerosis in phase II trial, raises $15.8M

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Physical disabilities in women are often complicated by secondary conditions

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Regulatory T cells and Toll-like receptors in tumor immunity reviewed

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - T-cell therapy for adenovirus infection post-transplantation has advantages, limitations.

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas - New research from Denmark and the United States in the area of transplants detailed

Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology - Anthrax protective antigen 2 beta(2)-2 beta(3) loop has dominant neutralizing epitope

Bellevue Hospital Center, New York - HIV infection associated with syphilis but does not affect treatment success

Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. - Bedford Laboratories begins shipping Mitoxantrone

Best Practices, LLC - Best Practices publishes benchmarking report focused on mergers and acquisitions

Best Practices, LLC - Best Practices releases study examining pharma product relaunch

Best Practices, LLC - Pharmaceutical marketers need web presence, focus on growth drivers, Best Practices reports

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston - T-cell apoptosis is enhanced by co-culture with hepatocytes expressing HCV structural proteins

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Proper vascular development depends on calponin production

Bhabha Atom Research Center, Bombay - Reports from India, Iran and Australia describe recent advances in apoptosis research

BiOMaDe Technology Foundation - Researchers from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sweden report recent findings in vaccines

BioCurex, Inc. - BioCurex blood test detects very early stages of breast cancer with high specificity

BioE, Inc. - BioE appoints VP of finance and accounting

BioGaia - BioGaia signs sales agreement in France

BioLineRx, Ltd. - BioLineRx initiates phase I trials of BL-1020 for the treatment of schizophrenia

BioLok International, Inc. - BioLok reports 40% revenue increase for fiscal year 2006 ending October 31

BioProgress plc - BioProgress retains Roth Capital Partners as U.S. financial adviser

BioRx - BioRx introduces program for hemophilia patients with inhibitors

BioTime, Inc. - BioTime signs license agreement for China and Taiwan

Biofield Corp. - Biofield undergoes a change in control

Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc. - Bioject receives opinion on business status

Biolex Therapeutics - Biolex Therapeutics expands Medarex collaboration

Biomet, Inc. - Biomet retains Morgan Stanley to improve shareholder value

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Biophan appoints Stephen H. Curry as president of Nanolution division

Biota Holdings Limited - Biota appoints VP of business development

Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO presents James D. Watson Helix Awards to Genentech, Alnylam and Novo Nordisk

Biotronik, Inc. - Biotronik announces U.S. FDA approval, first implant of the Linox SD lead

Biovail Corp. - Biovail launches Wellbutrin XL to Canadian physicians

Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - Biomechanics providing insight for medical practice and innovations

Boehringer Ingelheim - Boehringer Ingelheim's Sifrol/ Mirapexin treats restless legs syndrome

Boston Life Sciences, Inc. - Boston Life Sciences complies with NASDAQ rule regarding recently filed 10-K

Boston University - C/EBP alpha activation during adipogenesis requires PPARgamma and C/ebp alpha gene promoter

Bostwick Laboratories, Inc. - New selenium test for prostate health now available from Bostwick Laboratories

Brennen Medical, Inc. - Brennen Medical announces glucan hernia sale to Genzyme

Bretonneau Hospital, Tours - Focal nodular hyperplasia diagnosed by quantitative parametric analysis

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Risk of sudden cardiac death in women may be reduced by regular physical exercise

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Studies from the United States and Canada advance knowledge in heart disease research

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Findings from the United Kingdom, Brazil and Italy in obesity provide new insights

Bristol Royal Infirmary & General Hospital - New findings from the United Kingdom, Italy and United States in the area of prognostics described

Bristol-Myers Squibb - $6M grants support the advance of biomedical research

British Columbia Children's Hospital - Clinical trial is needed to determine best management of supraventricular tachycardia in infants

British Medical Journal - Hypnotherapy helps relieve chest pain

Brown University, Providence - Estimated cancer risks and residential segregation linked to ambient air toxics

Brown University, Providence - Research from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to pneumococcal body of knowledge

Bulgarian Academy Science - Residual verses distal motor latency seems more sensitive in detecting neuropathies

Burrill & Company - A changing prescription for biotechnology challenges current business models

Burrill & Company - Burrill, Beijing Pharmaceutical form alliance for Pacific life sciences opportunities

CERVI Virology, Paris - Hepatitis B surface antigen coexists with anti-HBs antibodies in chronic hepatitis-B virus carriers

CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes - Chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation is focus of review

CNRS, Lyon - Neurons active during paradoxical sleep localized

CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy - A VEGF competitor photosensitizes human endothelial cells

Cairo University - Researchers from Egypt, Australia and Scotland report recent findings in diagnostics

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Degrasyn significantly reduces tumors in animal model of head, neck cancer

Campus Biomedico University, Rome - Elderly lung cancer patients treated by carboplatin and paclitaxel as first-line chemotherapy

Campus Biomedico University, Rome - Pretreated colorectal cancer patients show a response to cetuximab

Cancer Council Victoria - Bladder cancer management and outcomes reviewed

Cancer Research United Kingdom - Findings from the United Kingdom, India and United Kingdom: Kheng describe new data in cervical cancer research

Cardiac Science Corporation - Cardiac Science ships defibrillators that meet new AHA and ERC resuscitation guidelines

Cardiff University - Breast cancer cell invasiveness is affected by matrix metalloproteinase

Cardiff University - New research from Wales and the United States in the area of proteins detailed

CardioDynamics - CardioDynamics reports 33% decrease in first-quarter net sales from same quarter last year

Cardiogenesis Corporation - Cardiogenesis Corporation updates status of financial reporting

Cardiovascular Research Institute, Maastricht - New research from Canada and Italy in the area of cardiology detailed

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix - Reports from the United States advance knowledge in obesity research

Carrington Laboratories, Inc. - DelSite Biotechnologies presents data on innovative influenza vaccine

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Case Western Reserve University spins out stem cell company

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Insulin resistance may be linked to mononuclear cell-derived TNF alpha release in the obese

Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham - Detection of colorectal cancer recurrence not improved with routine MRI follow-up

Catalan Renal Registry, Barcelona - New findings in obesity described from Spain and Belgium

Cathay General Hospital, Taipei - Colorectal cancer tumor marker is a homologue of the Drosophila headcase protein

Catholic University of Korea - Acute myelogenous leukemia linked to JAK2 V617F mutation

Catholic University, Rome - Researchers' work from Italy and the United States adds to surgery body of knowledge

Celgene Corporation - Revlimid marketing authorization application accepted by EMEA for review

Cell BioSciences Inc. - MIT researchers measure stem cell signaling with protein assay platform for first time

Cell Press - 'Word-vision' brain area confirmed

Cell Press - Scientists watch the brain switch off 'self'

Cell Signaling Technology - Cell Signaling Technology announces continuation of collaboration with AstraZeneca

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. granted U.S. patent for antitubulin agents with anti-cancer activity

Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cellegy reports sale of Cellegy Australia to Epsilon Pharmaceuticals

Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cellegy's licensee for Tostrex in Europe has reported successful conclusion of E.U. MRP process

Center for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics, Hyderabad - New findings from India, Spain and Italy in the area of diagnostics described

Center for Genetics Engineering & Biotechnology, Havana - Hepatitis C virus structural proteins expressed and processed in yeast

Center for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai - Anopheles subpictus is a secondary vector of Japanese encephalitis virus in Tamil Nadu

Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim - Visceral fat may be link between depression and cardiovascular mortality risk

Centre Francois Baclesse, Caen - Gene delivery to ovarian carcinoma nodes can be mediated

Centre Hospitalier Center F.H. Manhes, Ste. Genevieve des Bois - Data from France, the United States and Spain advance knowledge in hypertension research

Centre Hospitalier Charles Perrens, Bordeaux - Post-partum blues may be result of decreased brain tryptophan availability after delivery

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne - Weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding improves metabolic profile

Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montpellier, Montreal - Prostatic bone metastases discussed

Centre Partners - DSI Holding Company, Inc. completes acquisition of over 100 dialysis centers from Fresenius

Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Ceragenix receives 510k clearance of EpiCeram for treatment of atopic dermatitis

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer - Factor XIII elicits proangiogenic effects in mice

Chang Gung Medical Center, Taipei - Single-stranded DNA fragment associated with human hepatitis identified

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Myxofibrosarcoma prognostic factors identified

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan - Recent studies from Taiwan, the United States and the United Kingdom add new data to cancer treatment research

Chang Gung University, Taipei - Hepatitis C virus lamivudine resistance responds to adefovir monotherapy

Changing Our World Inc. - Obesity and cardiovascular disease continue to rise in developing countries

Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin - GABA_A receptor antagonists prevent defects in leptin, insulin and amylin actions in obese

Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin - Oral cancer and pre-cancer in Myanmar reviewed

Charles University, Pilsen - Mild hyperhomocysteinemia linked to increased aortic stiffness

Charles University, Plzen - Melanomas differentiated from atypical melanocytic naevi by dermatoscopy

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United Kingdom and Italy

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London - Noncutaneous and cutaneous AIDS-associated KS survival and immune response similar

Chiba Cancer Center - Data from Japan, the United States and Belgium advance knowledge in oncology research

Chiba University - Squamous cell carcinoma kinase A protein expression is down-regulated

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati - Protection against rotavirus shedding does not require intestinal IgA

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Breastfeeding and complementary food introduction not related to adiposity

Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinic, Kansas City - Studies from the United States and Sweden advance knowledge in obesity research

Children's Research Institute, Columbus - Thrombospondin structural homology repeat functions in connective tissue growth

China Medical University Hospital - Superoxide dismutase isoforms are found at higher expression levels in nasal polyps

Chinese Academy of Medical Science - Recent findings from China, France and Germany illuminate research in leukemia

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Recent studies from the People's Republic of China, Netherlands and United States add new data to peripheral vascular disease research

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Hepatocellular carcinoma involves acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 gene expression

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Pseudolarix acid B targets tubulin to fight angiogenesis

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hepatitis B virus with precore TCC may produce more aggressive liver disease

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Intragastric balloon is safe and effective for moderate weight loss therapy in obese

Chinese University of Hong Kong - New data from the People's Republic of China, United States and Germany lluminates research in angiology

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and age-related macular degeneration have angiogenic differences

Chiron Corporation - Chiron announces initiation of Phase 1 trial for CHIR-265 in melanoma

Chiron Srl - Research from Italy and the United States add new data to meningitis body of knowledge

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta - Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma prognosis linked to genetic alterations

Chonnam National University - Researchers' work from South Korea and United States adds to vaccines body of knowledge

Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Science - Researchers from New Zealand, United States and Japan provide details of new studies and findings in the area of heart attack

Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences - In cardiovascular disease, pressure and volume homeostasis, adrenomedullin 2 may play key roles

Christian Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu - Findings from India and the United States in HIV/AIDS provide new insights

Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester - Monocytes expressing CEA-specific chimeric CD64 receptor target CEA-expressing tumor cells

Chromos Molecular Systems, Inc. - Chromos signs deal with AppTec for multiple sclerosis drug candidate

Chugai Pharma USA, LLC - Ischemic heart disease may be target for malonyl coenzyme A decarboxylase inhibitors

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok - Recent findings from Thailand, the United States and Russia illuminate research in vaccines

Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung - Chronic hepatitis B virus infection is associated with autoantibodies

Chungnam National University Hospital, Taejon - Rectal cancer treated by preoperative chemoradiation using oral capecitabine

Cincinnati Children's Hospital - New findings from the United States in the area of obesity described

City University of London - Researchers' data from the United Kingdom and United States advance HIV/AIDS research

Clean Water Technologies, Inc. - Clean Water Technologies, Inc. completes acquisition of SheerVision, Inc.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - ACAT inhibition is not effective for limiting atherosclerosis and may promote atherogenesis

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Bivalirudin is an effective anticoagulant for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - High-grade astrocytomas linked to increased expression of 5-lipoxygenase

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - New findings from the United States and Australia in the area of prostate cancer detailed

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - PPAR gamma agonists inhibit RAGE expression at sites of arterial injury

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Preoperative cholesterol levels do not predict explant for structural valve deterioration

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Squamous cell head and neck cancer treated by multiagent concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Studies from the United States advance knowledge in prostate cancer research

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Subretinal macular hemorrhage is managed by tissue plasminogen activator

Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Researchers from Spain, the United States and Canada provide details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona - Increased serum amyloid A levels in morbid obesity decrease after gastric bypass

Clinical Cell Culture, Ltd. - CEO to step down at Clinical Cell Culture

Clinical Center of Furth - Traditional open gastric bypass resulted in acceptable and safe long-term weight reduction

CoTherix, Inc. - CoTherix appoints Abhay Joshi as EVP and chief technical officer

Coatings Specialist Group - New sports antimicrobial system for athletic facilities introduced by SportCoatings

Cognis - Cognis reports an increase in sales for 2005

Columbia University, New York - Cyclophilin A and TRIM5 alpha independently regulate HIV infectivity

Columbia University, New York - Diffuse large B cell lymphoma linked to inactivation of PRDM1/BLIMP1 gene

Columbia University, New York - Gender differences in pain perception may be related to circulating gonadal hormone

Columbia University, New York - HIV seroconversion can occur during preparation for assisted reproduction

Columbia University, New York - Prostate cancer research may be faster with PSA endpoints

Columbia University, New York - Quality of randomized controlled trials of brain tumor treatments assessed

Columbia University, New York - Radiation-induced cancer risks estimated using a linear no-threshold approach

Columbia University, New York - Reports from the United States and Italy describe recent advances in hypertension research

Columbia University, New York - Researchers' work from the United States and South Korea adds to angiology body of knowledge

Columbia University, New York - Thymocyte apoptosis is minimized by PI3K delta and PI3K gamma

CombinatoRx, Inc. - CombinatoRx reports preliminary data for drug candidate CRx-119 does not meet primary endpoint

Comenius University, Bratislava - New research from Slovakia and the United States in the area of vectors detailed

Competitive Technologies, Inc. - Competitive Technologies announces Notice of Allowance for second patent for bone biomaterial

Complutense University, Madrid - Insulin or glucose can mediate mitogenesis in fetal pancreatic beta-cell lines

Conquer Fragile X Foundation - Conquer Fragile X chairman and founder Harris Hollin appointed to President's Committee

Cook Incorporated - Cook Inc.'s Zenith Fenestrated Workshop promotes endovascular aortic repair in Canada

Corautus Genetics Inc. - Corautus announces termination of patient enrollment in GENASIS severe angina clinical trial

Corn Refiners Association - New obesity research shows high fructose corn syrup similar to sugar in its effect on body

Cornell University, Ithaca - Garlic evaluated as alternative medicine

Correlagen Diagnostics - Correlagen Diagnostics and Protedyne Corporation partner to form Correlagen GeneXchange

Cortex Pharmaceuticals - Cortex updates progress on clinical hold of AMPAKINE CX717

Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. - Cougar Biotechnology completes merger and closes $47.5 million private placement

Cromwell Hospital, London - Cerebral metastases from melanoma managed by gamma knife surgery

Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton - Studies from Canada and the United States advance knowledge in imaging research

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. - Cryo-Cell International reports first-quarter consolidated revenues up 12%

CryoFluor Therapeutics - CryoFluor Therapeutics closes additional investment

CryoLife, Inc. - CryoLife announces preliminary first-quarter increase of 10% in revenues

Cukurova University, Adana - In patients with Behcet disease, echocardiographic findings show LV function similar to controls

Cumhuriyet University, Sivas - Researchers from Turkey, Canada and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of prostate cancer

CuraGen Corporation - CuraGen and TopoTarget present new preclinical data on PXD101 in treating cancer

CytRx Corporation - CytRx's Arimoclomol ranks in R&D Directions' "100 Great Investigational Drugs"

CytoCore, Inc. - CytoCore secures new funding, new capital to allow expanded R&D activities

Cytovance Biologics - Cytovance Biologics launches cell banking and storage practice

DMS Imaging - Doda named president of DMS Imaging

DOR BioPharma, Inc. - DOR BioPharma announces advances in mucosal vaccines for botulinum toxin

DOR BioPharma, Inc. - DOR BioPharma announces private equity financing of $3.65 million

DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. - DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. announces notice of patent allowance for novel form of bicifadine

DUA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - DUSA Pharmaceuticals and New England Compounding Center announce favorable settlement

DUSA Pharmaceuticals - DUSA announces hiring of William F. O'Dell as executive vice president, sales and marketing

Dalhousie University, Halifax - Interaction of leptin and insulin pathways may be involved in metabolic syndrome pathogenesis

Dalton Pharma Services - Dalton Pharma Services announces completion of GMP oligonucleotide manufacturing suite

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston - Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast recurrence linked to wide excision

Danaher Corporation - Danaher Corporation announces recommended cash tender offer for Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.

Dankook University, Chungnam - Bladder cancer diagnosed by cytokeratin-20 and seminal vesicle secretory protein VI

Dartmouth College, Hanover - Colorectal adenoma incidence linked to K-ras mutations

Dartmouth College, Lebanon - Researchers from the United States, Japan and Brazil detail new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon - Chemoprevention in gastrointestinal cancers is focus of review

Decision Resources, Inc. - Increased uptake of costly maintenance therapies to drive 9% annual growth in COPD market

Defense Research & Development Organization, Delhi - Chitosan nanoparticles have been encapsulated in vesicular systems for oral vaccines

Defense Research & Development Organization, Delhi - Sustained and targeted antiviral delivery to liver is achieved using emulsomes

Depomed, Inc. - Depomed data published on Glumetza, an FDA-approved treatment for type 2 diabetes

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Guidelines on which terms to use and which to avoid with patients with lumps presented

Deutsch Herzzentrum Munchen - Findings from Germany and the United States in cardiology provide new insights

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Ulm - Oral cavity and oropharyngeal tumors comorbidity predicted by ASA-score

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin - Recent studies from Germany and the United States add new data to cardiology research

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum - Gene profile identified to help determine breast cancer treatment

Devon Medical Supplies - Devon Medical Supplies announces John Iona as new president

DiaDexus, Inc. - Researchers' data from the United States and People's Republic of China advance ovarian cancer research

Diagnostico Maipu, Buenos Aires - Coronary atherosclerotic plaques were characterized by multidetector computed tomography

Diamond Headache Clinic, Chicago - Topiramate is effective for migraine prevention

DiscoveRx Corporation - DiscoveRx expands PathHunter portfolio with release of homogeneous mitotic index assays

Discovery Partners International, Inc. - Discovery Partners International and Infinity Pharmaceuticals announce merger agreement

Doai Memorial Hospital, Tokyol - Nebulized sodium cromoglycate a therapeutic option in severe asthma

Dokkyo University, Koshigaya - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 may not be atherosclerosis marker in nonobese diabetics

Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Tzmir - Non-albicans candidemia is increasing significantly in hospitals in Turkey

Dongguk University, Gyeongbuk - Chemoprevention of colon adenocarcinoma by protein extract of Asterina pectinifera proposed

Donghua University, Shanghai - Hepatitis B virus infections clarified using a probability Cellular Automaton model

Dotronix, Inc. - Dotronix, Inc. completes asset purchase agreement with Accelerated Drug Delivery

Dr. Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam - Breast cancer survival and prognostics in patients with BRCA-1 mutation were analyzed

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories - Dr. Reddy's receives U.S. FDA approval for fexofenadine hydrochloride tablets

Drexel University, Philadelphia - Brain-derived HIV envelope glycoproteins have a lower CD4 dependence

Drexel University, Philadelphia - Prior pneumococcal vaccination reduces morbidity in adults with pneumonia

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Bi-functional betulinic acid derivatives have anti-HIV activity

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Findings from the United States and Netherlands describe new data in cord blood research

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - NNRTI and boosted PI regimens provide highest virologic success rates in HAART-naive patients

Duravest, Inc. - MidwestBusiness.com, Duravest announce debut of med tech column

E-Z-EM Inc. - E-Z-EM reports 5% increase in net sales for fiscal year third quarter

EDAP TMS S.A. - EDAP TMS S.A. presents 10-year experience for treatment of localized prostate cancer

EXACT Sciences Corporation - EXACT Sciences announces changes to management team

Eastman Kodak Company - U.S. FDA grants clearance to new PACS functions for diagnosing scanned cardiac images

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - Hippocampal up-regulation plays a key role on spatial memory

Ecopia BioSciences Inc. - Dosing begun in phase 1 trial of anticancer treatment with Ecopia's ECO-4601

Egypt National Research Center - Researchers from Egypt, Cuba and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Ehime University - New findings from Japan, Italy and Greece in the area of head & neck cancer described

Eli Lilly and Company - Lilly reports preliminary coronary, breast cancer data from Raloxifene for heart trial

Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz - Recent findings from Austria, Japan and the United States illuminate research in cancer treatment

Ellex Medical Lasers Ltd. - Ellex receives FDA 510(k) clearance for industry's first solid-state red/green photocoagulator

Emergency Filtration Products Inc. - Emergency Filtration Products reports preliminary results of new nano material testing

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. - Emisphere completes enrollment for Phase II oral insulin clinical trial

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. - Emisphere receives additional patent for technology to enhance pulmonary delivery of proteins

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. - Emisphere Technologies announces appointment of director, other company updates

Emory University, Atlanta - COX-2 inhibitors suppress lung cancer cell growth

Emory University, Atlanta - Data from the United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Emory University, Atlanta - New data from the United States, Germany and Austria lluminates research in endometriosis

Emory University, Atlanta - New findings from the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland in the area of rotavirus detailed

Emory University, Atlanta - Reports from the United States and People's Republic of China add new data to diabetes research

Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta - For admitted African-American patients, congestive heart failure management improvements are needed

Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta - TB evaluation efficiency increased with dedicated airborne infection isolation unit

EnXnet, Inc. - Medical D-Tect-OR files patent application for medical technology

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation - Expanded access program for Rexin-GTM provides genetic medicine to cancer patients

EpiVax - Immunomics allows discovery of new targets for vaccines

EraGen Biosciences Inc. - EraGen Biosciences' develops Multicode diagnostic panel

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Findings from Netherlands, United States and Canada in prostate cancer provide new insights

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Germ cell cancer survival estimates depended on year of treatment

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Prostate cancer prediction by PSA velocity in pre-screened populations assessed

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Recent findings in ischemia described by researchers from Netherlands, India and Japan

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Reports from Netherlands and United States advance knowledge in vaccines research

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Rule to predict hospitalization risk for respiratory syncytial virus infection is developed

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam - Research from Netherlands, Greece and Canada add new data to hepatitis B virus body of knowledge

Erasmus University, Medical Center, Rotterdam - High perceived severity of HIV infection induces safe sexual behavior among gay men

European Organization for Research & Treatment of Cancer Data Center, Brussels - Bladder cancer recurrence and progression predicted with risk tables

EvoGenix Limited - EvoGenix in-licenses cancer antibody

Exagen Diagnostics, Inc. - Exagen Diagnostics names Thomas O'Connor vice president, sales

Fachpraxis fur Gastroenterologie, Heidelberg - Results of coloscopy screening in 2005 reviewed

Fatima Hospital, Taegu - Ovarian surface epithelial tumors are unlikely to respond to imatinib mesylate

Federal University of Minas Gerais - Botulinum A toxin injected into gastric wall was safe treatment option for class III obesity

Federal University of Pernambuco - New findings from Brazil and Turkey in the area of hepatitis C virus detailed

Ferring Pharmaceuticals - Degarelix, a novel GnRH blocker from Ferring, moves into Phase III

Ferring Pharmaceuticals - EUFLEXXA labeling extended to include room temperature storage

Finland National Public Health Institute - Incidence of leukemia and testicular cancer heightened in persons with Down syndrome in Finland

Finland National Public Health Institute - Statins may improve management of metabolic syndrome-induced coronary heart disease

Fisher Scientific International Inc. - Fisher Scientific expands biopharma services offering through acquisition

Forest Laboratories, Inc. - Forest and Almirall announce a collaboration agreement on new therapy for COPD

Foundation Institute of Immunology of Colombia, Bogota - Plasmodium vivax rhoptry-associated protein 1 identified and characterized

Foundation for Research in Genetics and Endocrinology, Gujarat - Researchers' findings from India, France and Japan advance diabetes research

Foundation to Fight Leukemia & Centro de Investigation, Buenos Aires - Immature hematopoietic progenitor cells CD34+/CD38(Dim) increased in myelodysplasia

Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi - Gastric cancer metastasis reversed by selected peptide20

Framingham Heart Study - Interindividual variation in C-reactive protein was investigated

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Aspergillus ustus outbreak occurred among stem cell transplantation recipients

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Decay rates of HIV-infected cell reservoirs decay little over several years

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center receives boost from Susan G. Komen Foundation

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - HSV-TK-modified donor T cells limited after hematopoietic cell transplantation

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Immunomodulators as an adjunct to antiretroviral drugs may enhance immune reconstitution

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United States, India and France

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Reports from the United States and Japan advance knowledge in breast cancer research

Free University of Amsterdam - Evaluation of risks and benefits of cancer clinical trials by review board members assessed

Free University of Brussels - Ovarian germ cell tumors in girls have excellent prognosis

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Measures to eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza in Europe are examined

Frost & Sullivan - Market report finds thermometer sales driven by new awareness of infection control needs

Frost & Sullivan - Nutraceutical products market growing in Southeast Asia

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei - Bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stem cells transplanted in utero

Fudan University, Shanghai - Insights on atherosclerosis pathophysiology are offered by proteomic analysis of rat aorta

Fujisawa City Hospital - New findings from Japan, molson@hs and Greece in the area of heart disease described

Fujita Health University, Aichi - Cytomegalovirus DNA rapidly detected by loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Fukui University - Researchers from Japan, the United States and Turkey report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Furst Medical Laboratory, Oslo - Hepatitis C virus genotypes determined in real time

GEN ID Lab Services Inc. - GEN ID Lab Services Inc. to clone entire H5N1 influenza virus genome to develop new vaccines

GENICON - GENICON wins major international distribution agreements

GNI - GNI and Beijing Continent Pharmaceutical agree to form strategic alliance

GSF National Research Center for Environment & Health - Data from Germany, the United States and Belgium advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Chieti - Cyclooxygenase-1 synthesis counteracts suppression of platelet thromboxane biosynthesis by aspirin

Galenea Corp. - Galenea Corp. to focus on development of CNS drugs

Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst - Mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer displays a distinct molecular profile

GenPhar Inc. - cAdVax-based bivalent Ebola vaccine induces immunity against Sudan and Zaire Ebola species

Genelabs Technologies, Inc. - Genelabs announces receipt of notice from Nasdaq, drug development restructuring

Genentech, Inc. - Genentech announces 39% increase in 2006 first-quarter product sales over same period last year

Genentech, Inc. - Genentech announces vice president appointments in commercial operations and product development

Genentech, Inc. - Genentech moves on Avastin with chemotherapy for nonsquamous, non-small-cell lung cancer

Genentech, Inc. - Method to estimate baculovirus titer based on viable cell size has been developed

General Hospital, Crotone - Researchers from Italy, France and the South Korea report details of new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Generex Biotechnology Corporation - Generex Biotechnology announces results of Generex Oral-lyn trial for type 1 diabetes in youth

Genomic Health, Inc. - Genomic Health announces appointment of Dr. Woodrow Myers to board of directors

Genomic Profiling Systems - Genomic Profiling Systems names new CEO to drive commercialization of Growth Direct system

Gentium, S.p.A. - Gentium reports 2005 financial results, provides financial and clinical update

Gentris Corporation - Gentris Corporation introduces human genomic DNA reference controls for CYP2D6 gene

George Washington University, Washington DC - Studies from the United States, Italy and Sweden advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

George Washington University, Washington, DC - Gene-based vaccination produces immune responses against PSMA

Georgia Institute of Technology - Molecular imaging may lead to earlier diagnosis of childhood respiratory virus

German Cancer Research Center - Affitech renews phage display license from German Cancer Research Center

German Cancer Research Center - Human papillomavirus vaccination utilizes recombinant adeno-associated virus

Geron Corporation - Geron Corporation announces multiple presentations on telomerase, other findings

Ghent University Hospital - Hepatitis B virus cytopathic effects uncovered by immune suppression

Gifu University - Acute hepatitis is inhibited by fermented brown rice and rice bran

Gifu University - Researchers from Japan and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

Given Imaging Ltd. - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reconfirms validity of key claims of Given's first patent

GlaxoSmithKline - Arixtra significantly reduced major bleeding compared to Lovenox

GlaxoSmithKline - Cervarix, GSK's candidate vaccine for cervical cancer, demonstrated sustained efficacy

GlaxoSmithKline - Inflammatory enzyme measured after coronary event is cardiovascular risk marker, data show

Glostrup University Hospital - Reports from Denmark, Italy and Brazil add new data to diabetes research

Grant Life Sciences, Inc. - DTL to develop, commercialize Grant's cervical cancer-diagnostic technology

Graz University - New research from Austria and the United States in the area of obesity detailed

GreenFacts - Chernobyl left the world with many unanswered questions about its impact on human health

Greystone Associates - Greystone Associates says continuous glucose monitoring set to emerge as key in diabetes management

Guangzhou Medical College, Guangdong - Simvastatin inhibits leptin-induced hypertrophy in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

Guidant Corp. - Boston Scientific receives European Commission's clearance for Guidant transaction

Guthrie Research Institute, Sayre - New findings from the United States in the area of apoptosis described

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa - Pancreatic cancer detected by fibrinogen gamma overexpression

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa - Researchers' data from the United States advance prostate cancer research

Hacettepe University, Ankara - Manchester operation offers good option to preserve uterus in uterine prolapse patients

Hallym University, Chunchon - HCV nonstructural protein modulates a signal transduction pathway

Hamburg Eppendorf University Medical Center - Breast cancer patients experienced chemotherapy-related neuropsychological impairment

Hana Biosciences, Inc. - Hana Biosciences obtains Nasdaq National Market listing approval

Hannover Medical School - New research from Germany, the United States and Switzerland in the area of cancer treatment detailed

Hanyang University, Guri - Brain cancer survival predicted by telomerase activity

Harefield Hospital - Rapid prototyping optimizes scaffold designs for tissue engineering cardiac valves

Hartford Hospital - Researchers from the United States and Germany report details of new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Harvard Health Letter - Many over-the-counter medications in U.S. are found to be ineffective

Harvard Medical School - The angiogenic switch of human cancer is portrayed in new tumor models

Harvard School of Public Health - Obesity and asthma may share similar mechanisms

Harvard University - Endometrial cancer angiogenesis is assessed by vascular proliferation markers

Harvard University - Melanoma rheological properties described

Harvard University - New data from the United States and People's Republic of China lluminates research in genetics

Harvard University - Researchers' findings from the United States and Japan advance metastasis research

Harvard University - Treating populations infected with HIV and latent TB could speed the emergence of drug-resistant TB

Health & Safety Laboratory, Buxton - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in respiratory system research

Health Behavior News Service - Immunotherapy does not reduce risk of miscarriage

Health Behavior News Service - Popular prostaglandin pill for inducing labor is found effective, but concerns remain

Health Behavior News Service - Researchers discover little difference between human insulin and faster-acting analogs

HealthTronics, Inc. - HealthTronics receives notice of delisting from Nasdaq

Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem - Research from Israel, Greece and the United States add new data to cardiology body of knowledge

Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Vaccinia virus mutated in envelope proteins A33R and B5R are immunogenic

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. - Hemispherx receives noncompliance notice from AMEX

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit - Gliosarcoma growth tumbles after selective CYP4A inhibitor is administered

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit - Posaconazole was as effective as fluconazole in HIV/AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit - Research from the United States, Italy and Scotland in diabetes provides new insights

Herbalife, Ltd. - Herbalife signs 129,600-SF build-to-suit deal with IDI

Hermes Bioscience Inc. - Targeted gene delivery is facilitated by genospheres

Hiroshima University Hospital - Researchers from Japan and the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Hokkaido University - Researchers' data from Japan, the United States and Germany advance obesity research

Homeland Security Capital Corp. - Homeland Security Capital CEO Tom McMillen forecasts significant consolidation of market

Hong Kong Department of Health - Risk of active TB among schoolchildren in Hong Kong is reported

Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris - Recent studies from the United States and Netherlands add new data to HIV/AIDS research

Hopital Cantonal, Fribourg - Researchers' work from France and the United States adds to lung cancer body of knowledge

Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon - Renal cell cancer and incidence of conservative renal surgery complications discussed

Hopital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille - New data from France, Japan and the United States lluminates research in lung cancer

Hopital St. Louis, Paris - Findings from France and the United States advance knowledge in genetics research

Hopital Tenon, Paris - Borderline ovarian tumors treated by cystectomy may have higher recurrence rate

Hospices Civils Strasbourg - Researchers from France, the United Kingdom and Italy report recent findings in neurology

Hospital Center, University of Quebec - Research from Canada, Netherlands and Taiwan add new data to hypertension body of knowledge

Hospital Clinic, Barcelona - Researchers' findings from Spain, Japan and Italy advance hypertension research

Hospital Durand, Buenos Aires - Bulbourethral sling controls stress urinary incontinence after prostatectomy

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona - Advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated by weekly docetaxel therapy

Hospital Pediatrics Coimbra - Intestinal submucosa grafts repair cervical and abdominal esophageal defects

Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Linkage of antigen to filamentous bacteriophage coat protein enhances DNA vaccine potency

Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Researchers from Spain, Belgium and the United States describe findings in breast cancer studies

Hospital de Galdakao, Bizkaia - Small abdominal aortic aneurysms expand slowly

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona - Researchers from Spain, Netherlands and Japan describe findings in atherosclerosis studies

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto - Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy in osteosarcoma cell lines can be sensitized

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Fruit fly study shows how evolution wings it

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Hantavirus found in African wood mouse

Huazhong University of Science & Technology - Up-regulation of VEGF and induction of MMP-2 enhance ovarian cancer invasiveness

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Hubei - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, United States and Germany describe findings in cancer studies

Humboldt University, Berlin - Research from Germany, the United States and Denmark add new data to transplants body of knowledge

Hvidovre University Hospital - Researchers from Denmark, Italy and the United States report recent findings in stroke

HydroCision, Inc. - HydroCision receives 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award for its SpineJet MicroResector

Hyogo Medical University - Immortalized endothelial progenitor cells offer a way to study new vessel growth

IDBS - IDBS BioBook deployed globally for electronic experiment and study management at Pfizer

IDenta Corp. - IDenta CEO calls March 2006 U.S. trade mission very productive

IDenta Corp. - IDenta meets with top Indonesian drug enforcement officials

IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. - IMPAX comments on Wyeth's lawsuit related to generic versions of Effexor XR for depression

INSERM U271, Lyon - Lamivudine resistance mutations studied in patients with chronic hepatitis B

INSERM U412, Lyon - New findings in retrovirus described from France, the United States and Germany

INSERM U557, Paris - Prostate cancer risk increased by dairy products, calcium and phosphorus intake

INSERM U700, Paris - Mycobacterial growth not altered by exposure to diesel particles

INSERM U707, Paris - Data from France and the United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

INSERM U724, Nancy - Orexigenic peptides are overexpressed after early life exposure to fat-rich diet

INSERM, EM 9903, Nantes - Fibrin sealant/calcium phosphate ceramic scaffolds developed for bone tissue engineering

INSERM, EO226, Lyon - Recent findings from France, the People's Republic of China and Japan illuminate research in ischemia

INSERM, UMR 599, Marseille - Researchers from France and Italy provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Illumina, Inc. - Illumina expects to exceed financial guidance for the first quarter of 2006

Illumina, Inc. - Illumina to conduct large-scale genotyping for U.K.-based research groups

ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc. - ImaRx names Richard L. Love and Philip C. Ranker to board; Richard E. Otto named chair

Image Solutions, Inc. - Image Solutions releases AnnoDoc 2.1

Image Therm Engineering, Inc. - Image Therm Engineering sues InnovaSystems for patent infringement

Immucor, Inc. - Immucor announces Capture-S (Syphilis) and CMV assays have been cleared for use on the Galileo

Immune Response Corporation - T-cell receptor peptide vaccine candidate restores FOXP3+ levels, Immune Response reports

Immunicon Corp. - Cancer patients bear circulating endothelial cells with select genetic markers

Immunicon Corp. - Immunicon names Tierney Communications PR/IR agency of record

Imperial College London - Heterosexual transmission likely route of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

Imperial College London - Issues involved in establishing a clinical cardiac MRI service are considered

Imperial College London - Scientists develop new concept with potential to help predict how individuals may respond to drugs

Imperial College London - Treatment of poisoning-induced cardiac impairment using cardiopulmonary bypass is focus of review

Imperial College, London - Researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Korea provide details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity

Impulse Dynamics - Impulse Dynamics announces first Optimizer implant successfully performed

InNexus Biotechnology, Inc. - InNexus Biotechnology and Affimed to collaborate on SuperAntibody technology

IncisionTech - IncisionTech wins Medical Design Excellence Award for work on device for Patton Surgical

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Indevus names president Andrew J. Ferrara to board, announces retirement of Harry Gray

India National AIDS Research Institute - HIV-1 incidence low among married serodiscordant couples in Pune

India National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research - Serum amyloid P-component may contribute to TB pathogenesis and pulmonary innate immunity

India National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research - Superoxide radicals influence vasodilatory response in aorta of insulin resistant rats

Indian Institute of Science - Interferon therapy is influenced by mutations in the viral genome

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras - New research from India, Italy and the the Netherlands in the area of imaging detailed

Indian National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health - Autoimmune premature ovarian failure was identified with novel antibody blocking agent

Indiana University - Researchers from the United States report recent findings in gastroenterology

Infectious Diseases Society of America - Less antibiotic use in food animals leads to less drug resistance in people, study shows

InforSense Ltd. - InforSense and GeneGo integrate analytics software, biology research tools and databases

Ingenuity Systems - Ingenuity Systems, Asuragen enter partnership to provide molecular diagnostics product

Innsbruck University - Studies from Austria, Italy and France describe new findings in genetics research

Insightful Corporation - Insightful Corporation releases beta version of predictive analytics and reporting software

Institut Catala d'Oncologia, Barcelona - Human papillomavirus etiology of cervical adenocarcinoma and cofactors are focus of review

Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - Lung cancer treated by concomitant radiochemotherapy based on platin compounds

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Alfort - Adenoviral vectors with subgroup B and D fibers improve gene delivery to intestinal mucosa

Institut de Biologie de Lille - Hepatitis C virus subcellular structural proteins localized

Institute Pasteur Guadeloupe - Researchers' work from Guadeloupe, the United States and Netherlands adds to epidemiology body of knowledge

Institute for Experimental Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, Milan - Researchers from Italy, Japan and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of gene therapy

Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton - Advances in testicular germ-cell cancer management discussed

Institute of Cell Biology, Rome - Gemin8 functions in small nuclear ribonucleoprotein assembly

Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR, Milan - In dyslipidemic subjects, combined dietary supplementation improves oxidative, inflammatory status

Institute of Physiology, Prague - Reports from the Czech Republic, France and Germany add new data to diet & nutrition research

Institute of Tropical Medicine Prince Leopold, Antwerp - Researchers' data from Belgium, the United States and the United Kingdom advance HIV/AIDS research

Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo - New findings from Brazil and the United States in the area of streptococcus described

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca - Breast cancer risk may be inversely associated with folate and vitamin B₁₂ intake

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas - Breast cancer treated by copper-dithiocarbamate

Insulet Corporation - OmniPod Insulin Management System wins medical design excellence award

Intermagnetics General Corporation - Invivo receives $500,000 federal grant to develop MRI system for brain injury treatment

International Center of Genetics Engineering & Biotechnology, Delhi - HEV microglobulin secretion is mediated by a tumor susceptibility gene

International Formula Council - Pediatric nutrition panel discusses difficulty of meeting older infants' nutritional needs

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation - Patient blood test for gene expression can predict heart transplant rejection, study shows

Invitrogen Corporation - Invitrogen names NIH stem cell scientist Mahendra Rao, MD, PhD, to lead new research area

Ischemia Research & Education Foundation, San Bruno - Researchers' data from the United States, Germany and Taiwan advance cardiology research

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Isis Pharmaceuticals, Symphony GenIsis enter $75 million product development collaboration

Istanbul University - Parsley extract shows protective effects against hepatotoxicity caused by diabetes

Istanbul University - Vanadyl sulfate reduces diabetes-related oxidative damage in stomach and spleen tissues

Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan - Researchers from Italy, Germany and the the Netherlands report details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan - Peritoneal malignancies treated by cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion

J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt - New findings from Germany, the United States and Canada in the area of cardiology described

J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt - Prostate cancer tumorigenesis is bolstered by angiogenesis chemokines

JMI Laboratories - New findings from the United States and Australia in the area of gonorrhea described

Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx - Partial treatment interruption of PI-based HAART is an option for children failing HAART

Japan National Cancer Center Hospital East - Lung cancer survival after curative resection not linked to marital status and social support

Japan National Cancer Center Hospital East - Pharmacokinetics of unbound drug predicted neutropenia for docetaxel

Japan National Cancer Center Research Institute East - Lung cancer patient survival not affected by depression after curative resection

Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center - Emphysema was detected by lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral CT

Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Javelin names David Bernstein general counsel and chief intellectual property counsel

Jichi Medical School, Kawachi - Reports from Japan, the United States and Canada advance knowledge in imaging research

Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi - Findings from Japan, Australia and Turkey advance knowledge in diabetes research

Jikei University, Tokyo - Dendritic/tumor-fusion vaccine provides good clinical responses

Johannes Gutenberg University Hospital, Mainz - Early detection of sternal dehiscence by conventional chest X-ray anticipates clinical diagnosis

Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz - Findings from Germany, the United Kingdom and France advance knowledge in leishmania research

Johns Hopkins Medical Institute - Researchers from the United States and Spain provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Johns Hopkins University - Anger temperament is modestly related to type 2 diabetes mellitus risk

Johns Hopkins University - Costs of scaling up vaccination in poor countries are examined

Johns Hopkins University - Improved measles surveillance in Cameroon reveals two dynamic patterns of incidence

Johns Hopkins University - Lizard 'third eye' sheds light on evolution of color vision

Johns Hopkins University - New research from the United States, gianarospj@upmc and United Kingdom in the area of heart disease detailed

Johns Hopkins University - Platelet reactivity appears same or greater after aspirin therapy in women compared to men

Johns Hopkins University - Recent findings in virology described by researchers from the United States

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Exosomes and HIV Gag bud from endosome-like domains of T cell plasma membrane

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Researchers from the United States and Slovakia describe findings in ischemia studies

Jordan University of Science & Technology - Lung cancer not linked to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient genotypes S and Z

Journal of American Medical Association - Study finds mercury-containing amalgam poses no risk in treating children's cavities

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Breast implants not associated with cancer risk, study reports

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - New predictive model to assess individual's risk of prostate cancer

Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen - Hypobaric hypoxia affects endogenous levels of alpha-keto acids in murine heart ventricles

Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka - Reports from Japan, Denmark and Germany describe recent advances in diabetes research

Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Bellflower - Researchers from the United States, Canada and South Korea provide details of new studies and findings in the area of obstetrics

Kanazawa University - D29⁺ brown adipose tissue-derived cells are a source for cardiomyocyte regeneration

Kanazawa University - Delivery of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene enhances colon antitumor effects

Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi - HLA, NA and HPA genetic analysis could provide type 2 diabetes pathogenesis information

Kansai Medical University, Osaka - Recent findings from Japan, Italy and the United States illuminate research in atherosclerosis

Kansai Medical University, Osaka - Researchers from Japan, Ireland and France detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Kansas State University - Cbl insulin signaling pathway in cardiac muscle is impaired in obese and insulin deficient

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital - Rosiglitazone and atorvastatin improved lipid profiles and adiponectin levels in diabetes

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital - p53 protein and PCNA LI not correlated to 5-year survival rate in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital - Research from Taiwan, Germany and the United States add new data to hepatitis C virus body of knowledge

Karolinska Institute - New research from Sweden and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

Katholieke University of Leuven - Recent studies from Belgium, Japan and the People's Republic of China add new data to cancer treatment research

Keio University - Researchers from Japan, the United States and Germany describe findings in cancer treatment studies

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston - Waist girth is an acceptable surrogate for body composition in the nonexercise models

KineMed, Inc. - KineMed, Forbes Medi-Tech partner to discover noncardiovascular indications

King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah - Accurate diagnosis of congenital heart disease in neonates requires an echocardiogram

King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai - Researchers' data from India, the United States and the United Kingdom advance angiology research

King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh - Routine varicella vaccination should be implemented in Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh - Researchers from the Saudi Arabia and Germany provide details of new studies and findings in the area of lymphoma

King Saud University, Riyadh - Propionyl-L-carnitine prevents progression of cisplatin-induced cardiomyopathy in rat model

King's College, London - Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in diabetes can enhance renoprotection

Kinki University Hospital, Osaka - Cosmetic outcome of reconstructed breast predicted by laser light scanner

Kinki University of Medicine, Sendai - Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides inhibit Oct4 expression

Kinki University, Osaka - Researchers' data from Japan, the United States and the People's Republic of China advance lung cancer research

Kitasato University - Bordetella bronchiseptica-secreted effector functions in necrotic cell death

Klinikum University of Gottingen, Gottingen - Researchers from Germany, the United States and Australia publish new studies and findings in the area of heart attack

Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universitat - Findings from Germany, the People's Republic of China and the United States advance knowledge in enzymology research

Kobe University - Accuracy of lung cancer detection improved by evaluating minimum lesion size

Kobe University - In both diastolic and systolic HF, myocardial stiffness an important determinant of plasma BNP

Kobe University - Lung adenocarcinoma associated with His-239-Arg SNP of hRad9

Kochi University - Bilirubin exhibited anti-cancer activity in human adenocarcinoma

Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention - Proteomic analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals new protein relationships

Korea Institute of Radiology & Medical Science - Lung cancer prognosis not predicted by p53, bcl-2, and Ki-67

Korea University - Finger-assisted stretching technique may result in better cesarean section outcomes

Korea University - Ocular prosthesis patients' satisfaction depends on successful peg insertion

Kumamoto University - Colorectal cancer and loss of expression of type IV collagen alpha 5 and alpha 6 chains studied

Kumamoto University - Remnant lipoproteins and platelet microparticles are raised in type-2 diabetes mellitus

Kyoto Pharmaceutical University - Chemokine-expressing adenoviral vector suppresses tumors

Kyoto University - Data from Japan and the United States advance knowledge in lung cancer research

Kyoto University - Reports from Japan and the United States advance knowledge in leukemia research

Kyoto University - Researchers from Japan and the United States report recent findings in cancer treatment

Kyoto University Hospital - Physical activity intensity affects quality of life more in women compared to men

Kyung Hee University, Seoul - Cinnamon extract has an antidiabetic effect on blood glucose in db/db mice

Kyung Hee University, Seoul - Prostate chronic inflammatory suspected to be cause of elevated prostate-specific antigen

Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka - Gene therapy of human glioblastomas indicated by antiangiogenic activity of BAI1

Kyushu University, Fukuoka - Esophageal cancer invasion depth better assessed by a jelly-filled method probe EUS

Kyushu University, Fukuoka - Researchers' data from Japan and the United States advance cardiology research

LGC - U.K. lab LGC launches generic DNA-based proficiency testing scheme for quantitative PCR

La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine - Findings from the United States describe new data in obesity research

La Sapienza University, Rome - Ovarian cancer managed by diagnostic open laparoscopy

La Sapienza University, Rome - Predictors of pancreatic carcinoma response to somatostatin analogues identified

La Sapienza University, Rome - Researchers' data from Italy and the United States advance imaging research

Labopharm Inc. - Labopharm reports positive results for phase 3 study of once-daily pain medication tramadol

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal - New type of nonhematopoietic antigen-presenting cell has been identified

Laval University, Quebec City - Pediatric obesity is a family problem requiring behavior change counseling

Linkoping University - Reduced intrauterine growth may be affected by intergenerational factors

Local Health Unit 10, Florence - New data from Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan lluminates research in heart attack

London Chest Hospital - Findings from the United Kingdom, France and Canada describe new data in heart disease research

Longs Drug Stores - Longs enters agreement to purchase Network Pharmaceuticals stores for $10 million, assets

Lonza Group - Lonza Group announces plans to increase investment in Nansha Guangzhou in China

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Meningococcal disease mortality in U.S. for 1990-2002 is reported

Loyola University, Maywood - High-dose hepatitis B virus vaccine is effective in chronic liver disease

Loyola University, Maywood - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding shows continued weight loss at 3-year follow-up

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Rheumatology & Balneology, Vienna - Reports from Austria, Italy and the United States add new data to genetics research

Lund University - Recent findings in gastroenterology described by researchers from Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom

Lund University - Researchers' work from Sweden, the United States and the South Korea adds to leukemia body of knowledge

Lund University, Malmo - Reports from Sweden and Ireland describe recent advances in breast cancer research

M. Sklodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Center, Warsaw - Gastrointestinal stromal tumors treated by surgery during imatinib mesylate therapy

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Akt-activated cancer is suppressed by inhibited protein kinase activation

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Assessment model gauges lung cancer risk based on medical history and genetics

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Benefit of chemotherapy in breast cancer depends on estrogen-receptor status

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Breast cancer favorable prognosis linked to pathologic complete response

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Breast cancer outcome improved after primary systemic chemotherapy

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - CD44+ prostate cancer cells are enriched in tumorigenic and metastatic progenitor cells

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Esophageal adenocarcinoma survival prognosticated by number of metastatic lymph nodes

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Findings from the United States and Brazil describe new data in HIV/AIDS research

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Inhibiting p38 MAPK signaling restores dendritic cell function in multiple myeloma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Interleukin gene therapy enhances ifosfamide activity against osteosarcoma lung metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Leukemia patients receiving imatinib should be advised to practice adequate contraception

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Melanoma metastasis to the brain is encouraged by Stat3 activation

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression linked to Src activation

MDS Inc. - MDS Diagnostic Services reaches 3-year agreement with Ontario medical labs association

MGI Pharma Inc. - MGI Pharma updates Q1 2006 outlook, expects $78 million in total revenues

MGI Pharma, Inc. - MGI Pharma submits NDA to U.S. FDA on oral glutamine for treating oral mucositis

ML Research - Findings from the United Kingdom, Japan and United States describe new data in cancer treatment research

MM2 Group, Inc. - MM2 Group to acquire Genotec Nutritionals

Maastricht University - Intramyocellular lipid and glycogen content are lower after resistance exercise

Maastricht University - New findings in cardiology described from Netherlands, Spain and Mexico

Maastricht University - Recent findings from Netherlands and Germany illuminate research in diabetes

Madras Medical Mission - One week after tetralogy of Fallot repair, RV diastolic function is demonstrable by Doppler echo

Mailman School of Public Health, New York - HIV educational interventions reduce sexual risk behavior in severely mentally ill men

Maine Medical Center - Obstetricians and radiologists express concerns about nonmedical fetal ultrasound

Malaysian Biotech Corporation - Malaysia offers collaborative opportunities to U.S. biotech companies

Mannatech, Incorporated - Mannatech successfully enforces Ambrotose patent against Bion/Elphanta

Mannatech, Incorporated - U.S. Department of Commerce recognizes Mannatech for entry into international markets

March of Dimes - March of Dimes awards $250,000 to Alexander Varshavsky for ubiquitin research

Maria Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo - Researchers from Italy and the United States report recent findings in surgery

Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Le Plessis Robinson - Research from France, the South Korea and the United States in angiology provides new insights

Massachusetts General Hospital - Amiodarone is ineffective for the acute termination of sustained ventricular tachycardia

Massachusetts General Hospital - Clinical markers and tolerability similar among PI- or NRTI-based regimens in early infection

Massachusetts General Hospital - NT-proBNP levels provide prognostic information beyond echocardiographic cardiac function data

Massachusetts General Hospital - Research from the United States, Germany and Japan in imaging provides new insights

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Clinicians play major role in discovery of off-label drug therapies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Myocardial infarction risk is linked to estrogen receptor alpha gene variation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Reports from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to atherosclerosis research

Mater Hospital, Belfast - COPD exacerbations associated with childhood respiratory virus epidemics

Maugeri Foundation Hospital, Pavia - Recent findings from Italy, the United States and the South Korea illuminate research in diabetes

Max Delbruck Center of Molecular Medicine, Berlin - Hodgkin lymphoma involves high expression of activating transcription factor 3

Mayo Clinic - Concealed type 1 long-QT syndrome can be unmasked by epinephrine QT stress testing

Mayo Clinic - Double screening with imaging and genetics can identify risk of sudden death heart condition

Mayo Clinic - Injectable PPF-based microsphere/scaffold developed for bone tissue engineering

Mayo Clinic - Mild aortic valve stenosis management strategy is predicated on transaortic gradient slope

Mayo Clinic - New findings from the United States and China in the area of cancer treatment described

Mayo Clinic - New findings from the United States and Switzerland in the area of breast cancer described

Mayo Clinic - Relapse of atrial arrhythmia after cardioversion is associated with increased mortality

Mayo Clinic - Research from the United States add new data to measles body of knowledge

Mayo Clinic - Researchers from the United States and Belgium provide details of new studies and findings in the area of virology

Mayo Clinic - Researchers' data from the United States and Italy advance cardiology research

Mayo Clinic - Vestibular schwannoma treatment recommendations discussed

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Research from the United States, Canada and France add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

McGill University, Montreal - Dual-action peptides offer new strategy in diabetes-related neuropathy treatment

McGill University, Montreal - MUHC team describes gene that shuts down immune system in people of African descent

McGill University, Montreal - Reports from Canada and the United States describe recent advances in statins research

McGill University, Montreal - Studies from Canada, Japan and the United States add new findings to lung cancer body of knowledge

McMaster University, Hamilton - Data from Canada, Israel and the United States advance knowledge in obesity research

Med Gen Inc. - Med Gen Inc. announces Australia, New Zealand and Finland to get new shipments of Snorenz

MedImmune, Inc. - Abegrin may offer three-pronged approach to cancer therapy

MedPanel - MedPanel launches Profiles in Pancreatic Cancer - United States & Europe

MedPharm - MedPharm appoints Geoffrey Vernon as chairman

MedPharm - MedPharm receives grant for insomnia nasal spray

MedPointe Inc. - Christopher Pawlowicz, human resources executive, joins MedPointe Pharmaceuticals

Medarex, Inc. - Medarex prices initial public offering common stock at $11.75 per share

Medical College of Georgia - In children with tetralogy of Fallot, sleep disordered breathing is more prevalent

Medical College of Georgia - Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is independent of obesity-induced hypertension in rat

Medical College of Ohio - Migraine association with menstrual disorders may be indicator for further study

Medical College of Wisconsin - Serum response factor is an essential coordinator of cardiomyocyte function

Medical Research Council, Harwell - Recent findings from the United Kingdom, United States and South Korea illuminate research in genetics

Medical Research Council, Keneba - Calcium supplements do not enhance breast-milk calcium concentrations in Gambian women

Medical Research Institute of New Zealand - Celecoxib is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events

Medical Services International Inc. - Demand for Medical Services' Dengue Fever rapid test kit heats up

Medical University of Graz - Skin cancer can be detected by use of a three-point checklist

Medical University of Lodz - Breast cancer correlates with the expression of the FRA16D cancer gene

Medical University of Lubeck - Embryonic stem cells differentiate into renal cell types in vitro

Medical University of South Carolina - Head and neck cancers are propelled by proangiogenic autocrine loops

Medical University of Vienna - Fibroblast growth factor-2 initiates matrilysin expression in endothelial cells

Medical University of Vienna - Intensified extracorporeal photochemotherapy highly effective in acute GVHD

Medical University of Vienna - Researchers from Austria and Italy provide details of new studies and findings in the area of hematology

Medical University of Vienna - Researchers from Austria and the United States report recent findings in hepatitis C virus

Medical University, Lublin - Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor improves renal resistance to obesity-related ANP

MedicalCV, Inc. - Chief financial officer plans to leave MedicalCV, company initiates search

Medicure Inc. - Medicure Inc. reports positive results from phase 2 study of cardioprotective product

Medistem Laboratories, Inc. - Medistem establishes medical advisory board to guide stem cell technology research and applications

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover - Researchers' data from Germany, the United States and Scotland advance apoptosis research

Medtech Insight - Dr. Thomas Fogarty to participate in medical device summit

Medtronic, Inc. - Medtronic receives FDA approval for insulin pump with real-time continuous glucose monitoring

Medtronic, Inc. - U.S. FDA clears Medtronic Performer Cardiopulmonary Bypass System heart-lung machine

Melegnano Hospital, Milan - Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin triggers back pain

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Research from the United States and Finland in breast cancer provides new insights

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Researchers from the United States and Belgium detail new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria - Estrogen may be protective against schizophrenia by inhibitive effect on buspirone

Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck to appeal punitive and compensatory verdicts in New Jersey Vioxx product liability case

Merck & Company, Inc. - Findings from the United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Merck Frosst Center Therapeutic Research, Dorval - Conformation-assisted PTP-1B inhibition may offer type 2 diabetes and obesity therapy

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. - Meridian Bioscience Helicobacter pylori patent validated by settlement agreement with Astra

Merikoski Rehabilitation & Research Center, Oulu - Responsiveness of VO_2peak to exercise training related to mode of training

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. - Metabasis Therapeutics responds to plan by Valeant to out-license pradefovir

Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston - Bivalirudin and eptifibatide plus heparin reduced total thrombus formation and fibrin deposition

MicroIslet, Inc. - MicroIslet reports net loss of $8.5 million in 2005

MicroIslet, Inc. - Transplantation of islets into diabetic primates results in prolonged blood sugar improvement

Micronics, Inc. - Micronics receives phase I grant to develop early detection system for colon cancer

Military Medical College 2, Shanghai - Transfection sensitizes tumor cells to etoposide-induced apoptosis

Misonix, Inc. - Misonix acquires controlling interest in UK-HIFU Limited

Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo - ESC genes are differentially expressed in low glucose media during culture

Miyazaki University - Calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide-1 affects energy homeostasis

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Momenta Pharmaceuticals appoints Paul D. Goldenheim, MD to board of directors

Monash Medical Center - Ovarian function preservation after Hyper-CVAD chemotherapy appears probable

Monash Medical School, Melbourne - Body mass index contributes to both baseline and weight loss white blood cell count

Monash University, Clayton - CD30 is a survival factor and biomarker for transformed pluripotent stem cells

Monsanto Company - Monsanto announces $1 million leadership gift

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - Angiogenic function reacts to the synergy of laulimalide and docetaxel

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - Gene profiling study identifies a unique G3139 molecular signature

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - HIV-infected middle-aged women have reduced bone mineral density compared to uninfected women

Montreal General Hospital - Findings from Canada, the People's Republic of China and the United States in genetics provide new insights

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London - Orbital carcinoid metastases surgical management and survival analyzed

Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forli - Breast cancer detected by presence of maspin and mammaglobin B

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Chest pain complaints require serial evaluations and patient observation

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Findings from the United States, Japan and United Kingdom advance knowledge in prostate cancer research

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Ketogenic diet may prevent the progression of ALS

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Type of food stores available in community can contribute to obesity

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London - Rectal cancer treatment advanced by replacing 5-FU with oral capecitabine

Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium - Four additional cancer centers join Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium

Nagasaki University - Hemangioma treatment strategies and outcomes compared

Nagasaki University - New findings from Japan, the United States and Denmark in the area of urology detailed

Nagoya City University - PTMA could be a target for prostate cancer therapy and diagnostic purposes

Nagoya City University, Aichi - Researchers from Japan, Belgium and Egypt publish new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Nanjing University - Acute liver injury following T cell-mediated immune response modeled in mice

NanoInk, Inc. - NanoInk names JoAnne Smith Joyce as senior vice president and general counsel

NanoInk, Inc. - NanoInk, Inc. appoints three new business development and sales executives

NanoMaterials Technology Pte, Ltd - NanoMaterials Technology opens new US$1.5 million facility in Singapore

Nanoprobes Inc. - Gold nanoparticles delineate angiogenesis in murine models

Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene & Environment, Nara City - Real-time PCR assay detects eight staphylococcal enterotoxin-encoding genes

National Autonomous University of Mexico - Human cementum-derived protein characterized

National Cardiovascular Center, Suita - Elevated systolic blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality

National Center in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Sydney - Researchers from Australia, the People's Republic of China and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

National Cheng Kung University, Tainan - Reports from Taiwan, the United States and Israel add new data to RNA research

National Council of Research, Rome - Pressure overload causes cardiac hypertrophy in beta1- and beta2-adrenergic receptor double KO mice

National Hospital, Osaka - Recent findings in DNA described by researchers from Japan, Belgium and Ireland

National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi - Findings from India, the United Kingdom and Japan describe new data in encephalitis research

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo - Mycobacterium bovis BCG expressing SIV Gag protein induces immune responses

National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo - Lung cancer linked to polymorphisms of DNA repair genes

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Bioactive cement scaffold may improve bone grafts

National Psoriasis Foundation - Psoriasis foundation awards four $30,000 research grants

National Research Council of Argentina - Fluoxetine therapy restored neuroplasticity-related hippocampal alterations of diabetic mice

National Research Council of Canada - HCV replicons enable simultaneous measurement of reporter activity and cell number

National Taiwan University - Potential carcinogenic risks associated with ingesting arsenic in aquacultural tilapia assessed

National Taiwan University Hospital - HBV post-partum e antigen clearance in carrier mothers correlates with viral characteristics

National Taiwan University Hospital - Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty outcome is related to Helicobacter pylori infection

National University Autonoma de Mexico - HIV gp120 interacts with chemokine system to generate HIV-wasting syndrome

National University Hospital, Copenhagen - Targeted cancer gene therapy for small-cell lung cancer utilizes a novel promoter

National University of Singapore - Hepatitis B core promoter mutations may not reduce promoter activity

National Yang Ming University, Taipei - Researchers' findings from Taiwan, Japan and the United States advance hepatitis B virus research

National Yang-Ming University - New findings in statins described from Taiwan and Spain

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Carcinogenicity of inhaled formaldehyde evaluated

Neoprobe Corporation - Neoprobe completes regulatory submission for Lymphoseek for breast and skin cancer biopsies

Nepal National Tuberculosis Center - Factors affecting patient adherence to DOTS in urban Kathmandu identified

Netherlands Cancer Institute - An shRNA barcode screen provides insight into cancer cell vulnerability

Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. - Neuromed named to Fierce 15 list of top emerging biotech companies in 2006

Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. - Neuromed Pharmaceuticals appoints Dr. Stephen Arneric to executive team

Neuronetics, Inc. - Neuronetics names Peter Anastasiou as vice president of marketing

New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton - New findings in cervical cancer described from the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany

New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. - New River Pharmaceuticals names John Thottathil chief scientific officer

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Palatal bone defects repaired with osteogenically differentiated fat-derived stem cells

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Placental site trophoblastic tumor prognosticators identified

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Surgery simulators are effective at training surgeons, study shows

Newcastle General Hospital - Patient size correction reduces residual correlation of dose-area product with patient weight

NextPharma Technologies - NextPharma Technologies board appoints Richard Milbank as chief financial officer

NextPharma Technologies - NextPharma Technologies executive VP Dr. Hermann Osterwald appointed to the board of APV

Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun - Melanoma progression linked to expression of cyclooxygenase-2

Nihon University, Tokyo - Studies from Japan, Brazil and Sweden advance knowledge in cardiology research

Niigata University - Ifenprodil inhibits G protein-activated inwardly rectifying K⁺ channels

Niigata University of Pharmacy & Applied Life Science - Cryptococcus cell growth inhibited by recombinant single-chain anti-idiotypic antibodies

North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac - Support groups may improve outcome for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding patients

Northeastern University, Boston - Researchers from the United States and Japan describe findings in imaging studies

Northwestern University, Evanston - Level of education completed linked with coronary artery calcium deposits

Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo - Photochemical internalization augments EGF-saporin affinity toxin

Norwegian University of Science & Technology - Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom and Germany provide details of new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Nottingham City Hospital - Findings from the United Kingdom, United States and France advance knowledge in breast cancer research

NovaVision, Inc. - Large study shows vision loss reduced in stroke, brain trauma patients with VRT therapy

Novagali Pharma SA - Novagali Pharma completes EUR26 million financing to support phase III trials

Novartis Institute Biomedical Research Vienna - A novel low molecular weight inhibitor of dendritic cells, B cells blocks allergic inflammation

Novo Nordisk A/S - GLP-1, GIP and liraglutide may raise beta-cell replication and impact long-term diabetes therapy

Nutrition 21, Inc. - Nutrition 21 receives commitment from a national retail chain for its Chromax product

Octapharma AG - Octapharma reports 22% increase in sales

Odense University Hospital - Lymphoma prognosticated with Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index

Odense University Hospital - Recent findings from Denmark, Greece and the United States illuminate research in colon cancer

Office of AIDS Research - Conference to address significant impact of HIV/AIDS on Native Americans

Ohio State University - Front-line immune cells mature in four stages, Ohio State study shows

Ohio State University - Studies from the United States and Japan add new findings to genetics body of knowledge

Oita Prefectural Hospital - Lung cancer treated by modified intrapleural cisplatin therapy

Okayama University - Epstein-Barr virus-associated large B-cell lymphomas found resistant to standard chemoradiotherapy

Okayama University - Hepatitis C virus NS5B full form delays cell cycle progression

Okayama University - Research from Japan, Hungary and Netherlands in cancer treatment provides new insights

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. - Oncolytics Biotech issued Canadian patent for methods of preventing reovirus

Oncotech Inc. - Oncotech and TherapySelect collaborate to offer cancer testing services in Germany

Ophthonix Inc. - Ophthonix introduces iZon progressive lenses for high-definition vision

OptiNose AS - Nasal spray pump that is breath actuated improves delivery to target sites

Ordway Research Institute, Albany - Thyroid hormone and its analog elicit angiogenesis at the cell surface

Oregon Health Science University - Retina nyctalopin localized

Osaka City University - Research from Japan, the South Korea and Singapore add new data to drug delivery body of knowledge

Osaka Medical College - Breast cancer fine needle aspiration cytology specimens contain overexpressed genes

Osaka Medical College - New findings from Japan and France in the area of diabetes described

Osaka Medical College - Oncolytic recombinant herpes simplex virus treats orthotopic liver tumors

Osaka University - Angiopoietin-2 expression in colorectal cancer is driven by hypoxia

Osaka University - Breast cancer evaluated for residual tumor extent by three-dimensional MRI

Osaka University - Findings from Japan, Australia and Finland describe new data in hypertension research

Osaka University - Leukemia inhibitory factor regulation of cardiac stem cells may support neovascularization

Osaka University - Researchers from Japan, India and Sweden publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Oscient Pharmaceuticals - Oscient Pharmaceuticals announces closing of $35.9 million private placement financing

Otto Von Guericke University, Magdeburg - Peritoneal colon cancer growth in rats is reduced by local antiangiogenesis therapy

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. - Pacific Biometrics, Inc. awarded research contract as part of an innovative osteoporosis program

Palatin Technologies, Inc. - Palatin Technologies, Inc. to raise $27 million in offering

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chaiwan - Rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic sphincter-preserving total mesorectal excision

Parexel Clinical Research Services - Parexel appoints Dr. Denis R. Miller as senior medical director

Patient Care Technology Systems - Patient Care Technology Systems appoints Jeff Hastings as vice president of technology

Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen - Simian immunodeficiency virus is a potent activator of IL-2 gene expression

Peking Union Medical College - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, United States and Czech Republic provide details of new studies and findings in the area of papillomavirus

Peking University - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, United States and Sweden provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Peking University, Beijing - Findings from the People's Republic of China and United States in HIV/AIDS provide new insights

Peking University, Beijing - Studies from the People's Republic of China, United States and Germany add new findings to genetics body of knowledge

Peninsula Medical School, Devon - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Japan and Finland report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Pennsylvania Governor Rendell says Pennsylvania is ready in the event of avian influenza

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Pennsylvania Governor Rendell stresses importance of bioscience research

Pennsylvania State University - New tool taps drool for clues to childhood stress

Pennsylvania State University - Phosphorylation of phospholemman at serine 68 inhibits Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange in the heart

Pfizer Inc - Pfizer to expand neuroscience research with acquisition of Rinat Neuroscience

Pharmacyclics, Inc. - Celera Genomics announces sale of therapeutic programs to Pharmacyclics

Pharmos Corporation - Pharmos receives US$1.3 grant from Israel government

Pharsight Corporation - Pharsight announces new DMX Web server release using Microsoft .NET framework

Pharsight Corporation - Pharsight appoints Will Frederick as chief financial officer

PhotoMedex, Inc. - PhotoMedex signs license agreement with Mount Sinai School of Medicine for vitiligo light treatment

Phytomedics Inc. - G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, joins Phytomedics Inc. board of directors

Phyton Biotech, Inc. - Phyton Biotech signs licensing agreement with DiAthegen to commercialize growth hormone receptor

Pioneer Valley Private Hospital, Bucasia - Mirtazapine does not have serotonergic effects in humans

Plastic Surgery Center, Beverly Hills - Calf-tibial subfascial silicone implant is new and effective

Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna - Researchers' work from Italy, the United States and Germany adds to imaging body of knowledge

Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease reduces the risk of diabetes mellitus

Ponce School of Medicine - Morphine dependence contributes to SIV/SHIV pathogenesis

Portuguese Oncology Institute, Oporto - Researchers' work from Portugal, the United Kingdom and Japan adds to prostate cancer body of knowledge

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh - Researchers from India, the United States and Japan describe findings in obstetrics studies

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Dr. Henry Esber nominated to Pro-Pharmaceuticals board

Prometheus Laboratories Inc. - Prometheus Laboratories announces 2005 net revenues grew $140 million

PsychoGenics Inc. - PsychoGenics and Sosei partner to identify new central nervous system therapies

Punjabi University - Reports from India, Japan and the United States add new data to angiology research

Purdue University - Hypertension drug may reverse death or injury of nerve cells from spinal cord injury

Quality Assurance Reference Center, Tyne & Wear - Approach to patient dosimetry in radiology is offered using trigger levels

Quebec Heart Institute, Sainte-Foy - Recent findings in obesity described by researchers from Canada, the United States and Germany

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham - Studies from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States add new findings to radiotherapy body of knowledge

Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh - Receptor cross-talk stimulates angiogenesis genes in endometrial tissues

Queens University of Belfast - Cells seeded on MBG scaffold survive impaction grafting technique

Quintek Technologies, Inc. - Quintek awarded additional order from existing physician-owned medical liability company customer

R2 Technology, Inc. - HealthTrust Purchasing Group awards mammography CAD contract to R2 Technology

RTI International, Research Triangle Park - Heart disease risk may be related to environmental factors and low socioeconomic status

RWTH Aachen University - Contrast-enhanced MRI may be superior to nuclear imaging in identifying irrecoverable segments

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center - More ovarian cancer screening by prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is proposed

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center - New data from Netherlands, France and United States lluminates research in HIV/AIDS

Radboud University of Nijmegen - Bladder cancer management in the Netherlands and Belgium surveyed

Radi Medical Systems - FemoStop supports early ambulation after coronary angiography

Radius - Radius appoints Louis O'Dea as senior vice president and chief medical officer

Rambam Medical Center, Haifa - Recent findings from Israel, Italy and Germany illuminate research in imaging

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Reata announces RTA 402 entering clinical development as promising oral anticancer drug

Reflect Scientific Inc. - Reflect Scientific Inc. integrates its recent acquisition of JMST Systems into its Utah Facility

Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd - Embryonic stem cell line from Indian subcontinent characterized

Research Australia - Acrux granted first grant in Europe, triggering payment from Lilly

Research Australia - Specialists try to speed up cure for ear infections

Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo - Nude rat tuberculosis model mimics tuberculosis in immunocompromised humans

Research and Markets - Analgesic market expected to grow to $75 billion by 2010, $105 billion by 2015, report says

Research and Markets - Continence nurses in the U.S. aid patients in management of urinary incontinence

Research and Markets - Epidemiology-based forecasting is best for medium- to long-term market and product forecasts

Research and Markets - Kidney transplants are projected to increase, although the organ gap may widen further

Research and Markets - Report examines gastric cancer-targeted therapies

Research and Markets - Report shows generic growth opportunities are significant

Research and Markets - Report suggests most tools used for toxicology and human safety testing are decades old

Research and Markets - Report suggests promotional costs are higher than R&D yet receive less attention

Research and Markets - Research and Markets report indicates bariatric surgery is an increasingly attractive option

Rheinisch Westfalische Technical University of Aachen - Tissue-engineered bladder wall replacement developed with autologous cells and scaffold

Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis - Research from the United States and Denmark add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Trust, Oslo - Familial cancer in absence of known mutations may not negatively affect quality of life

Robarts Research Institute, London - Data from Canada and the United States advance knowledge in genetics research

Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital, Oswestry - ELISA for major crustacean allergen in food has been developed

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital announces $5 million gift from Bristol-Myers Squibb

Rosetta Stone Laboratories - Reports from the United States and France advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - Head and neck cancer is controlled by therapy combining tetrathiomolybdate and radiation

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - Studies from the United States and Czech Republic advance knowledge in cancer research

Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases - Rothberg Institute promotes first computational international effort to fight avian flu

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Hospital, London - Findings from the United Kingdom and United States in cardiology provide new insights

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London - The right ventricle in congenital heart disease is focus of review

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Research from Ireland, the South Korea and Japan add new data to apoptosis body of knowledge

Royal Free & University College London Medical School - New findings in diabetes described from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany

Royal Free & University College Medical School, London - Recent findings in HIV/AIDS described by researchers from the United Kingdom, Mexico and Spain

Royal Free & University College Medical School, London - Renal impairment may be marker of angiographic coronary disease in women

Royal Free & University College Medical School, London - Research from the United Kingdom and United States in diabetes provides new insights

Royal Free & University College Medical School, London - Vitamin C has anti-inflammatory effects and is linked to lower endothelial dysfunction

Royal Marsden Hospital, London - Reports from the United Kingdom and United States describe recent advances in breast cancer research

Royal Marsden Hospital, London - Researchers' data from the United Kingdom advance breast cancer research

Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma outcome not improved by addition of G-CSF

Royal Perth Hospital - New data from Australia, the United States and France lluminates research in diet & nutrition

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown - Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma managed by new staging system

Royal Surrey County Hospital - Uterine artery embolization appears good alternative to hysterectomy for fibroid treatment

Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford - Hypoglycemia is most common diabetic emergency and current management is suboptimal

Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Frederiksberg - Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation for 1 year does not prevent weight or body fat regain

Royal Veterinary College, London - Bovine noroviruses share cross-reactive epitope with human noroviruses

Ruhr University of Bochum - Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lung described

Russian Academy of Science - Reports from Russia and the United States add new data to breast cancer research

S. Maria di Loreto Hospital, Naples - Findings from Italy, the United States and Switzerland in imaging provide new insights

SAFC Biosciences - SAFC Biosciences, Vivalis complete first stage of R&D collaboration on viral vaccines

SPO Medical Inc. - SPO Medical reports 2005 gross revenues of $1,825,000, Q4 revenues up 24.7%

SUNY, Geneseo - Researchers from the United States and Italy report recent findings in breast cancer

SUNY, Stony Brook - Periurethral mass formations may be late complication after bulking agent injection

Sabin Vaccine Institute - William H. Foege, MD, MPH, receives 2006 Sabin Gold Medal for vaccine development

Safetek International Inc - Safetek reports plans to develop muscarinic receptor antagonist for overactive bladder

Sahlgrens University Hospital, Gothenburg - Findings from Sweden, Germany and the United States advance knowledge in radiotherapy research

Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg - Metronomic chemotherapy affects angiogenesis in several ways

Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra, Goteborg - Elderly acute coronary syndromes patients are less likely to be fully managed

Saitama Medical School, Moroyama - Fetal heterotaxy syndrome is associated with broad spectrum of cardiac pathology

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - MoviPrep receives U.S. FDA approval letter

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla - Recent studies from the United States, Sweden and Canada add new data to atherosclerosis research

San Francisco General Hospital - Research from the United States in HIV/AIDS provides new insights

San Francisco General Hospital - Tuberculosis cases in San Francisco not decreasing despite ongoing control measures

San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Researchers from Italy, Israel and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of surgery

San Raffaele Science Institute, Milan - Coreceptor-targeted HIV entry inhibitors bridge gap towards infection cure

San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan - Studies from Italy, the United States and France advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Sanarus Medical, Inc. - John F. Howe named chief operating and financial officer of Sanarus Medical, Inc.

Sanitaria Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Bologna - Health care delay in pulmonary TB and patient migration status studied

Sanofi Pasteur, Marcy l'Etoile - Recent studies from France, Brazil and the United States add new data to dengue fever research

Sart Tilman University Hospital, Liege - Glucose and insulin administration may improve acute myocardial ischemia

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Savient announces proposed board changes, nomination of three independent directors

Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston - Reports from the United States, Japan and Germany describe recent advances in angiology research

Schering-Plough Corporation - Hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor resistance conferred by mutations

Schering-Plough Corporation - Raymond Russo promoted to position of VP, global cholesterol marketing, by Schering-Plough

SciGen Limited - SciGen Limited acquires manufacturing facility from India-based Shreya Biotech

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Scripps-led project achieves milestone in analyzing pollutants dimming the atmosphere

Scripps Research Institute - Enzyme crystal structure reveals unexpected genome repair functions

Scripps Research Institute - Findings from the United States and Switzerland in virology provide new insights

Scripps Research Institute - Researchers' work from the United States adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Seattle Genetics receives notice of patents granted on anti-CD30 antibodies for Hodgkin

Seikei University, Tokyo - Researchers' data from Japan and the United States advance diabetes research

Semmelweis University, Budapest - Cervical cancer life expectancy not prognosticated by high-risk-HPV status

Sequenom, Inc. - Sequenom updates audit opinion, comments on going concern qualification

SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. - Cathryn Low named interim chief financial officer of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.

Serono International S.A. - Serono's controlling Bertarelli family terminates discussions on sale of the company

Shanghai Jiao Tong University - New data from the People's Republic of China, Canada and Sweden lluminates research in angiology

Shantou University Medical College - Antiviral effect of liposome-mediated IL-28 and IL-29 demonstrated on WISH cells

Shantou University of Medicine - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, Cyprus and Hungary describe findings in genetics studies

Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta - AP-2 beta causes cell enlargement and insulin resistance in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Shionogi & Co. - Different forms of the new agent vasohibin dominate angiogenesis

Shire PLC - Non-oral methylphenidate transdermal patch system for ADHD approved by U.S. FDA

Sicel Technologies, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants 510(k) clearance for implantable radiation sensor for treating cancer

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego - Breast cancer gene therapy effectiveness is increased by adenoviral vectors

Sigma-Aldrich - Report on Sigma-Aldrich's shRNA library published in Cell by collaborative researchers

Sigma-Aldrich - Sigma-Aldrich launches free online resource to access collection of biological pathways

Simmons College, Boston - Researchers' findings from the United States, Sweden and Gong advance breast cancer research

Simulations Plus, Inc. - Simulations Plus releases software for pharmaceutical formulation research

Sinai Children's Hospital, North Chicago - Researchers from the United States and AL 35294 report recent findings in HIV/AIDS

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. - Immunization schedule in phase 1 trial of avian influenza vaccine completed by Sinovac

Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus - New research from Denmark, Russia and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

SkinMedica, Inc. - SkinMedica closes $11.2 million round of private placement financing

Softberry, Inc. - Softberry releases biomedical data analysis software package with gene-finding programs

Solectron Corporation - Solectron receives ISO 13485 medical certification for Suzhou, China, plant

Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. - Study shows Myobloc demonstrates efficacy and safety in repeated dosing for up to 4 years

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Somaxon reports positive results in dosing trial of doxepin HC1 for adult chronic insomnia

Soochow University, Taipei - Antigen-specific CD4+ T cell numbers can be expanded

South Dakota State University - Naringin does not alter caffeine pharmacokinetics, energy use, or cardiovascular hemodynamics

Southampton General Hospital - Reports from the United Kingdom, India and Australia advance knowledge in diabetes research

Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome - Neuroactive antiretrovirals not related to neuropsychologic performance in stable HAART

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Spectrum presents data from intravesical instillation trial of apaziquone in bladder cancer

Speedel Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Speedel Pharmaceuticals Inc. publishes first annual report as public company

St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein - Recent studies from Netherlands, Israel and China add new data to heart attack research

St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London - Admission measurement of cardiac troponin plus ischemia-modified albumin can be used in ED triage

St. George's Hospital, London - Breast cancer patient's need for irradiation after conservative surgery studied

St. John's Health Center, Santa Monica - Early stage breast cancer treated with breast conservation therapy had positive long-term results

St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix - Cranial base chondrosarcoma management described

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Influenza pandemic planning is reviewed

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Researchers attempt to unlock the mystery of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - St. Jude researchers develop new technique that could speed new medulloblastoma drugs

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants regulatory approval, market launch of world's thinnest ICD lead

St. Louis Shriners Hospital for Children - Findings from the United Kingdom and United States advance knowledge in obesity research

St. Luke's Hospital, Guardamangia - Researchers from Malta, Turkey and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

St. Marianna University, Kanagawa - Osteoarthritic cartilage gene expression analyzed in intact and damaged regions

St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst - Patent foramen ovale risk in mouse is based on multiple processes under separate genetic control

St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Insulin sensitivity in pregnancy was examined in relation to circulating plasma proteins

Stanbio Laboratory, L.P. - Stanbio files cross-complaint alleging unfair business practices, interference by HemoCue

Standard & Poor's - Standard & Poor's announces Factual Stock Report coverage on Integrated BioPharma, Inc.

Standard Management Corporation - Indiana-based Standard Management receives Nasdaq notice of low bid price for common stock

Stanford University - Higher adverse pregnancy outcomes were seen in women with common rheumatic illnesses

Stanford University - Key regulatory genes in varicella-zoster virus intergenic region are identified

Stanford University - New research from the United States, Japan and Germany in the area of leukemia detailed

Stanford University - Research from the United States, Brazil and France in virology provides new insights

Stanford University - Studies from the United States and United Kingdom advance knowledge in obesity research

Stanford University Medical Center - Stanford medical school receives first $1.2 million installment of state stem cell funding

Stanford University Medical Center - U.S. lags in rate of publishing embryonic stem cell studies, Stanford researcher finds

State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo - Link between hypoparathyroidism and pharyngoesophageal tumors assessed

StemCells, Inc. - Elizabeth Leininger, PhD, named StemCells VP of regulatory affairs, quality assurance

StemCells, Inc. - StemCells, Inc. announces closing of common stock sale for gross proceeds of $35.8 million

Stockholm University - Studies from Sweden and Japan add new findings to obesity body of knowledge

Stratagene Corporation - Stratagene launches online store for sale of life science research, diagnostic products

Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou - Hepatitis severity is reduced by lamivudine in HBV carriers receiving chemotherapy

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Sunesis enters limited research, license agreement with UCSF for drug discovery technology

Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases & Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cure rates improved by adjuvant resectional surgery

Sutter Institute for Medical Research, Sacramento - Researchers' findings from the United States and People's Republic of China advance medical devices research

Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges - New findings from Switzerland and the United States in the area of oncology detailed

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. - Patients treated with synthetic blood for brain injury showed higher cerebral oxygen levels

Taipei Medical University - Coronary artery bypass graft patient outcomes are most closely associated with surgeon skill and experience

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore - Wasting in tuberculosis associated with depletion of whole-body lean and fat tissue

Targacept, Inc. - Targacept announces pricing of initial public offering at $9 per share

TargetRx - TargetRx CEO Mike Luby wins Philadelphia Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award

Tecan - Tecan to supply automated workstations for compound screening and profiling to Columbia University

Techedge, Inc. - Techedge Inc. signs definitive agreement to acquire China BioPharma Ltd.

Technical University of Munich - Breast cancer detected by MR-guided, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy

Technical University of Munich - Researchers from Germany and the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of lymphoma

Technological Education Institute Larissa - Lung cancer linked to lower levels of retinoic acid

Tel Aviv University - Findings from Israel, the United States and Australia describe new data in cardiology research

Tel Aviv University - Studies from Israel and Japan advance knowledge in transplants research

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - B beta-fibrinogen -455A allele may be related to erythrocyte aggregation in men only

Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Naples - Molecular mechanisms of megakaryocytopoiesis identified

The Contact Lens Institute - Contact Lens Institute supports U.S. FDA's recent health advisory

The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium - Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium names MDS Pharma Services preferred CRO

The Quigley Corporation - Quigley to commence human testing of QR-333 topical diabetic peripheral neuropathy new drug

The Surgery, Letchworth - New findings from the United Kingdom, United States and Germany in the area of stress detailed

Theranox, Inc. - Theranox raises $14 million to develop gaseous nitric oxide as chronic wound treatment

Thermo Electron Corporation - Thermo gets license for electron transfer dissociation technology from U of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia - Jefferson scientists uncover lethal gene mutation key to blocking cholesterol processing

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia - Limb-lead reversal axes are predictable within an average of 5 degrees

Thoratec Corporation - Thoratec reports expected preliminary Q1 2006 revenues of about $48.8 million

Tigris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Tigris initiates phase 2 trial of A-007 in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Tohoku University, Sendai - Endogenous erythropoietin system prevents pulmonary hypertension during chronic hypoxia in mice

Tokushima Bunri University, Shido - Endonuclease G participates in nucleosomal DNA fragmentation

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Dilated cardiomyopathy pathogenesis may be linked to the ArQ157His mutation

Tokyo Medical University - Reports from Japan and the United States describe recent advances in imaging research

Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer & Infectious Disease Center - Findings from Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom advance knowledge in oncology research

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Bioengineered myocardial tissue grafts may improve damaged heart function

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Findings from Japan, the North Ireland and India in diabetes provide new insights

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Researchers' findings from Japan, Israel and the United States advance biomedical engineering research

Tom Baker Cancer Clinic, Calgary - Researchers' data from Canada, the United States and Italy advance head & neck cancer research

Toronto General Hospital - Valve surgery in octogenarians is a safe option with good medium-term results

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. - Lawrence Dentice named GM, senior VP and officer of Toshiba America Medical Systems

Tottori University - Reports from Japan, Hungary and Germany advance knowledge in diabetes research

Tottori University - Researchers' work from Japan and the United Kingdom adds to apoptosis body of knowledge

Trinity Biotech plc - Trinity Biotech announces registered offering of $25 million of American depositary shares

Tufts University, Boston - Diabetic endothelial progenitor cells deliver delayed reendothelialization due to thrombospondin-1

Tufts University, Boston - Mega-brands have mega influence on dietary behavior

Tufts University, Boston - Research from the United States and Japan add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

Turku University - Researchers from Finland and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of obesity

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Clostridium infection is increasing in elderly patients discharged from hospitals

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Canine visceral leishmaniasis in United States and Canada is focus of review

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Folic acid fortification reduces stroke mortality in Canada and U.S.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - HIV-infected adolescents unlikely to initiate HIV testing

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - HIV/AIDS stigma adversely affects mental health of HIV-positive men

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Improved programs are associated with decreasing TB incidence in U.S.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Incidence of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in South Carolina is higher than estimated

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Increased HIV testing among young men who have sex with men is needed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Influenza vaccine shortage did not affect pattern of vaccine-seeking behavior

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Integrated approach helps prevent suicide and youth violence

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Link between Kawasaki syndrome and coronary artery abnormalities was investigated

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Methamphetamine use and associated risk of HIV/STD infection were focus of national consultation

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Method to measure urinary monohydroxy metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Norovirus causes about one-quarter of gastroenteritis outbreaks in U.S.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Quantitative real-time RT-PCR assays to detect measles virus have been developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Reports from the United States add new data to pediatrics research

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers from the United States, France and People's Republic of China detail new studies and findings in the area of proteins

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers' data from Canada and the United States advance tuberculosis research

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers' work from the United States adds to tuberculosis body of knowledge

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers' work from the United States and South Africa adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Self-esteem and emotional distress affect sexual behavior differently in adolescent females

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Smallpox vaccines were efficacious after exposure to temperatures not recommended for shipping

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Vaccinating health care workers against pertussis is cost effective

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Violence prevention agenda is established at U.S. CDC

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - West Nile virus vaccination is currently not cost effective

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Reports from the United States add new data to vaccines research

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - U.S. Health and Human Services expands cooperation in health and medical science with China

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Adverse events related to autologous chondrocytes are summarized

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella isolated from imported foods is characterized

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Gene products required for polysialic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli K1 are reported

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - GHB free-acid solution formation studies and characterization reported

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Isolation and spectroscopy characterization of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid is reported

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Method enables effective supplementation for isolation of Salmonella enteritidis in egg white

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - One-shot estimate of multiple readers and multiple cases variance has been developed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - PCR methods to measure Salmonella in homemade ice cream compared

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - SARS vaccine development is focus of review

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Signal transduction in epithelial cell invasion by Campylobacter is examined

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Some porcine endogenous retroviruses can infect human cells

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Suicidality is slightly increased in children taking antidepressant drugs

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - T cell cytokine responses are dependent on multidrug resistance protein-1

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Tissue-fluid correlations were used to estimate gentamicin in steer kidneys

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA alerts professionals of eye infections related to soft contact lens, solutions use

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA approves methylphenidate patch to treat ADHD in children

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA awards contract to assess postmarketing study commitment decision-making process

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA proposal seeks to prevent deaths and injuries from medical gas mix-ups, contamination

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Cervical cancer linked to expression of FasL

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Multidrug resistance in cancer targeted with newly developed drugs

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Researchers from the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

U.S. National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute - Steroids do not prolong survival in intensive care patients with ARDS on life support

U.S. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases - NIH research may lead to new approaches to enhanced immune responses

U.S. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases - Studies from the United States and United Kingdom describe new findings in vaccines research

U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - Recent studies from the United States add new data to obesity research

U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - Studies from the United States and Canada describe new findings in hepatitis B virus research

U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - New data from the United States and Israel lluminates research in cardiology

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Rapid assay to measure West Nile virus neutralization has been developed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Recent studies from the United States and Spain add new data to HIV/AIDS research

URCH Publishing - Report suggests more rigorous evidence will be required in clinical evaluations

UTEK Corporation - CytoDyn, Inc. and UTEK Corporation announce strategic alliance agreement

Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo - Rimonabant may treat cardiometabolic risk factors in addition to obesity and diabetes

Umea University - Data from Sweden, the United Kingdom and Australia advance knowledge in diabetes research

Umea University - Phosphorylation marks IPF1/PDX1 protein for degradation and may lead to beta-cell dysfunction

Umea University Hospital - New findings from Sweden, Israel and the United States in the area of diabetes detailed

United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain - Insulin treatment did not improve heart rhythm and physical activity in diabetic rat model

Universidad Catolica de Chile - New data from Chile, Japan and the United States lluminates research in diabetes

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - Researchers' work from Mexico and the United States adds to measles body of knowledge

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Research from Spain, the United States and the People's Republic of China in stroke provides new insights

Universitatsklinik fur Kinder-und Jugendmedizin Ulm - Researchers' findings from Germany, the United States and the PA 19104 advance obesity research

Universitatskliniken fur Plastische, Innsbruck - Data from Austria, Israel and Italy advance knowledge in obesity research

Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck - New findings from Germany, Japan and the South Korea in the area of gynecology detailed

Universitatsklinikum Tubingen - Researchers from Germany and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of melanoma

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels - Inducible mouse model of melanoma expressing tumor antigen has been developed

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels - Researchers' data from Belgium, the United States and Turkey advance hepatitis B virus research

Universite Laval, Quebec City - A region of retinal pigment epithelium is suggested as important in retinoid binding

Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels - Prostate cancer progression associated with methyl-CpG- binding protein MECP2

University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf - Endometrial carcinoma linked to CEACAM1 expression

University Clinic of Munich - Studies from Germany, Italy and Netherlands advance knowledge in angiology research

University College London - New findings in diabetes described from the United Kingdom, United States and Canada

University College London - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in HIV/AIDS research

University College, Dublin - CITED1 gene is linked to mammary ductal morphogenesis

University Department of Medicine, Birmingham - Acute, chronic congestive heart failure patients have different degrees of endothelial dysfunction

University General Hospital, Valencia - Researchers from Spain and the People's Republic of China report details of new studies and findings in the area of hepatitis C virus

University Heart Center, Hamburg - For children with congenital heart disease, N-BNP of limited use in guiding perioperative therapy

University Hospital Birmingham - HbA_1c calibration and its measurement in company of variant hemoglobins was established

University Hospital Hached, Sousse - Tobacco-related health knowledge lacking in medical students in Tunisia

University Hospital Heraklion - Findings from Greece, Japan and the United States in gastroenterology provide new insights

University Hospital MAS, Malmo - Daily physical activity was correlated to aerobic fitness in children aged 8-11 years

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein - Reports from Germany, Italy and France describe recent advances in cardiology research

University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona - New data from Spain, Japan and the United States lluminates research in diabetes

University Hospital Wales, Cardiff - Immediately after heart valve replacement, patients are more sensitive to warfarin

University Hospital of Bonn - Melanoma staged by whole body dual modality F-18-FDG PET/CT imaging

University Hospital of Geneva - New findings from Switzerland, the United States and Japan in the area of leukemia described

University Hospital of Reina Sofia, Cordoba - Graft-versus-host disease after ASCT associated with nonspecific B-lymphopoiesis inhibition

University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Stuttgart - Dietary cholesterol seems to induce bile acid synthesis by different pathways in lean and obese

University Hospital, Birmingham - Breast screening radiation has been re-evaluated for risk estimate based on current data

University Hospital, Frankfurt - In patients with low, moderate Ca scores, MDCT coronary angiography is promising technique

University Hospital, Geneva - Researchers' findings from Switzerland, Australia and the United States advance eating disorders research

University Hospital, Zurich - Morbidly obese adapted well to weight and body appearance regardless of bariatric surgery

University Medical Center of Groningen - Colorectal cancer outcomes were comparable between two chemotherapy regimens

University Medical Center, Utrecht - Mammographic density does not appear related to physical activity in postmenopausal women

University at Buffalo - Agent protects Parkinson neurons from rotenone toxicity

University at Buffalo - Alcohol and substance abuse relapse reveals gender responses to interpersonal problems

University of A. Avogadro, Novara - Liver cancers thrive on fasting-re-feeding regimens in rodent models

University of Adelaide - Leptin regulation and secretion before birth may influence early adult obesity programming

University of Alabama - Researchers from the United States, Sweden and United Kingdom report recent findings in obesity

University of Alabama - Surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate enhances skin vaccination

University of Alberta - Airborne pollution contributes to prediabetes and cardiovascular disease in rat model

University of Alberta - Research from Canada, Spain and the United States add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

University of Alberta - Researchers' work from Canada and Germany adds to osteoporosis body of knowledge

University of Amsterdam - Nelfinavir-containing HAART strongly associated with virologic failure in young children

University of Amsterdam - Researchers from Netherlands, Greece and United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

University of Amsterdam - Researchers' findings from Netherlands, Austria and United States advance cancer treatment research

University of Arizona - Peritransplantation vaccination with chaperone-rich cell lysate induces antileukemic immunity

University of Arizona - Reports from the United States and Mexico describe recent advances in diabetes research

University of Arizona - S-nitrosylated proteins identified after deoxycholate exposure of colon epithelial cells

University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Routine HIV testing integrated into public health STD clinic

University of Arkansas - Recent studies from the United States add new data to hepatitis C virus research

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Moderate-intensity exercise training resulted in no change in insulin-stimulated glucose disposal

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Prostate cancer patients' quality of life compared after prostatectomy and radiotherapy treatments

University of Athens School of Medicine - Mediterranean diet may influence coronary risk via gene-to-diet interaction on oxidized LDLs

University of Auckland - Gliomas are eradicated by von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein overexpression

University of Auckland - Increased body mass may be predictor of heighten postmenopausal parathyroid levels

University of Auckland - Recurrent miscarriage does not appear related to human leukocyte antigen-E expression

University of Autonoma Barcelona - Researchers' data from Spain, Scotland and the United States advance diabetes research

University of Barcelona - Avelox is as effective as Levofloxacin and Ceftriaxone combination to treat pneumonia

University of Barcelona - Findings from Spain, Taiwan and Italy describe new data in hepatitis B virus research

University of Bari Medical School - New data from Italy and Japan lluminates research in hepatocellular carcinoma

University of Basel - HAART nonadherence factors determined for patients with HIV/AIDS

University of Belgrade School of Medicine - Childhood tuberculosis mortality in Serbia higher in age group 0-4

University of Berne - Bone DMSO cryopreservation improves vascularization and osteoblast mRNA expression

University of Berne - HIV-1-related mortality increased in developing countries during first year of HAART

University of Bochum - New findings in vectors described from Germany, the United States and the People's Republic of China

University of Bologna - Chronic myeloid leukemia response to imatinib predicted by quantitation of BCR-ABL transcript

University of Bologna - HPV DNA patterns analyzed in patients treated for HPV16 high-grade carcinoma in situ

University of Bonn - Recent findings from Germany and the United States illuminate research in melanoma

University of Brescia - Duodenal switch recommended to treat failed gastric restrictive surgery for morbid obesity

University of Brescia - Glottic cancer treatment strategies evaluated

University of British Columbia - Birth experience satisfaction may be higher in women with planned at-home deliveries

University of British Columbia - Linear relationship found between physical activity and health status

University of British Columbia - Prostate cancer treated by docetaxel or mitoxantrone as first-line chemotherapy

University of Cadiz - Chronic hepatitis C infection is associated with interleukin modulation

University of Calgary - Research from Canada, Germany and Japan in angiography provides new insights

University of California, Irvine - Embryonic stem cell survival mediated by neurotrophins

University of California, Irvine - Estrogen prevents apoptosis via ROS inhibition, differential regulation of p38 kinase isoforms

University of California, Irvine - Researchers from the United States and Japan publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

University of California, Los Angeles - Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma is reduced by gene-modified dendritic cells

University of California, Los Angeles - Cortical thickness differences in men and women may influence gender-specific abilities

University of California, Los Angeles - Growth arrest of head and neck cancer cells correlates with increased p16 and p53 expression

University of California, Los Angeles - HIV virologic response is a function of various factors

University of California, Los Angeles - Predictors of intervention adherence among young people living with HIV determined

University of California, Los Angeles - Researchers from the United States, Sweden and France detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

University of California, San Diego - Angiogenesis may be triggered by low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1

University of California, San Diego - EGFR appears to regulate SP, may clarify EGFR's role in tumorigenesis in cancers of head and neck

University of California, San Diego - Immune recovery associated with IOC increase in CMV-infected and noninfected eyes

University of California, San Diego - Reports from the United States, South Korea and Japan advance knowledge in oncology research

University of California, San Diego - Research from the United States and People's Republic of China in cardiology provides new insights

University of California, San Diego - University of California researchers reveal lung's innate immune system

University of California, San Francisco - Cardiovascular disease risk may be associated with low leukocyte telomerase

University of California, San Francisco - Findings from the United States and Brazil describe new data in lipids research

University of California, San Francisco - Geographic differences in antimalarial efficacy in Uganda mediated by acquired immunity

University of California, San Francisco - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic switch protein DNA binding interactions explored

University of California, San Francisco - New findings in cytomegalovirus described from the United States and Italy

University of California, San Francisco - Obstetric hemorrhage is reduced by nonpneumatic antishock garment over standard therapy

University of California, San Francisco - Reports from the United States, Germany and Netherlands describe recent advances in multiple sclerosis research

University of California, San Francisco - Thymoglobulin produces long-lasting CD4 cell suppression in HIV-infected kidney recipients

University of California, Santa Barbara - Scientists discover a genetic switch that links animal growth and cancer

University of California, Santa Cruz - Insects that produce males from unfertilized eggs reveal a surprising cellular feat

University of Cambridge - Arterial stiffness and fibrillin-1 gene variation are not associated in healthy individuals

University of Cambridge - New data from the United Kingdom, Republic of China; chryu@ms16 and United States lluminates research in diabetes

University of Cape Town - Data from South Africa, France and Spain advance knowledge in tuberculosis research

University of Cape Town - HIV infection is driving tuberculosis epidemic in periurban South African community

University of Cape Town - Tuberculin skin test and whole blood IFN-gamma assays discordant in diagnosing latent TB

University of Cardiff Wales - Data from Wales, the United States and Japan advance knowledge in drug delivery research

University of Chicago - Herpes virus virions can enter cells via cognate receptor

University of Chicago - Researchers from the United States and South Africa detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

University of Chicago - Spontaneous coronary vasospasm in K_ATP mutant mice arises from smooth muscle-extrinsic process

University of Chile - Proximal gastric pouch is endoscopically normal and Roux-limb is normal after gastric bypass

University of Cologne - Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is caused by a human keratin 10 knockout

University of Connecticut - Sexual risk reduction interventions do not increase overall sexual activity frequency

University of Connecticut Health Center - Thiazolidinediones show potential for cardiovascular disease therapy

University of Copenhagen - Dendritic cells from multiple myeloma patients have impaired functionality

University of Copenhagen - Type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed by GPs earlier in patients they know well

University of Crete - Plasma antioxidant capacity values are impaired in morbidly obese patients

University of Dresden - Data from Germany, the United States and Italy advance knowledge in neurology research

University of Dresden Hospital - New findings from Germany, France and Israel in the area of cancer treatment detailed

University of Duisburg-Essen - Findings from Germany, Greece and the United States advance knowledge in surgery research

University of Dundee - Review suggests an interaction between ibuprofen and aspirin

University of Dusseldorf - Reports from Germany, Israel and the Korea 122-701 add new data to obesity research

University of Dusseldorf - Researchers from Germany, the United States and Canada publish new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

University of Edinburgh - Postmastectomy radiotherapy may not be indicated in absence of some risk factors

University of Edinburgh - Studies from Scotland, the United Kingdom and France advance knowledge in genetics research

University of Erlangen-Nurnberg - Fusion protein has therapeutic potential in treating leukemia

University of Erlangen-Nurnberg - In pediatric congenital heart disease patients, BNP correlates with ventricular function

University of Florence - Glioblastomas display little relation between cyclooxygenase-2 and VEGF

University of Florence - Researchers' work from Italy and the United States adds to cardiology body of knowledge

University of Florence - Studies from Italy, the United States and the People's Republic of China describe new findings in head & neck cancer research

University of Florida - Degenerating neuronal treatments could be designed that exploit cellular fusion

University of Florida - Research from the United States add new data to oncology body of knowledge

University of Frankfurt - Percutaneous vertebroplasty can be successfully CT-guided

University of Gottingen - Botulinum toxin A influences immunoreactivity of neuronal NOS in parotid glands

University of Gottingen - Stem cell-coated titanium implants allows partial joint resurfacing of knee

University of Grenada - Researchers' data from Spain and the United States advance HIV/AIDS research

University of Groningen - Histology of vascular myocardial wall of LA body after pulmonary venous incorporation is described

University of Guelph - Blood corticosterone levels reach illness levels early during malnutrition in mouse model

University of Hamburg - Glioma patient survival extended with Gliadel wafer as adjuvant chemotherapy

University of Hawaii Manoa - Green tea extract improves lipid and glucose homeostasis in insulin-resistant hamster model

University of Heidelberg - Adjunct brachytherapy can prevent intimal hyperplasia after surgical endarterectomy

University of Heidelberg - In ischemic mitral regurgitation, annular geometry and dynamics should tailor surgical repair

University of Heidelberg - New research from Germany, Israel and the SP Brasil in the area of obesity detailed

University of Heidelberg - Pancreatic cancer progression does not require lymphatic angiogenesis

University of Heidelberg - Researchers from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

University of Helsinki - IgE-IA-2 antibody reactivity may indicate protection against diabetes among at-risk youth

University of Helsinki - Microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal tumors differentiated by genome

University of Helsinki - Reports from Finland, Spain and the South Korea add new data to genetics research

University of Helsinki - Researchers from Finland, the People's Republic of China and Switzerland detail new studies and findings in the area of stroke

University of Hong Kong - Secondhand smoke exposure for catering workers in Hong Kong exceeds outdoor air quality standards

University of Hong Kong - Studies from the People's Republic of China, Greece and Japan describe new findings in esophageal cancer research

University of Houston - Public housing developments have limited access to physical activity or healthy food resources

University of Hull - Breast reduction surgery appears to enhance quality of life and emotional stability

University of Illinois - Breast cancer angiogenesis and invasion decline when uPA-uPAR signals are incapacitated

University of Illinois - Findings from the United States and Sweden advance knowledge in angiology research

University of Illinois - Tumor cells and angiogenesis yield to a new transcriptional inhibitor

University of Insubria - Lung cancer management in the U.K. and Italy compared

University of Iowa - Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor is activated by gene transfer

University of Iowa - Recent findings from the United States, Australia and Sweden illuminate research in diabetes

University of Jordan - Thyroid carcinogenesis in Central Jordan discussed

University of Jyvaskyla - Researchers from Finland, the United States and Germany report recent findings in cancer treatment

University of Kiel - Crohn disease-associated polymorphisms display extreme heterogeneity

University of Kuopio - Acute coronary event risk is increased with high dietary methionine intake by middle-aged men

University of Leeds - Buffering of postexercise hypotension is enhanced in two phases of menstrual cycle

University of Leeds - False negative tuberculosis smears frequently occur in labs in developing countries

University of Leipzig - Hepatitis B treatment with lamivudine evaluated

University of Leuven - Researchers from Belgium, Brazil and Turkey detail new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

University of Liverpool - New data from the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada lluminates research in melanoma

University of Liverpool - University of Liverpool to establish interdisciplinary Zoonosis Research Centre

University of London - Trials recruitment for sensitive topics may be more effective following lectures

University of Louisville - In patients with Marfan syndrome, LV diastolic dysfunction may be early marker for myocardial involvement

University of Louisville - Parathyroid size correlates with indications for minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

University of Lund Hospital - New findings from Sweden, Netherlands and the United States in the area of leukemia detailed

University of Lund Hospital - New findings from Sweden, the United States and Ireland in the area of cardiology detailed

University of Lyon - Findings from France, the United States and Singapore describe new data in proteins research

University of Magdeburg - Alterations in wound healing in diabetic patients occur on the cellular level

University of Malaya - Quercetin improves endothelium-dependent relaxation, reduces contractility of hypertensive aortae

University of Manchester - Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides can be delivered from cationically modified polymer films

University of Manchester - Findings from the United Kingdom, Japan and United States describe new data in breast cancer research

University of Manchester - Reports from the United Kingdom, Turkey and United States describe recent advances in diabetes research

University of Manchester - TASK-2 channels function in rat pulmonary arteries

University of Manitoba - Chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine protects against Zaire Ebola virus

University of Manitoba - Researchers from Canada, the United States and Spain detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

University of Mannheim - Cell proliferation and dedifferentiation markers in cultured chondrocytes characterized

University of Maryland - Perchlorate exposures from milk and water were estimated

University of Maryland - Polo-like kinase and survivin are esophageal tumor-specific promoters

University of Maryland School of Medicine - Molecular mechanisms in hypertension-sodium link involve endogenous ouabain

University of Massachusetts - Findings report promise of investigational West Nile vaccine

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Glioblastoma cell autophagy is regulated by elongation factor-2 kinase

University of Melbourne - Health-related quality of life in oral cancer reviewed

University of Melbourne - Live attenuated Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine was compared with wild-type parent strain

University of Melbourne - Mechanism of glucose transporter 4 expression in muscle after exercise was determined

University of Messina - Occult HBV infection is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C

University of Miami - Research from the United States, Norway and France in melanoma provides new insights

University of Michigan - CXCL16-mediated cell recruitment is dependent upon the MAPK pathway

University of Michigan - Prostate cancer models offer a way to study androgen independence and angiogenesis

University of Michigan - Regulator of G protein signaling proteins may be cardiovascular therapeutic targets

University of Michigan - Researchers from the United States and Denmark publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

University of Michigan - Researchers from the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of genetics

University of Michigan - Synergistic herpes simplex virus cytotoxicity achieved using double suicide gene therapy

University of Milan - Nutritional status is impaired in many disabled people, increasing disease risk

University of Minnesota - Avian cell substrates compared for subtype C avian metapneumovirus propagation

University of Minnesota - HIV risk may be increased in sexually revictimized women

University of Minnesota - Research from the United States, Germany and People's Republic of China in gastroenterology provides new insights

University of Minnesota - Sample of fast-food patrons supports placement of nutrition labels on menus

University of Montreal - Fat malabsorption in cystic fibrosis patients may be due to abnormal intracellular lipid processing

University of Montreal - New data from Canada and the United States lluminates research in obesity

University of Montreal - Researchers from Canada and the United States report recent findings in prostate cancer

University of Munich - Interferon signaling is inhibited by rabies virus phosphoprotein P

University of Munster - Vascular involvement is suggested in pathogenesis of sudden hearing loss

University of Naples Federico II - Researchers from Italy, the United States and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of angiology

University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna - IgG binding plant N-glycans were generated in rabbits but not in mice

University of Navarra, Pamplona - Studies from Spain and the United States add new findings to cancer body of knowledge

University of Nebraska - Growth differentiation factor is required for ovary primordial follicle development

University of Nebraska - PKR activity is modulated in cells infected by bovine viral diarrhea virus

University of Nebraska - Rofecoxib was compared with nabumetone for treatment of osteoarthritis

University of Nebraska - Studies from the United States and Japan describe new findings in hepatitis C virus research

University of New South Wales - CD4+ T cell depletion correlates with peak viral load in SHIV infection

University of New South Wales - Peritoneal malignancy outcomes after peritonectomy and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy studied

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne - Testicular cancer and relation to space-time clustering examined

University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Researchers from the United Kingdom and United States describe findings in diabetes studies

University of North Carolina - KSHV LANA induces B cell hyperplasia and lymphoma

University of North Carolina - Link between melanoma risk and polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes studied

University of North Carolina - North Carolina researchers say existing medicines are ineffective for treating anorexia

University of North Carolina School of Medicine - Hyperglycemia associated with wound healing in chronic diabetic foot ulcers

University of Nottingham - Researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Lebanon provide details of new studies and findings in the area of endocrinology

University of Occupational & Environmental Health, Fukuoka - Lung cancer patients with low tobacco smoke exposures exhibit specific EGFR mutations

University of Oklahoma - Reports from the United States, Belgium and Iran add new data to hypertension research

University of Oslo - Ovarian carcinoma linked to upregulation of AP-2 gamma transcription factor

University of Otago - Recent findings from New Zealand and Turkey illuminate research in tuberculosis

University of Oxford - Cardiac risks of breast-cancer radiotherapy are considered from a contemporary view

University of Oxford - Cellular reactivity to Plasmodium falciparum protein trap in Kenyans was examined

University of Oxford - Chronic pelvic pain care evaluation reveals patients' desire for more personal care

University of Padua - alpha-Blocker doxazosin improved BP in patients with hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism

University of Padua Medical School - New research from Italy, Australia and the United States in the area of diabetes detailed

University of Palermo - Intimal-media thickening, asymptomatic carotid plaque more frequent with aging, hypertension

University of Paris 13 - Hepatocellular carcinoma development in cirrhotic patients modulated by genetic polymorphisms

University of Parma - Statins may inhibit ABCA1-mediated lipid efflux only in select conditions

University of Patras - Breast cancer margin status in lumpectomy specimens discussed

University of Patras - Impact of providing booklets about chemotherapy to newly diagnosed cancer patients studied

University of Pavia - BMI values can predict obesity and cardiovascular risk in adolescents

University of Pavia - In psychiatric patients, elevated plasma lipoprotein(a) may contribute to cardiovascular risk

University of Pennsylvania - Research from the United States and United Kingdom in healthcare provides new insights

University of Pennsylvania - Researchers identify cause of heart problems with COX-2 inhibitors

University of Pennsylvania - Studies from the United States and Germany describe new findings in diabetes research

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Addition of thiazolidinedione to sulfonylurea therapy lowers myocardial infarction risk

University of Pernambuco - Post-molar trophoblastic neoplasia not likely linked to use of oral contraceptives

University of Philippines - Antihyperglycemic potentials of medicinal plants compared

University of Pisa - Rheumatoid arthritis is targeted by antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen

University of Pittsburgh - Calpain is a conduit for controlling vascular endothelial growth factor-related cell activity

University of Pittsburgh - Melanoma and metastases detected in vivo by iodide benzamides

University of Pittsburgh - Prostate cancer apoptosis associated with C16 ceramide accumulation

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers from the United States describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers now able to look deep into heart to view triggers of a heart's beat

University of Puerto Rico - Zidovudine triphosphate not transformed to stavudine triphosphate in HIV/AIDS

University of Quebec - Brief exposures to 4-HC or PM can induce permanent follicle loss in ovaries

University of Quebec - Unprotected anal sex increasing among men who have sex with men in Montreal

University of Queensland - New data from Australia, France and the United States lluminates research in vaccines

University of Reading - Conjugated linoleic acid appears to be detrimental to blood lipids levels

University of Reading - Isolated soy isoflavones show no effect on metabolic cardiovascular biomarkers

University of Regensburg - Ezetimib influences the expression of raft-associated antigens in human monocytes

University of Regensburg - Studies from Germany, Spain and France advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

University of Rijeka - New data from Croatia and the United States lluminates research in breast cancer

University of Rochester - New findings from the United States in the area of influenza described

University of Rochester Medical Center - Researchers' work from the United States and Japan adds to statins body of knowledge

University of Roma La Sapienza - IL-15 enhances chemokine secretion by NK cells from HIV viremic and aviremic patients

University of Roma La Sapienza - Insulin secretion controlled by mGlu5 metabotropic glutamate receptors

University of Roma Tor Vergata - Leukemia drug sensitivity linked to lower gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase gene expression

University of Rostock - Perinatal depression may be associated with reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor

University of Rotterdam - HCC involves aberrant composition of the dendritic cells in hepatic lymph nodes

University of Sao Paulo - HIV-related depression appears higher in symptomatic women compared with asymptomatic women

University of Sao Paulo - Recent findings from Brazil, the United States and Japan illuminate research in diet & nutrition

University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine - Chronic changes in salt intake linked to altered body weight, hormonal profile, and energy

University of Sassari - Data from Italy, Germany and the South Africa advance knowledge in diabetes research

University of Sheffield - In vivo-expressed Staphylococcus antigens have been identified for vaccines

University of Sheffield - Role of osteoprotegerin in cancer reviewed

University of Siena - Researchers from Italy, Norway and Scotland describe findings in osteoporosis studies

University of South Paris - Research from France, Germany and Brazil in hypertension provides new insights

University of Southern California - Bladder cancers use VEGF receptor 2 as a vehicle for invasion

University of Southern California - Combined estrogen and progestin therapy on cancer risk varies with cancer type

University of Southern California - Novel nucleoside analog for chronic hepatitis B reported

University of Southern California - Researchers from the United States and Netherlands provide details of new studies and findings in the area of ophthalmology

University of Southern California - Studies from the United States and Netherlands add new findings to cell biology body of knowledge

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles - Neutropenia is not associated with decreased survival in HIV-infected women

University of St. Andrews - New data from Scotland, the United States and Netherlands lluminates research in colon cancer

University of Surrey - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands

University of Tampere - New research from Finland, Venezuela and the United States in the area of rotavirus detailed

University of Tartu - Chronic liver disease can be associated with Helicobacter serum antibodies

University of Tennessee - Open vs laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass decision made by nonmedical factors not science

University of Teramo - New findings from Italy, Germany and Canada in the area of endocrinology detailed

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio - Canine IL-12 fused heterodimeric DNA enhances type 1 cytokine response

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio - Insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction both contribute to impaired glucose symptoms

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Chimeric SIN/VEE viruses clear Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus from brain

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Researchers from the United States and South Korea describe findings in anthrax studies

University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas - For children with heart disease, Pediatric Heart Network offers primer for multicenter studies

University of Tokushima - Bladder cancer invasion genes are revealed in complementary deoxyribonucleic acid microarray

University of Tokushima - Gene transfer and enzyme replacement eliminates abnormal fibroblast sialylglycoproteins

University of Tokyo - Breast cancer growth may be related to enhanced SMYD3 expression

University of Tokyo - Colorectal adenomas on the right side increased with aging

University of Tokyo - Mucinous colorectal cancer with chromosomal instability identified as aggressive subtype

University of Tokyo - Olmesartan protects against coxsackievirus B3-associated acute myocarditis

University of Toronto - Hyperinsulinemia garners colorectal epithelial proliferation

University of Toronto - Insulin therapy protects against most hypoglycemic counterregulatory defects in diabetic rat

University of Toronto - Pre-eclampsia risk is increased in presence of elevated maternal triglycerides

University of Trieste - Thyroid cancer cell p53 family member function is inhibited by HMGA1

University of Tsukuba - Bioartificial liver developed using 3D culture of porcine fetal liver cells

University of Tubingen - New findings from Germany, Sweden and Italy in the area of endocrinology described

University of Tubingen - Recent findings in prostate cancer described by researchers from Germany and Switzerland

University of Turin - Mesenchymal stem cells isolated and expanded from pediatric and adult donor bone marrow

University of Turin - Researchers' work from Italy and Sweden adds to neurology body of knowledge

University of Twente, Enschede - New data from Netherlands, France and South Korea lluminates research in DNA

University of Udine - Head and neck cancer management by sentinel lymph node biopsy discussed

University of Ulm - Classical Hodgkin lymphoma gene silencing involves epigenetic processes

University of Ulm - Dendritic cells from leukemic blasts were used against acute myeloid leukemia

University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul - Mitomycin C evaluated for its ability to prevent airway stenosis during wound healing

University of Ulsan, Seoul - Outcome of cancer patients with breakthrough candidemia studied

University of Umea - Contralateral breast cancer risk may be higher in women with familial non-BRCA cancer

University of Uppsala Hospital - Hodgkin lymphoma cellular composition influenced by interleukin-9 expression

University of Uppsala, Academy Hospital - Norovirus genogroups I and II detected by single-tube real-time PCR assay

University of Utrecht - Findings from Canada, Italy and the United States in obesity provide new insights

University of Utrecht - Mammographic density may be influenced by estrogen and progesterone receptor polymorphisms

University of Utrecht - Researchers from the Netherlands, People's Republic of China and United States report recent findings in SARS

University of Utrecht, Eijkman Winkler Institute - Rate of drug resistance development may be similar for different HIV-1 subtypes

University of Vermont College of Medicine - New findings in typhoid fever described from the United States and Israel

University of Verona - Survival and quality of life after acute type A aortic dissection justify intervention in elderly

University of Virginia - Connective tissue cells types compared as cell sources for tissue-engineered ligament

University of Virginia - Research from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to vaccines body of knowledge

University of Virginia - Resistance exercise improved lumbar strength in overweight similar to non-overweight

University of Warwick - Smoking in pregnancy may be related to cross-sectional clustering of social risk factors

University of Washington - Breast cancer genetic testing in high-risk women should include broader mutational spectra

University of Washington - HIV transmission risk factors among bar and hotel workers in northern Tanzania determined

University of Washington - New method utilized for analyzing histocompatibility complex in human genome

University of Waterloo - Pepstatin in culture media reduces protease activity in Aspergillus niger filtrates

University of Western Australia - Findings from Australia, Japan and the United States in hypertension provide new insights

University of Wisconsin - Behavioral model examines the role of sexual HIV transmission in China

University of Wollongong - Volatile oil of Heliotropium indicum has antituberculosis activity

University of Wurzburg - Rac-1 and Cdc42 activation stabilizes the microvascular endothelial barrier

University of Yamanashi - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from Switzerland, Israel and the United States

University of Zaragoza - New findings from Spain, the People's Republic of China and the United States in the area of obesity detailed

University of Zulia, Maracaibo - Microsporidiosis common among HIV-infected persons in northwestern Venezuela

University of the Mediterranean - Antiangiogenic vinflunine blunts endothelial cell mobility

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia - Prenatal immobilization stress did not alter birth weight or glucose homeostasis in young

Uppsala University - New findings from Sweden, the United States and Japan in the area of proteins described

Utah State University - Acute phleboviral infections are protected against by liposome-DNA complexes

VA Medical Center, Nashville - New findings from the United States and France in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

VIASYS Healthcare Inc. - VIASYS forms Theranox Inc. to explore gaseous nitric oxide use in treating chronic wounds

VIB, Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology - Researchers discover a new genetic cause of Alzheimer disease

VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. - Gregory T. Schiffman named to board and audit committee of VNUS Medical Technologies

Valeant Pharmaceuticals - Valeant Pharmaceuticals reports departure of chief scientific officer Kim D. Lamon, MD

Valparaiso University, Santiago - Vertical isolated gastroplasty with gastroenteral bypass may be viable obesity therapy

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Vanda Pharmaceuticals announces IPO of 5,750,000 shares of common stock at $10 per share

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Breast cancer patient quality of life improved with ginseng use

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Epithelial ovarian cancer linked to cyclooxygenase-1 overexpression

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Germ cell tumors in children linked to in utero exposure to female hormones

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Isolated kinase regulatory domains undergo isoform-specific conformational changes

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Reovirus delays diabetes onset but does not prevent insulitis in nonobese diabetic mice

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Viral core maturation enhances fusion of HIV-1 particles with T cells and macrophages

Vertex Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd. - New findings from France, Spain and Brazil in the area of HIV/AIDS described

Veteran Research Foundation, Oklahoma City - Gastric electrical stimulation activates gastric-related neurons in paraventricular nucleus

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco - Research from the United States in diabetes provides new insights

Veterans General Hospital, Taipei - Dysmenorrhea appears most improved after first birth in women with spontaneous delivery

Veterans General Hospital, Taipei - Researchers' work from Taiwan, Japan and Belgium adds to hepatitis B virus body of knowledge

Viking Systems, Inc. - Viking Systems announces retirement of CEO Tom Marsh

Virginia Commonwealth University - Myocardial infarct size is reduced by vardenafil via opening of mitochondrial K_ATP channels

Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington - Virginia hospital participates in asthma clinical trial of Bronchial Thermoplasty procedure

Vitae Pharmaceuticals - Donald Hayden named chairman of Vitae Pharmaceuticals board of directors

VizX Labs - Microsoft director Bill Brammer named to VizX Labs board of directors

Voyager Pharmaceutical Corporation - Voyager Pharmaceutical's phase III Alzheimer trial passes enrollment midpoint ahead of schedule

Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Direct lentiviral vector administration induces antitumor immunity

Vrije University of Amsterdam - Lung cancer patients are at risk for metastases depending on the size of mediastinal lymph nodes

Vrije University of Amsterdam - No difference in genetic architecture for hemostatic factors was observed between males, females

Vybion - Vybion introduces protein evolution tools for gene expression, other biological activities

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. - Gore launches bioabsorbable staple line reinforcement for open staplers

Wakayama Medical University - Cancer vaccine therapy is improved using genetically modified dendritic cells

Wakayama Medical University - New data from Japan, the North Ireland and Germany lluminates research in diabetes

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring - Mefloquine induces dose-related neurological effects in rat model

Washington Hospital Center - For patients receiving 3 or more sirolimus-eluting stents with PCI, outcomes are poorer

Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC - Researchers' findings from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands advance imaging research

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis - HIV-2 Vpx nuclear localization signal residues required for efficient nondividing cell infection

Washington University, St. Louis - Cancer therapy based on anatomical location may soon be obsolete

Washington University, St. Louis - Human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal nonkeratinizing squamous cell cancer characterized

Washington University, St. Louis - New research from the United States in the area of diabetes detailed

Washington University, St. Louis - Research from the United States, Sweden and Germany in astrocytomas provides new insights

Washington University, St. Louis - Researchers from the United States and Ireland describe findings in vaccines studies

Wayne State University, Detroit - Galectin-3 makes prostate cancer resist cancer therapy by stabilizing mitochondria

Wayne State University, Detroit - Lung pericyte contraction is modified by vascular endothelial growth factor

Wayne State University, Detroit - Studies from the United States add new findings to obesity body of knowledge

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Japan and United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Wesley Medical Center, Brisbane - Soft tissue sarcoma survival improved with wider surgical margin

West Virginia University - Findings from the United States and Canada advance knowledge in obesity research

West Virginia University - Leptin contributes to breast cancer proliferation by MAPK and PI3K signaling pathway activation

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh - Dendritic-like leukemia cells were not effective for acute myeloid leukemia

Wild Blueberry Association of North America - Wild blueberries may reduce cardiovascular disease, research studies show

Wistar Institute, Philadelphia - Mutated BRAF peptides show promise as vaccines in melanoma patients

Wistar Institute, Philadelphia - New mechanism for essential genome-wide gene silencing identified

World Health Organization - Progress is made toward global elimination by 2020 of blinding trachoma

World Health Organization - Researchers from Switzerland, Australia and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Wright State University, Dayton - Analysis of blood pressure reactivity to orthostatic tilt uses principal components analysis

Wuhan University - Cerebral ischemia injury in rats may be protected against by isoliquiritigenin

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals - New data show no increased risk of breast cancer with conjugated estrogens alone

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals - Wyeth acquires 10% added stake in Wyeth K.K. Japan for 80% interest

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals - Wyeth cites study on reduced antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease since Prevnar launch

Wyeth Research - During ischemia/reperfusion injury, rotigaptide reduces infarct size and prevents arrhythmias

XDx - XDx announced data validate benefits of molecular testing in transplant patients

XTL Biopharmaceuticals - Hepatitis C virus neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies evaluated

Yale University - New data from the United States lluminates research in virology

Yale University, New Haven - Reports from the United States, Germany and Denmark describe recent advances in obesity research

Yale University, New Haven - Researchers from the United States, Scotland and People's Republic of China provide details of new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Yale University, New Haven - Tylophorine analog acts on arthritis by inhibiting innate immune response

Yamaguchi University - Sleep-related breathing disorders can be differentiated by a multidimensional voice program

Yeungnam University, Taegu - Myelodysplastic syndrome treated by anti-apoptotic cytokine therapy

Yokohama City University - Robust HIV-specific immune responses were induced by DNA vaccine plus vaccinia virus boost

Yokohama City University, Kanagawa - New findings from Japan and Poland in the area of gastric cancer detailed

Yonsei University, Seoul - Clinicopathological features of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver described

Yonsei University, Seoul - New findings in head & neck cancer described from South Korea, Belgium and Japan

York University - Researchers' work from Canada, the United States and Sweden adds to diabetes body of knowledge

ZOLL Medical Corporation - ZOLL Medical completes acquisition of assets of medical equipment company Lifecor, Inc.

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou - Aspirin abates endothelial progenitor cell proliferation and vasculogenic capacity

Zhengzhou University - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, United States and Netherlands report recent findings in DNA

Zonare Medical Systems - Zonare Medical Systems, Kaiser Permanente sign 2-year ultrasound system contract

deCODE Genetics - Recent studies from the United States, United Kingdom and Israel add new data to genetics research

dj Orthopedics, Inc. - dj Orthopedics completes acquisition of Aircast Incorporated

eDiets.com, Inc. - EDiets.com survey shows consumer support for anti-obesity initiative 'fat tax'

eGene Inc. - EGene seeks U.S. distributors to market DNA analyzer to pharmacogenetics companies

eGene Inc. - EGene's DNA analyzer used by Japanese genetics institute to screen for rice mutation

etrials Worldwide, Inc. - Etrials contracts with pharmaceutical company to capture patient-reported trial outcomes

ev3 Inc. - John K. Bakewell named to ev3 Inc. board of directors, Haywood D. Cochrane steps down

iVOW, inc. - Sound Health to develop pilot pediatric weight management program for Microsoft kids

sanofi-aventis - Dosing study initiated for GLP-1 agonist in metformin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes.

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