Drug Week

HIV/AIDS - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United Kingdom and Italy

HIV/AIDS - New research from Denmark, Russia and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - Recent studies from the United States and Netherlands add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and France advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Research from the United States in HIV/AIDS provides new insights

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from France and Italy provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from Switzerland, Australia and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - 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

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States and Denmark publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States and Japan publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

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

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' data from Belgium, the United States and the United Kingdom advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' data from Spain and the United States advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' work from the United States adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' work from the United States and South Africa adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in HIV/AIDS research

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

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - HAART nonadherence factors determined for patients with HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Dementia - Neuroactive antiretrovirals not related to neuropsychologic performance in stable HAART

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Bi-functional betulinic acid derivatives have anti-HIV activity

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 incidence low among married serodiscordant couples in Pune

HIV/AIDS Genetics & Genomics - Rate of drug resistance development may be similar for different HIV-1 subtypes

HIV/AIDS HAART - Clinical markers and tolerability similar among PI- or NRTI-based regimens in early infection

HIV/AIDS HAART - Nelfinavir-containing HAART strongly associated with virologic failure in young children

HIV/AIDS HAART - NNRTI and boosted PI regimens provide highest virologic success rates in HAART-naive patients

HIV/AIDS HAART - Partial treatment interruption of PI-based HAART is an option for children failing HAART

HIV/AIDS HAART - Zidovudine triphosphate not transformed to stavudine triphosphate in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Healthcare Costs - Healthcare costs increased in advanced AIDS while physician reimbursements are inadequate

HIV/AIDS Intervention - Predictors of intervention adherence among young people living with HIV determined

HIV/AIDS Mortality - HIV-1-related mortality increased in developing countries during first year of HAART

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Brain-derived HIV envelope glycoproteins have a lower CD4 dependence

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Coreceptor-targeted HIV entry inhibitors bridge gap towards infection cure

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Exosomes and HIV Gag bud from endosome-like domains of T cell plasma membrane

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-2 Vpx nuclear localization signal residues required for efficient nondividing cell infection

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - IL-15 enhances chemokine secretion by NK cells from HIV viremic and aviremic patients

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Morphine dependence contributes to SIV/SHIV pathogenesis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Sexual risk reduction interventions do not increase overall sexual activity frequency

HIV/AIDS Screening - Routine HIV testing integrated into public health STD clinic

HIV/AIDS Survival - Neutropenia is not associated with decreased survival in HIV-infected women

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Heterosexual transmission likely route of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS Transmission - High perceived severity of HIV infection induces safe sexual behavior among gay men

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV transmission risk factors among bar and hotel workers in northern Tanzania determined

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Robust HIV-specific immune responses were induced by DNA vaccine plus vaccinia virus boost

HIV/AIDS Virologic Response - HIV virologic response is a function of various factors

HIV/AIDS Wasting Syndrome - HIV gp120 interacts with chemokine system to generate HIV-wasting syndrome

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Microsporidiosis common among HIV-infected persons in northwestern Venezuela

HIV/AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma - Noncutaneous and cutaneous AIDS-associated KS survival and immune response similar

HIV/AIDS-Related Bone Density - HIV-infected middle-aged women have reduced bone mineral density compared to uninfected women

HIV/AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - Immune recovery associated with IOC increase in CMV-infected and noninfected eyes

HIV/Syphilis Coinfection - HIV infection associated with syphilis but does not affect treatment success

Head & Neck Cancer - Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma managed by new staging system

Head & Neck Cancer - EGFR appears to regulate SP, may clarify EGFR's role in tumorigenesis in cancers of head and neck

Head & Neck Cancer - Head and neck cancer is controlled by therapy combining tetrathiomolybdate and radiation

Head & Neck Cancer - Head and neck cancers are propelled by proangiogenic autocrine loops

Head & Neck Cancer - New findings from Japan, Italy and Greece in the area of head & neck cancer described

Head & Neck Cancer - Researchers' data from Canada, the United States and Italy advance head & neck cancer research

Head & Neck Cancer - Squamous cell head and neck cancer treated by multiagent concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Head & Neck Cancer - Studies from Italy, the United States and the People's Republic of China describe new findings in head & neck cancer research

Headache & Migraine - Topiramate is effective for migraine prevention

Health Services - Regression-discontinuity analysis provides robust estimates of intervention effects

Healthcare Coverage - Aetna offers a co-pay-free period in New Jersey to promote appropriate generic use

Healthcare Coverage - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) advises Niaspan is now Part D-eligible

Healthcare Coverage - Number of consumer-directed health plan clients surged in 2006; projected to double by 2007

Heart Attack - Recent studies from Netherlands, Israel and China add new data to heart attack research

Heart Attack - Researchers from Germany, the United States and Australia publish new studies and findings in the area of heart attack

Heart Attack - Researchers from New Zealand, United States and Japan provide details of new studies and findings in the area of heart attack

Heart Disease - Findings from the United Kingdom, France and Canada describe new data in heart disease research

Hemangiomas - Hemangioma treatment strategies and outcomes compared

Hematology - B beta-fibrinogen -455A allele may be related to erythrocyte aggregation in men only

Hematology - BioRx introduces program for hemophilia patients with inhibitors

Hematology - Cyclooxygenase-1 synthesis counteracts suppression of platelet thromboxane biosynthesis by aspirin

Hematology - Immediately after heart valve replacement, patients are more sensitive to warfarin

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

Hepatitis B - Metabasis Therapeutics responds to plan by Valeant to out-license pradefovir

Hepatitis B Therapy - Hepatitis B treatment with lamivudine evaluated

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Chemoprevention in gastrointestinal cancers is focus of review

Hepatitis B Virus - Findings from Spain, Taiwan and Italy describe new data in hepatitis B virus research

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B core promoter mutations may not reduce promoter activity

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B surface antigen coexists with anti-HBs antibodies in chronic hepatitis-B virus carriers

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis C virus lamivudine resistance responds to adefovir monotherapy

Hepatitis B Virus - High-dose hepatitis B virus vaccine is effective in chronic liver disease

Hepatitis B Virus - Research from Netherlands, Greece and Canada add new data to hepatitis B virus body of knowledge

Hepatitis B Virus - Researchers' data from Belgium, the United States and Turkey advance hepatitis B virus research

Hepatitis B Virus - Researchers' work from Taiwan, Japan and Belgium adds to hepatitis B virus body of knowledge

Hepatitis B Virus - Studies from Germany, Spain and France advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

Hepatitis C Therapy - Hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor resistance conferred by mutations

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV replicons enable simultaneous measurement of reporter activity and cell number

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus genotypes determined in real time

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies evaluated

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus NS5B full form delays cell cycle progression

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus structural proteins expressed and processed in yeast

Hepatitis C Virus - Research from Taiwan, Germany and the United States add new data to hepatitis C virus body of knowledge

Hepatitis C Virus - Researchers from Austria and the United States report recent findings in hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C Virus - Studies from the United States and Japan describe new findings in hepatitis C virus research

Hepatitis Therapy - Hepatitis severity is reduced by lamivudine in HBV carriers receiving chemotherapy

Hepatitis Therapy - Interferon therapy is influenced by mutations in the viral genome

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - New data from Italy and Japan lluminates research in hepatocellular carcinoma

Herpes Simplex Virus - HSV-TK-modified donor T cells limited after hematopoietic cell transplantation

Herpes Simplex Virus - Oncolytic recombinant herpes simplex virus treats orthotopic liver tumors

Herpes Simplex Virus - Synergistic herpes simplex virus cytotoxicity achieved using double suicide gene therapy

High Cholesterol - National Lipid Association statin study shows liver monitoring is unnecessary

Hodgkin Lymphoma - Classical Hodgkin lymphoma gene silencing involves epigenetic processes

Human Papillomavirus - Human papillomavirus vaccination utilizes recombinant adeno-associated virus

Hypertension - Data from France, the United States and Spain advance knowledge in hypertension research

Hypertension - Findings from Australia, Japan and the United States in hypertension provide new insights

Hypertension - Molecular mechanisms in hypertension-sodium link involve endogenous ouabain

Hypertension - Research from Canada, Netherlands and Taiwan add new data to hypertension body of knowledge

Hypertension - Research from France, Germany and Brazil in hypertension provides new insights

Imaging - Findings from Italy, the United States and Switzerland in imaging provide new insights

Imaging - Gold nanoparticles delineate angiogenesis in murine models

Imaging - Reports from Japan and the United States describe recent advances in imaging research

Imaging - Researchers from the United States and Belgium detail new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Immunization - Data show use of a combination vaccine increased on-time immunization rates in infants

Infectious Diseases - Avelox is as effective as Levofloxacin and Ceftriaxone combination to treat pneumonia

Influenza - New findings from the United States in the area of influenza described

Influenza Vaccine - DelSite Biotechnologies presents data on innovative influenza vaccine

Information Technology - Etrials contracts with pharmaceutical company to capture patient-reported trial outcomes

Information Technology - Image Solutions releases AnnoDoc 2.1

Information Technology - MemoText adds voice reminder calls to system to help patients remember medicines

Information Technology - Pharsight announces new DMX Web server release using Microsoft .NET framework

Information Technology - Simulations Plus releases software for pharmaceutical formulation research

Information Technology - Tecan to supply automated workstations for compound screening and profiling to Columbia University

Insomnia - MedPharm receives grant for insomnia nasal spray

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

Ischemia - Recent findings in ischemia described by researchers from Netherlands, India and Japan

Ischemia - Researchers from the United States and Slovakia describe findings in ischemia studies

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - KSHV LANA induces B cell hyperplasia and lymphoma

Legal Issues - Merck to appeal punitive and compensatory verdicts in New Jersey Vioxx product liability case

Legal Issues - Michigan Attorney General announces $370,000 settlement with GlaxoSmithKline

Leishmania - Findings from Germany, the United Kingdom and France advance knowledge in leishmania research

Leukemia - Leukemia drug sensitivity linked to lower gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase gene expression

Leukemia - New research from the United States, Japan and Germany in the area of leukemia detailed

Leukemia - Recent findings from China, France and Germany illuminate research in leukemia

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

Leukemia - Researchers attempt to unlock the mystery of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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

Leukemia Vaccine - Peritransplantation vaccination with chaperone-rich cell lysate induces antileukemic immunity

Licensing Agreements - AlphaRx, Proprius Pharmaceuticals sign license deal for Indaflex

Licensing Agreements - BioTime signs license agreement for China and Taiwan

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

Liver Cancer - Liver cancers thrive on fasting-re-feeding regimens in rodent models

Lung Cancer - Accuracy of lung cancer detection improved by evaluating minimum lesion size

Lung Cancer - Advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated by weekly docetaxel therapy

Lung Cancer - COX-2 inhibitors suppress lung cancer cell growth

Lung Cancer - Elderly lung cancer patients treated by carboplatin and paclitaxel as first-line chemotherapy

Lung Cancer - Inhibition of histone deacetylation may provide valuable approach for lung cancer therapy

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer linked to lower levels of retinoic acid

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer patients with low tobacco smoke exposures exhibit specific EGFR mutations

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer prognosis not predicted by p53, bcl-2, and Ki-67

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treated by concomitant radiochemotherapy based on platin compounds

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treated by modified intrapleural cisplatin therapy

Lung Cancer - New data from France, Japan and the United States lluminates research in lung cancer

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

Lung Cancer - Researchers' work from France and the United States adds to lung cancer body of knowledge

Lung Cancer Therapy - Genentech moves on Avastin with chemotherapy for nonsquamous, non-small-cell lung cancer

Lymphoma - Epstein-Barr virus-associated large B-cell lymphomas found resistant to standard chemoradiotherapy

Lymphoma - Researchers from the Saudi Arabia and Germany provide details of new studies and findings in the area of lymphoma

Macular Degeneration - Subretinal macular hemorrhage is managed by tissue plasminogen activator

Malaria Therapy - Mefloquine induces dose-related neurological effects in rat model

Malaria Vaccine Development -  Plasmodium vivax rhoptry-associated protein 1 identified and characterized

Market Analysis - A changing prescription for biotechnology challenges current business models

Market Analysis - Bioscience industry fuels jobs and growth for states

Market Analysis - Continence nurses in the U.S. aid patients in management of urinary incontinence

Market Analysis - Cutting Edge report says strategic pricing is hedge against generic drug competition

Market Analysis - Increased uptake of costly maintenance therapies to drive 9% annual growth in COPD market

Market Analysis - Kidney transplants are projected to increase, although the organ gap may widen further

Market Analysis - Patient health outcomes information will become a paramount form of business intelligence

Market Analysis - Report examines gastric cancer-targeted therapies

Market Analysis - Report suggests more rigorous evidence will be required in clinical evaluations

Market Analysis - Report suggests most tools used for toxicology and human safety testing are decades old

Market Analysis - Research and Markets report indicates bariatric surgery is an increasingly attractive option

Marketing - Accentia, Exaeris sign copromotion agreement for MD Turbo

Marketing - Analgesic market expected to grow to $75 billion by 2010, $105 billion by 2015, report says

Marketing - Malaysia offers collaborative opportunities to U.S. biotech companies

Measles - Researchers' work from Mexico and the United States adds to measles body of knowledge

Medical Devices - Advanced Medical subsidiary gets approval for human nebulizer testing

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

Medical Devices - Impulse Dynamics announces first Optimizer implant successfully performed

Medical Devices - Intragastric balloon is safe and effective for moderate weight loss therapy in obese

Medical Devices - Medtronic receives FDA approval for insulin pump with real-time continuous glucose monitoring

Medical Devices - Nasal spray pump that is breath actuated improves delivery to target sites

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA grants regulatory approval, market launch of world's thinnest ICD lead

Medicare - New online tool introduced to track Medicare business

Medicare - Survey shows four in five seniors satisfied with their Medicare drug program coverage

Melanoma - Melanoma and metastases detected in vivo by iodide benzamides

Melanoma - New data from the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada lluminates research in melanoma

Melanoma - New findings from Denmark, the the Netherlands and Belgium in the area of melanoma described

Melanoma - Recent findings from Germany and the United States illuminate research in melanoma

Melanoma Vaccine - Inducible mouse model of melanoma expressing tumor antigen has been developed

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

Mental Health - Chronic exposure to stress hormone causes anxiety and depression in mice

Mental Health - Estrogen may be protective against schizophrenia by inhibitive effect on buspirone

Mergers & Acquisitions - Adventrx signs definitive merger agreement with SD Pharmaceuticals

Mergers & Acquisitions - Athenagen acquires Osprey Pharmaceutical Company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Boston Scientific receives European Commission's clearance for Guidant transaction

Mergers & Acquisitions - Cellegy reports sale of Cellegy Australia to Epsilon Pharmaceuticals

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

Mergers & Acquisitions - Discovery Partners International and Infinity Pharmaceuticals announce merger agreement

Mergers & Acquisitions - dj Orthopedics completes acquisition of Aircast Incorporated

Mergers & Acquisitions - Fisher Scientific expands biopharma services offering through acquisition

Mergers & Acquisitions - Longs enters agreement to purchase Network Pharmaceuticals stores for $10 million, assets

Mergers & Acquisitions - Misonix acquires controlling interest in UK-HIFU Limited

Mergers & Acquisitions - MM2 Group to acquire Genotec Nutritionals

Mergers & Acquisitions - Pfizer to expand neuroscience research with acquisition of Rinat Neuroscience

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

Multiple Myeloma - Multiple myeloma-derived circulating endothelial cells may foster tumor vessel growth

Multiple Myeloma - Revlimid marketing authorization application accepted by EMEA for review

Multiple Myeloma Vaccine - Dendritic cells from multiple myeloma patients have impaired functionality

Multiple Sclerosis - Reports from the United States, Germany and Netherlands describe recent advances in multiple sclerosis research

Mycoplasma Vaccine - Live attenuated Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine was compared with wild-type parent strain

Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Myelodysplastic syndrome treated by anti-apoptotic cytokine therapy

Myeloma - Four additional cancer centers join Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium

Myocardial Infarction - Myocardial infarct size is reduced by vardenafil via opening of mitochondrial K_ATP channels

Nasal Polyposis - Superoxide dismutase isoforms are found at higher expression levels in nasal polyps

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - p53 protein and PCNA LI not correlated to 5-year survival rate in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Natural Products - Cerebral ischemia injury in rats may be protected against by isoliquiritigenin

Natural Products - Naringin does not alter caffeine pharmacokinetics, energy use, or cardiovascular hemodynamics

Natural Products - Parsley extract shows protective effects against hepatotoxicity caused by diabetes

Natural Products - Quercetin improves endothelium-dependent relaxation, reduces contractility of hypertensive aortae

Nephrology - Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor improves renal resistance to obesity-related ANP

Neurology - Data from Germany, the United States and Italy advance knowledge in neurology research

Neurology - Researchers from France, the United Kingdom and Italy report recent findings in neurology

Neuroscience - Hippocampal up-regulation plays a key role on spatial memory

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma outcome not improved by addition of G-CSF

Nucleoside Analogs - Novel nucleoside analog for chronic hepatitis B reported

Obesity - Data from Canada, Israel and the United States advance knowledge in obesity research

Obesity - Findings from Canada, Italy and the United States in obesity provide new insights

Obesity - Findings from the United Kingdom and United States advance knowledge in obesity research

Obesity - New findings from Spain, the People's Republic of China and the United States in the area of obesity detailed

Obesity - Researchers from Finland and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of obesity

Obesity - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in obesity research

Obesity Epidemiology - Leptin regulation and secretion before birth may influence early adult obesity programming

Obesity Pathogenesis - GABA_A receptor antagonists prevent defects in leptin, insulin and amylin actions in obese

Obesity Therapy - Botulinum A toxin injected into gastric wall was safe treatment option for class III obesity

Obesity Therapy - Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation for 1 year does not prevent weight or body fat regain

Obstetrics - Popular prostaglandin pill for inducing labor is found effective, but concerns remain

Obstetrics - Researchers from India, the United States and Japan describe findings in obstetrics studies

Oncology - Data from Japan, the United States and Belgium advance knowledge in oncology research

Oncology - Findings from Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom advance knowledge in oncology research

Oncology - New findings from Switzerland and the United States in the area of oncology detailed

Oncology - Reports from the United States, South Korea and Japan advance knowledge in oncology research

Oncology - Research from the United States add new data to oncology body of knowledge

Oncology - The angiogenic switch of human cancer is portrayed in new tumor models

Ophthalmology - Corneal neovascularization submits to intravenous dihematoporphyrin ether and photodynamic therapy

Ophthalmology - Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and age-related macular degeneration have angiogenic differences

Ophthalmology - Progress is made toward global elimination by 2020 of blinding trachoma

Ophthalmology - Researchers from the United States and Netherlands provide details of new studies and findings in the area of ophthalmology

Oral Contraceptives - Post-molar trophoblastic neoplasia not likely linked to use of oral contraceptives

Orbital Carcinoid Metastases - Orbital carcinoid metastases surgical management and survival analyzed

Osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritic cartilage gene expression analyzed in intact and damaged regions

Osteoporosis - Researchers from Italy, Norway and Scotland describe findings in osteoporosis studies

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer invasion suppressed by overexpressed HOX genes

Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer managed by diagnostic open laparoscopy

Ovarian Cancer - Researchers' data from the United States and People's Republic of China advance ovarian cancer research

Ovarian Tumors - Ovarian surface epithelial tumors are unlikely to respond to imatinib mesylate

Over-the-Counter Medications - Many over-the-counter medications in U.S. are found to be ineffective

Pain Management - Gender differences in pain perception may be related to circulating gonadal hormone

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

Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer progression does not require lymphatic angiogenesis

Pancreatic Endocrine Carcinoma - Predictors of pancreatic carcinoma response to somatostatin analogues identified

Papillomavirus - 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

Patents - Arrowhead granted patent covering a new approach to targeted therapeutics

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

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

Patents - Image Therm Engineering sues InnovaSystems for patent infringement

Patents - IMPAX comments on Wyeth's lawsuit related to generic versions of Effexor XR for depression

Patents - Mannatech successfully enforces Ambrotose patent against Bion/Elphanta

Patents - Meridian Bioscience Helicobacter pylori patent validated by settlement agreement with Astra

Patents - Oncolytics Biotech issued Canadian patent for methods of preventing reovirus

Pediatric Cardiology - Clinical trial is needed to determine best management of supraventricular tachycardia in infants

Pediatric Cardiology - For children with heart disease, Pediatric Heart Network offers primer for multicenter studies

Pediatric Vaccines - $1.5 billion needed to ensure 12-month stockpile of pediatric vaccines

Peripheral Vascular Disease - Recent studies from the People's Republic of China, Netherlands and United States add new data to peripheral vascular disease research

Personnel - Acrux appoints director of project management

Personnel - Anadys Pharmaceuticals appoints Robert Schooley to board

Personnel - ArQule announces management and board changes

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

Personnel - BioE appoints VP of finance and accounting

Personnel - Biota appoints VP of business development

Personnel - CEO to step down at Clinical Cell Culture

Personnel - CoTherix appoints Abhay Joshi as EVP and chief technical officer

Personnel - Donald Hayden named chairman of Vitae Pharmaceuticals board of directors

Personnel - Dr. Henry Esber nominated to Pro-Pharmaceuticals board

Personnel - Dr. James Paskavitz joins Paraexel as medical director

Personnel - Elizabeth Leininger, PhD, named StemCells VP of regulatory affairs, quality assurance

Personnel - EXACT Sciences announces changes to management team

Personnel - G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, joins Phytomedics Inc. board of directors

Personnel - Genentech announces vice president appointments in commercial operations and product development

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

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

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

Personnel - Javelin names David Bernstein general counsel and chief intellectual property counsel

Personnel - Medistem establishes medical advisory board to guide stem cell technology research and applications

Personnel - MedPharm appoints Geoffrey Vernon as chairman

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

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

Personnel - New River Pharmaceuticals names John Thottathil chief scientific officer

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

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

Personnel - Pharsight appoints Will Frederick as chief financial officer

Personnel - Radius appoints Louis O'Dea as senior vice president and chief medical officer

Personnel - Savient announces proposed board changes, nomination of three independent directors

Personnel - Singapore attracts three scientists to spur translational and clinical research efforts

Personnel - Walgreens announces promotions of Huonker, Zimmerman and Linder to VP positions

Pharmaceutical Research - Acrux granted first grant in Europe, triggering payment from Lilly

Pharmaceutical Research - alpha-Blocker doxazosin improved BP in patients with hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism

Pharmaceutical Research - Antiangiogenic vinflunine blunts endothelial cell mobility

Pharmaceutical Research - Best Practices publishes benchmarking report focused on mergers and acquisitions

Pharmaceutical Research - Best Practices releases study examining pharma product relaunch

Pharmaceutical Research - Clinicians play major role in discovery of off-label drug therapies

Pharmaceutical Research - During ischemia/reperfusion injury, rotigaptide reduces infarct size and prevents arrhythmias

Pharmaceutical Research - Ischemic heart disease may be target for malonyl coenzyme A decarboxylase inhibitors

Pharmaceutical Research - Managed care report analyzes pharma industry's managed markets strategy and structure

Pharmacology - Pharmacokinetics of unbound drug predicted neutropenia for docetaxel

Philanthropy - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital announces $5 million gift from Bristol-Myers Squibb

Phlebovirus Vaccine - Acute phleboviral infections are protected against by liposome-DNA complexes

Photodynamic Therapy - A VEGF competitor photosensitizes human endothelial cells

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Prior pneumococcal vaccination reduces morbidity in adults with pneumonia

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

Product Licensing - Phyton Biotech signs licensing agreement with DiAthegen to commercialize growth hormone receptor

Product Licensing - Sunesis enters limited research, license agreement with UCSF for drug discovery technology

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

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

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

Prostate Cancer - Illumina to conduct large-scale genotyping for U.K.-based research groups

Prostate Cancer - New findings from the United States and Australia in the area of prostate cancer detailed

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer apoptosis associated with C16 ceramide accumulation

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer models offer a way to study androgen independence and angiogenesis

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer progression associated with methyl-CpG- binding protein MECP2

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer treated by docetaxel or mitoxantrone as first-line chemotherapy

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer tumorigenesis is bolstered by angiogenesis chemokines

Prostate Cancer - Prostatic bone metastases discussed

Prostate Cancer - PTMA could be a target for prostate cancer therapy and diagnostic purposes

Prostate Cancer - Researchers from Canada and the United States report recent findings in prostate cancer

Proteins - New findings from Sweden, the United States and Japan in the area of proteins described

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

Proteomics - Angiogenesis may be triggered by low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1

Proteomics - Factor XIII elicits proangiogenic effects in mice

Proteomics - Insights on atherosclerosis pathophysiology are offered by proteomic analysis of rat aorta

Proteomics - S-nitrosylated proteins identified after deoxycholate exposure of colon epithelial cells

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

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

Quality Assurance - For admitted African-American patients, congestive heart failure management improvements are needed

RNA - Reports from Taiwan, the United States and Israel add new data to RNA research

Radiation Therapy - Scientists observe that hyperthermia is the most potent radiation sensitizer known

Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer treated by preoperative chemoradiation using oral capecitabine

Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer treatment advanced by replacing 5-FU with oral capecitabine

Renal Transplantation - Thymoglobulin produces long-lasting CD4 cell suppression in HIV-infected kidney recipients

Retrovirus - New findings in retrovirus described from France, the United States and Germany

Rotavirus - New research from Finland, Venezuela and the United States in the area of rotavirus detailed

Rotavirus Vaccine - Protection against rotavirus shedding does not require intestinal IgA

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

Sickle Cell Anemia - Actelion recruits for studies of sickle cell disease, pulmonary hypertension

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - Simian immunodeficiency virus is a potent activator of IL-2 gene expression

Sinusitis - U.S. FDA grants Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Fast Track status for SinuNase

Spinal Cord Injury - Hypertension drug may reverse death or injury of nerve cells from spinal cord injury

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Squamous cell carcinoma kinase A protein expression is down-regulated

Statins - New findings in statins described from Taiwan and Spain

Statins - Reports from Canada and the United States describe recent advances in statins research

Statins - Researchers' work from the United States and Japan adds to statins body of knowledge

Statins - Statins may inhibit ABCA1-mediated lipid efflux only in select conditions

Stem Cell Research - Aspirin abates endothelial progenitor cell proliferation and vasculogenic capacity

Stem Cell Research - Immortalized endothelial progenitor cells offer a way to study new vessel growth

Stem Cell Research - Stem cell transplants improve recovery in animal models for stroke, cerebral palsy

Streptococcus - New findings from Brazil and the United States in the area of streptococcus described

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

Stroke - Research from Spain, the United States and the People's Republic of China in stroke provides new insights

Stroke - Researchers from Denmark, Italy and the United States report recent findings in stroke

Stroke - Researchers from Finland, the People's Republic of China and Switzerland detail new studies and findings in the area of stroke

Surgery - Researchers from Italy, Israel and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Surgical Technology - For patients receiving 3 or more sirolimus-eluting stents with PCI, outcomes are poorer

Testicular Cancer - Advances in testicular germ-cell cancer management discussed

Thrombospondin - Thrombospondin structural homology repeat functions in connective tissue growth

Thyroid Cancer - Thyroid cancer cell p53 family member function is inhibited by HMGA1

Tissue Engineering - Injectable PPF-based microsphere/scaffold developed for bone tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Percutaneous vertebroplasty can be successfully CT-guided

Toxicology - Brief exposures to 4-HC or PM can induce permanent follicle loss in ovaries

Transplants - New research from Denmark and the United States in the area of transplants detailed

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

Transplants - Researchers from Spain, the United States and Canada provide details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Transplants - Researchers from the United States, Italy and People's Republic of China publish new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Tuberculosis - Recent findings from New Zealand and Turkey illuminate research in tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Researchers' work from the United States adds to tuberculosis body of knowledge

Tuberculosis Control - TB cure rate and drug compliance increase when physicians are involved in control program

Tuberculosis Research - Nude rat tuberculosis model mimics tuberculosis in immunocompromised humans

Tuberculosis Therapy - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cure rates improved by adjuvant resectional surgery

Tuberculosis Vaccine -  Mycobacterium bovis BCG expressing SIV Gag protein induces immune responses

Type 1 Diabetes - Transplantation of islets into diabetic primates results in prolonged blood sugar improvement

Urinary Incontinence - Periurethral mass formations may be late complication after bulking agent injection

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

Uterine Prolapse - Manchester operation offers good option to preserve uterus in uterine prolapse patients

Vaccine Delivery - Surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate enhances skin vaccination

Vaccine Development - Immunomics allows discovery of new targets for vaccines

Vaccine Efficacy - Vaccine efficacy measures should take disease transmission into account

Vaccines - Reports from Netherlands and United States advance knowledge in vaccines research

Vaccines - Researchers from the United States and Ireland describe findings in vaccines studies

Vaccinia Virus Vaccine - Vaccinia virus mutated in envelope proteins A33R and B5R are immunogenic

Vascular Disease & Hearing Loss - Vascular involvement is suggested in pathogenesis of sudden hearing loss

Vectors - New findings in vectors described from Germany, the United States and the People's Republic of China

Virology - Interferon signaling is inhibited by rabies virus phosphoprotein P

Virology - Recent findings in virology described by researchers from the United States

West Nile Virus Vaccine - West Nile virus vaccination is currently not cost effective

Wound Care - Mitomycin C evaluated for its ability to prevent airway stenosis during wound healing

Wound Healing - Calpain is a conduit for controlling vascular endothelial growth factor-related cell activity

Zoonosis - University of Liverpool to establish interdisciplinary Zoonosis Research Centre