Elder Law Weekly

Medstat - Nebraska renews, expands contract with healthcare information services company

Meridian Co., Ltd. - Medical diagnostic equipment company collaborates on cardiovascular study

Michigan State University - HSV-1 VP16 recruits general transcription factors/coactivators to IE promoters

Milestone Scientific Inc. - Dental company launches tooth whitening system

Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge - Effective TB control requires treatment to include nonactive disease

National University of Singapore - Database of therapeutically relevant multiple pathways developed

Neurobehavioral Research, Inc. - Poor decision making doesn't derail recovering alcoholics

Norwegian Radium Hospital - Phage-based microarrays useful for humoral immune analysis

Norwood Abbey, Ltd. - Drug-delivery patent granted in Australia

Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases - Partnership announced to develop novel tuberculosis drugs

NutriSystem, Inc. - Weight management products provider announces financial results

Oregon Health and Science Univ. - Team-centered program helps reduce disordered eating among teen female athletes

Pall Corporation - Filtration, separations and purification company acquire chromatography business

Patient Care Technology Systems - Monongahela Valley Hospital selects passive tracking software

Perot Systems Corporation - Information technology company releases system for health plan administration

Personnel - Healthcare system names new head of dental and vision services

Pfizer Inc - Pharma company names president of global manufacturing

Pharsight Corporation - Software provider announces new board member

Queen Margaret University College - Pitfalls of nutritional screening in injured obese patients outlined

Rio Hortega University Hospital - Bone marrow cells can acquire cardiac phenotype in vivo

Ritsumeikan University - Mechanisms of gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity elucidated

RxGen, Inc. - Biotech provides nonhuman research materials to develop HDL therapy

Sanguine Corp. - Synthetic red blood cell being tested at three medical schools in U.S. and Canada

Serono International - Pharmaceutical companies partner to develop oral treatment for MS

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Rare sexually transmitted disease on rise in Netherlands

Staffing Issues - Nursing shortage halts surgeries at major Vancouver hospital

Stem Cell Research - California voters approve spending on stem cell research

Targeted Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. - Biomarkers of effective Herceptin therapy identified

Tercica, Inc. - Phase 3b trial in IGF-1 deficiency short stature initiated

Touro University - Indinavir increases glucose production in healthy HIV-uninfected men

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Multiplex PCR method for identifying vaccine polioviruses developed

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - "Supplements" for sexual enhancement contain prescription drug ingredient

U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 -  Shigella-associated diarrhea common in rural Egyptian children

UNICAMP - Vancomycin-resistant E. facecalis disseminated between hospitals 100 km apart

Univ. of Pennsylvania - Researchers grow sperm stem cells in laboratory cultures

Universidade Federal do Ceara - Melatonin improved sleep in small study of asthmatic women

Universitat Duisburg-Essen - Genetic aspects of obesity reviewed

Universite Victor Segalen, Bordeaux - Mitochondria depend upon ATP synthase to make supramolecular structures

University of Alabama - Viral shedding explored as a surrogate marker for genital herpes transmission

University of Antioquia, Medellin - SC refrigeration is simple option for autotransplants within few days of harvest

University of California, Davis - Microscopy/RT-PCR identifies mechanisms of long-term HPV oral mucosal infection

University of California, San Diego - Spinal PAR stimulation induces thermal hyperalgesia

University of Cincinnati - Troponin T binding regions can alter sarcomeric performance

University of Florida - Wound healing response characterized in rats

University of Helsinki - DNA vaccine plus booster protects against Chlamydia pneumoniae

University of Helsinki - Novel health food composition proves highly effective

University of Kiel - Immunoassay for gp130 binding to IL-6/lL-6R complex devised

University of Michigan - IPP reported to inhibit oxidative DNA damage

University of Minnesota - Obesity increases older women's risk of acute myelogenous leukemia

University of Missouri - P-gp inhibitors can increase ocular erythromycin bioavailability

University of Oxford - Fas ligand overexpression spawns inflammation in the central nervous system

University of Oxford - Screening for variety of genes could determine bowel cancer risk

University of Pisa - Reduced dilation in the brachial artery is related to renal failure severity

University of Pittsburgh - Electroporation augments TGF-mediated healing in the wounds of diabetic mice

University of Pittsburgh - Uncouplers blocked ventricular tachycardia induced by burst pacing

University of Queensland - Benefits of doxazosin may be additive in benign prostatic hyperplasia

University of Roma La Sapienza - Thyroid cancer precursor lesions studied in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients

University of Texas - Celecoxib and alpha-TEA shows promise as combination therapy

University of Toronto - Prospective 20-year study finds pregnant women with IBD have healthy babies

University of Tubingen - Submicroscopic P. falciparum infection may affect immunity during pregnancy

University of Turku - HCG gene variant seen in U.S. not found in five European populations

University of Wisconsin - Statistical model reconciles ultrasonic scatterer size estimates

Vasogen, Inc. - Oral presentation of VP025 delivered at Neuroscience 2004

Viactiv - Chewable multivitamin introduced

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants orphan drug designation to acute myelogenous leukemia drug

Vita Salute University - CLOCK gene variations may influence clozapine-induced diurnal sleepiness

Wake Forest University - Methylmercury induces free radicals in cerebral cortical astrocytes

Washington University - Antiviral therapy for adult T cell leukemia lymphoma is promising

Washington University - Review focuses on pathways involved in regulating myocardial energy metabolism