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Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon - Bone loss rate significantly increases fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. - Biotech company announces intention to merge with Thuris Corporation

Roskamp Institute, Sarasota - CD40 ligation in microglia perturbs genes associated with amyloid protein

Taipei Veterans General Hospital - Adenosine receptor polymorphism is not linked to Parkinson disease and schizophrenia

AEterna Zentaris, Inc. - Patient enrollment completed for Ozarelix phase II trial in benign prostatic hyperplasia

Acambis Inc. - New developments in flavivirus vaccines are reviewed

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Glucose regulation effectiveness involves complex interplay of hormonal and metabolic factors

Allscripts - Virginia orthopedics group adopts electronic health record software system

Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation & Ochsner Clinic - Researchers' findings advance transplant medicine research

American Gastroenterological Association - A new study provides first estimate of U.S. population affected by Barrett esophagus

American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. - Chinese biotech firm's common stock approved for listing on the Archipelago Exchange

Aremis Consultants - Capecitabine/docetaxel combination therapy deemed cost effective in advanced or metastatic breast cancer

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - GCNF is required for repression of pluripotency genes during stem cell differentiation

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Peptide-presenting libraries allow choice of peptide ligands for viral vector retargeting

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Sca-1 plays a role in hematopoietic cell lineage fate and c-kit expression

Biovail Corp. - Cardizem maker to spin off legacy assets

Boston University - Close association found between dietary patterns and chronic disease risk profiles in men

BrainLAB - Supply and distribution agreements extended for Novalis

CHU Cochin Port-Royal, Paris - Prostheses with zirconia head have high rate of early femoral osteolysis

CareTech Solutions, Inc. - Michigan hospital signs 5-year health information management agreement

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of proteomics

Cedara Software - Medical software maker signs partnership agreement with i-Dent Imaging, Inc.

Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna - Two-reaction real-time PCR detects and quantitates the entire spectrum of adenoviruses

China Medical University Hospital, Taichung - Dopamine receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with Tourette syndrome

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Studies add new findings to virology body of knowledge

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - RNA nuclear retention allows the regulation of gene expression

Collaborations - American Healthways extends agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Collaborations - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas to expand network access for more than 350,000 members

Collaborations - HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance sign contract with Sacred Heart Hospital

Communicable Research Initiative of New England, Boston - Atazanavir-treated patients have better lipid profile than lopinovir/ritonavir-treated patients

Cordis Corp. - Excellent results seen in study of coronary bifurcations treated with the CYPHER stent

Curis, Inc. - Drug developer reports third-quarter 2005 results: net loss is $3,631,000

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. - Stem cell therapeutics company provides third-quarter update, reports revenues of $1,582,000

Cytyc Corp. - Woman's health company announces new stock repurchase program

Electronic Medical Records - Covenant physicians adopt wireless software

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - New findings in the area of transplant medicine described

Facilities - Baltimore Washington Medical Center to add obstetrics, build new patient tower

Finance - IT company reports sales $1,727,672, net loss $1,073,152 for third fiscal quarter

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Pseudorabies virus UL17 protein is characterized

Galapagos - David Smith named CFO of genomics-based drug-discovery company

General University Hospital of Alicante - Angiogenic factors proliferate in benign pituitary tumors

Genta, Inc - Genasense reported to enhance preclinical activity of Tarceva with intermittent dosing schedule

George Mason University, Manassas - Adenovirus serotypes 4 and 7 vaccine strains were sequenced and compared

German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg - C-MYC Asn-11-Ser polymorphism associated with increased risk for familial breast cancer

GlaxoSmithKline - U.S. FDA approves updated labeling for LEXIVA

Greatbatch, Inc. - Device component maker announces facility consolidation plan

Guidant Corp. - Enrollment complete in international drug-eluting stent clinical trial

Harvard University - Former breast/ovarian cancer patients have high risk of familial genetic mutation

Harvard University - Recent findings in diabetes therapy described

HealthEquity Inc - Joe Martingale, JD, joins healthcare financial services company board of directors

Healthcare Costs - Hospital costs associated with bariatric procedures in U.S. are around $20,000/case

Healthcare Coverage - Aetna introduces new health insurance options in Florida

Healthcare Coverage - Rising Medical Solutions partners with HFN on workers compensation solutions in Illinois

HemoBioTech, Inc. - Common stock quoted on OTCBB for blood substitute developer

Hiroshima University - Findings in cardiology provide new insights

Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid - Linezolid is effective for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto - Conserved influenza A epitopes in humans and transgenic mice are described

Houston VA Medical Center - Overweight men have a two-and-half-fold increased risk of Barrett esophagus

IGI, Inc. - Nanotechnology drug delivery developer reports 27% increase in revenues

Information Technology - Certificate program launched to promote excellence in the release of patient information

Instituto Portugues de Oncologia - High prevalence of HPV-16 found was in squamous intraepithelial lesions in Portuguese women

Intercell AG - New TB vaccine enters phase I clinical trial

Istanbul University - Vanadyl sulfate protects the pancreas of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor - Hematopoiesis is normal when growth hormone is severely deficient

James Cook University, Townsville - Aortic calcification raises incidence of cardiovascular events

Johns Hopkins University - Trafficking signals in bronchitis virus spike protein are needed for virus infection

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Neurologic complications from HAART can lead to decreased drug adherence

Johnson & Johnson - Guidant agrees to revised mergers terms; James M. Cornelius named interim CEO

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. - Company opens hospital in Ocala, Florida, announces plans for new Ohio facility