Gastroenterology Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 21st, 2005
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Gastroenterology - Nicotine activates enzymes that provoke gastric cancer growth
Gene Transfer - Hypoxia-inducible therapy halts capillary formation in primary liver cancer
Hematology - Muscle capillary growth is amplified in dialysis patients
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - IL-6 plays pivotal role in transmural inflammation in T cell transfer colitis
Tuberculosis - Retroperitoneal perforation of colon caused by colonic tuberculosis
Anticoagulants - Management varies for patients at risk for bleeding due to anticoagulants
Apoptosis - Rho/rhotekin-mediated NF-kappa B activation confers resistance to apoptosis
Business Update - Pharma companies collaborate to develop new antibody therapeutics
Business Update - Research companies execute commercialization agreement
Cancer Therapy - Phase III data shows Tarceva plus gemcitabine significantly improves survival
Cancer Therapy - Tarceva provides hope for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Chemotherapy - Doxorubicin inhibits DNMT1 and results in conditional apoptosis
Choledochal Cyst - Obstetricians should be familiar with choledochal cyst
Collaborations - Pharmaceutical companies agree to jointly commercialize oral cancer drug
Colon Cancer - APC E 1317Q/I1307K germ-line variants not detected in sporadic colon cancer
Colon Cancer - GADD153 protein may be important for curcumin-induced apoptosis
Colon Cancer - Mouse models reveal a novel key player in the initiation of cancer
Colon Cancer - Novel gene CLUAP1 may be biomarker or therapy target
Colon Cancer - Research in colorectal cancer presented at symposium
Colorectal Cancer - Avastin plus FOLFOX4 chemotherapy regimen clinical trial results reported
Colorectal Cancer - Biallelic/monoallelic MYH gene mutations associated with colorectal cancer risk
Colorectal Cancer - Calcium may protect women from colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer - Data on assay's ability to predict colorectal cancer treatment outcome presented
Colorectal Cancer - Endpoints met in first stage of CoFactor phase II study in colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer - Functional polymorphism in E-cadherin gene associated with colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer - PUMA expression changes of minor importance in colorectal cancer development
Crohn Disease - Calcium and vitamin D most effective for treatment of Crohn-related bone loss
Crohn Disease - Inflammation of intestine may signal recurrent acute idiopathic pancreatitis
Cryptosporidium Parvum - Two Cryptosporidium parvum genotypes caused recreational water outbreak
Diabetes Therapy - Adenoviral transfection of islet cells requires a monolayer configuration
Diagnostics - Quantitative biofilm assay/plate screens enteroaggregative E. coli
Diagnostics - Rapid whole-body MRI used to image therapeutic response in bone marrow
Diagnostics - Study recommends at-home colorectal screening tests
Diet & Nutrition - High-protein diets pose risk for patients with chronic kidney disease
Diet & Nutrition - Virtual food components take the guesswork out of healthy eating
Digestion - Phytostanyl ferulate esters are hydrolyzed by pancreatic cholesterol esterase
Endothelial Cell Production - Ursodeoxycholic acid inhibits endothelin-1 production in vascular endothelium
Fatty Liver Disease - Obese young people have a higher risk for developing liver disease
Fibrosis - Review provides information on fibrosis and small bowel carcinoid tumors
Finance - PreGen-Plus maker announces Q4 revenues of $1.3 million
Finance - Provider of medical devices for venous reflux disease reports 4Q 2004 results
Gastroenterology - Gene profiles distinguish pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms
Gastroenterology - Spontaneous activity and modulation isolated from guinea-pig stomach antrum
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Liver transplantation plus imatinib controls gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Gene Expression - Glycolysis genes are ubiquitously overexpressed in 24 cancer classes
Growth Factors - Craniofacial patterning studied, role for fibroblast growth factors revealed
Immunology - Researchers' data advance immunology research
Infections - Vibrio parahaemolyticus VopA studied, signaling inhibition revealed
Lactobacillus - Aminoglycoside sensitivity in Lactobacillus due to cholic acid
Liver Biopsy - Attenuation/backscatter indices define fatty livers in noninvasive biopsies
Liver Cancer Vaccine - Role of immune system in control of hepatocellular carcinoma reviewed
Liver Transplantation - Inferior mesenteric artery autografts can resolve hepatic artery complications
MALT Lymphoma - MALT lymphoma graded by H. pylori eradication/API2-MALT1 fusion detection
Mycotoxin - Thermal food processing affects structure and toxicity of fumonisin mycotoxins
Neuroscience - Symptoms of sympathetic nervous system may be defensive reactions against nausea
Obesity - Doppler waveform of hepatic veins in obese population examined
Obesity Pathogenesis - Estrogen-related receptor alpha controls lipid handling in intestine
Oncology - High grade liver cancers show no link between telomere length and tumor size
Oncology - Low NEIL1 activity correlates with gastric cancer pathogenesis
Oncology - n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids diminish colon cancer angiogenesis
Overactive Bladder - U.S. FDA-approved treatment for overactive bladder now available in the U.S.
Patents - Company wins patent relating to treatment of lower urinary tract disorders
Peptide Transport - Basolateral peptide transporter analyzed, efflux properties revealed
Physiology - Na+/H+ exchange in colonocytes studied, role of zinc receptor revealed
Product Licensing - Company licenses Conversion Technology, Analysis processes to Mayo Medical
Prostate Cancer - CYP3A4*1B/CYP3A43*3 may influence risk of prostate cancer/disease severity
Prostate Cancer - GSTP1 I105V polymorphism not associated with prostate cancer risk
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Body Mass Index linked to increased risk of RCC
Rotavirus Vaccine - Intranasal administration of rotavirus VP6 protein induces protection in mice
Transplant Medicine - Overview provided of FTY720 clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacology
Vaccine Development - FDA approves human hookworm vaccine for phase I safety trials
Vaccines Safety - Recent findings in vaccines safety described
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