Gastroenterology Week

Fecal Incontinence - Study results question specific effect of biofeedback training

Food-Borne Pathogen - Active hand washing training increases retention in food preparers

Food-Borne Pathogen - Street vended food poses risk of Salmonella and E. coli infection

Gallbladder Disease - Prepregnancy obesity, serum leptin are strong risk factors in pregnant women

Gastric Cancer - CDX2 methylation correlates with less intake of green tea/cruciferous vegetables

Gastroenterology -  C. difficile toxin A induces RhoB expression

Gastroenterology - Elastase modulates endostatin production in pancreatic tissue

Gastroenterology - Gene therapy enables radioiodine therapy to target colon cancer

Gastroenterology - Pancreatic endocrine tumors are highly vascularized but poorly angiogenic

Gastroenterology - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of gastroenterology

HIV/AIDS-Associated Disorder - Acquired rectal fistula may be sign of HIV infection in children

Healthcare Costs - American Kidney Fund teams with biotech firm for Renagel assistance plan

Helicobacter Pylori -  H. pylori polymorphism differs between African and Caucasian Americans

Hepatitis C Therapy - FDA approves drug combination as first hepatitis C treatment for HIV patients

Hepatitis C Virus Therapy - Peginterferon alfa-2a may aid HCV-positive liver transplant recipients

Imaging - Company installs 100th CT scanner with isotropic slice resolution

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - New treatment offers hope for Crohn, ulcerative colitis

Information Technology - Cardiology software for clinical documentation and coding compliance released

Listeria Monocytogenes - Low prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in humans

Liver Cancer - Chemoembolization of large hepatocellular carcinoma was ineffectual

Liver Cancer - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of liver cancer

Liver Transplantation - Catecholamines after liver transplantation affect hepatic circulation

Oncology - Enzyme inhibitors augment sulindac sulfide in colon cancer cells

Oncology - Findings advance knowledge in oncology research

Pancreatic Cancer - Familial polyposis patient found to have IPMN of the pancreas

Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic carcinoma cells susceptible to Ad.mda-7-induced apoptosis

Pancreatic Cancer - Trial of 2 drugs in chemotherapy-naive pancreatic cancer patients initiated

Pancreatic Cancer Therapy - Molecular mechanisms of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine determined

Parkinson Disease - Pharmaceutical company launches adjunctive drug to treat Parkinson disease in EU

Personnel - Device maker names Thierry Thaure as CEO

Pharmaceutical Research - CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide

Plasmodium - Plasmodium sporozoite studied, protein requirement in hepatocyte infection shown

Product Licensing - Licensing agreement signed for Miyarisan's oral therapeutic drug product

Renal Failure - Nutrition therapy must be closely monitored in patients with acute renal failure

Rotavirus Epidemiology - Epidemiology of rotavirus G-types circulating in Hong Kong is changing

Stomach Cancer - Allelic distribution of STRs correlates with different gastrointestinal tumors

Surgical Technology - Florida company launches technology to prevent postsurgical adhesions

Surgical Technology - Successful development of surgical sealant announced

Transplant Medicine - Decreased cytomegalovirus reported after antilymphocyte therapy

Transplant Medicine - New findings in the area of transplant medicine described

Virology - Hepatitis B virus mutants induce apoptosis in tree shrew liver cells

Virology - Researchers' data advance virology research