Gastroenterology Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 3rd, 2006
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Colon Cancer - Colonic lesions diagnosed by elastic scattering spectroscopy
Diagnostics - Crohn disease and intestinal TB diagnosis distinguished by colonoscopy and histopathology
Diet & Nutrition - High protein buckwheat flour prevents hypercholesterolemia, obesity, and gallstone formation
Drug Delivery - Chitosan does not increase drug availability in products when included in formulations
Gastric Cancer - Genetics, pathology, and clinical criteria of familial gastric cancer described
Acid Reflux - Gastroesophageal reflux disease requires rabeprazole for step-down therapy
Apoptosis - Hepatoma cell apoptosis is enhanced by interferon-alpha
Appendicitis - MRI rules out acute appendicitis in pregnancy
Arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis can be distinguished from Sjogren syndrome
Autoimmune Diseases - In autoimmune hepatitis, P2X(7) receptors regulate NKT cells
Bone Marrow - Hepatocyte-bone marrow cell fusion is driven by immune-mediated hepatitis
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Transplanted bone marrow cells fail to adopt a pancreatic beta-cell fate
Business Update - DATATRAK awarded two phase III trials with Cosmo Technologies
Cancer Diagnostics - Likelihood of urban primary care physicians to recommend colonoscopy studied
Cancer Gene Therapy - Combination gene therapy is effective for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Cancer Gene Therapy - Gastric cancer treatment aided by suicide gene therapy combined with hyperthermia
Cancer Gene Therapy - Methyltransferase depletion therapy mediates growth arrest and apoptosis
Cancer Gene Therapy - RNA interference inhibits the proliferation of pediatric hepatic tumors
Cancer Incidence - Frequency of additional cancers in patients with splenic marginal zone lymphoma assessed
Cancer Risk Factors - Cancer incidence studied in dry cleaning workers in Nordic countries
Cancer Therapy - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research
Cancer Therapy - Researchers' findings advance cancer therapy research
Carcinogenesis - Antitumor potential of beef conjugated linoleic acid isomers evaluated
Carcinogenesis - Hepatitis B and C viral interaction may have a role in hepatocellular carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis - Hydrogen sulfide implicated as a genotoxic agent
Cleft Lip & Palate - Cleft lip/palate linked to CDH1/E-cadherin mutations in families with gastric cancer
Clinical Trials - C1-inhibitor concentrate relieves abdominal pain in angioedema patients, study shows
Clinical Trials - Novogen IBD drug phase I clinical trial shows promise
Clinical Trials - UCB submits biologics license application to U.S. FDA for new treatment in Crohn disease
Collaborations - Ace BioSciences, Nordic Vaccine unite to develop vaccines
Colon Cancer - Early, frequent colon cancer screenings encouraged for Crohn, ulcerative colitis patients
Colon Cancer - NetWellness premieres new colon cancer information site for consumers
Colorectal Cancer - Chemotherapy given directly to the liver improves survival for patients with colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer can be treated with irinotecan, oxaliplatin and raltitrexed
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer rates do not appear affected by vitamin D and calcium supplements
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer treated by irinotecan, oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid
Colorectal Cancer - Endoscopic procedures and diagnoses not influenced by seasonal variations
Colorectal Cancer - Gilda's Club Worldwide launches art contest to illustrate colorectal cancer survival
Colorectal Cancer - Minimal preparation CT used to detect suspected colorectal cancer in elderly
Colorectal Cancer - Venous thromboembolic events linked to breast and colorectal carcinoma diagnoses
Dermatology - Nucryst Pharmaceuticals receives patent for proprietary nanocrystalline silver to treat acne
Diabetes Complications - HNF-1 beta mutations result in reduced insulin sensitivity of endogenous glucose production
Diabetes Control - Mosapride improves food intake without influencing glycemic control
Diabetes Epidemiology - Differences in 7B2 expression may explain variations in glucagon production and glucose tolerance
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Akt induces beta-cell proliferation by regulating cyclin D1, cyclin D2, and p21 levels and cdk4
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Decreased expression of SNARE influences impaired insulin secretion in type 2 diabetics
Diagnostics - Signet, Bayer sign agreement to do research on urinary trypsin inhibitor immunoassays
Diet & Nutrition - Pleurotus citrinopileatus shows antihyperglycemic effect in diabetic mouse model
Diet & Nutrition - Lupin kernel fiber foods improved markers of healthy bowel and colon cancer risk
Drug Delivery - A mucoadhesive hydrogel may serve as a drug delivery device to the mucosal epithelium
Drug Delivery - NovaDel announces completion of clinical trials for Zensana oral spray for chemotherapy patients
Drug Development - American Pharmaceutical receives two tentative U.S. FDA approvals for Ondansetron
Endocrinology - Chronic hyperghrelinemia does not reduce orexigenic action of exogenous ghrelin
Enzymology - TNP-470 relies on MAPK/COX-2 signaling to block angiogenesis and liver fibrogenesis
Epidemiology - Anti-Yersinia antibody seroprevalence high in healthy Austrians
Epidemiology - Enteric disease risk and vaccination attitudes differs among rural Chinese
Esophageal Cancer - Chinese esophageal squamous cell carcinoma linked to aberrant RASSF1A gene
Esophageal Cancer - Esophageal cancer progression correlated with reduced PABPC1 expression
Food Safety - Grocery Manufacturers Association responds to National Uniformity for Food Act
Food Safety - Nymox NXC-4720 late-stage product targets Escherichia coli food contamination
Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer response to chemotherapy not predicted by DNA methylation of CHFR
Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer surgical outcomes compared between elderly and middle-aged patients
Gastric Cancer - Heparin encourages gastric cancer cell growth
Gastroenterology - Data advance knowledge in gastroenterology research
Gastroenterology - Data on Callisto's Guanilib to be presented at conference on digestive diseases
Gastroenterology - Gastro-esophageal reflux risk lowered by physical activity and fruit, raised by obesity and smoking
Gastroenterology - Intestinal barrier is modulated by miltefosine in the treatment of leishmaniasis
Gastrointestinal Tumors - Gastrointestinal tumors treated by capecitabine plus weekly oxaliplatin
HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis - Liver fibrosis is predicted in HIV/hepatitis C coinfections
Hepatitis & Hepatic Stenosis - Chronic hepatitis C is associated with virally induced hepatic stenosis
Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation is preventable
Hepatitis C Virus - Findings advance knowledge in hepatitis C virus research
Hepatitis C Virus - HCV subgenomic replicons are associated with carcinoma cell proteome alteration
Hepatitis C Virus - Studies add new findings to hepatitis C virus body of knowledge
Hepatitis Delta Virus - ADAR 1 enhances hepatitis delta virus RNA editing in interferon-alpha-stimulated host cells
Hepatitis Therapy - HCV combination therapy causes ribavirin levels and hemoglobin to decline
Hepatocellular Cancer - Findings describe new data in hepatocellular cancer research
Hepatocellular Cancer - Research add new data to hepatocellular cancer body of knowledge
Hepatocellular Cancer - Researchers' work adds to hepatocellular cancer body of knowledge
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma could be caused by iron overload
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma development is associated with serum proteome changes
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma proliferation and invasion is inhibited by ZD6474
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma proteomes can be analyzed by laser capture microdissection
Imaging - Pentax and Optiscan Imaging begin overseas sales of confocal endomicroscopy system
Imaging - Researchers' findings advance imaging research
Liver Cancer - Cholangiocellular carcinoma clinicopathology is not linked to angiogenesis factors
Liver Cancer - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of liver cancer
Liver Diseases - Chronic inflammatory liver diseases involve the expression of epithelial cellular adhesion molecule
Liver Fibrosis - Liver fibrosis requires tumor necrosis factor alpha signaling
Liver Injury - Hepatic stenosis is unreliably indicated by blood oxidative stress markers
Liver Injury - Liver injury involves hydroxylation and cytochrome content
Medical Devices - Barrx Medical launches minimally invasive tool to treat Barrett esophagus
Medical Devices - HepaLife accelerates research activities and bolsters management, research teams
Obesity Pathogenesis - Nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis development is likely linked to dietary fat ingestion
Obesity Therapy - Gastric bypass 1-year outcomes for obese youth indicate health benefits offset risks
Oncology - Reports describe recent advances in oncology research
Oncology - Researchers' work adds to oncology body of knowledge
Pancreatic Cancer - Different gene expression profiles are displayed by radioresistant pancreatic cancer cell lines
Patents - Phenex AG obtains four patents relevant for its drug discovery efforts
Personnel - Exagen Diagnostics names Dr. Thomas Williams chief science officer
Personnel - Peter Licari, PhD, and Pieter Timmermans, PhD, named to Kosan's executive management team
Personnel - Thomas Gerson appointed to HistoRx management team as CFO, VP of business operations
Pharmaceutical Research - Phase III drugs slated to add additional $30 billion in revenues by 2010
Physiology - Intestinal alkaline phosphatase is associated with ABO and secretor blood group types
Product Licensing - Braintree Laboratories in-licenses rights to chemoprevention agent against colorectal cancer
Rectal Cancer - Outcome after curative resection for locally recurrent rectal cancer discussed
Respiratory Medicine - Nearly half of asthma-related ED visits made by intermittent asthma patients, study shows
Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Selecting patients in need of locoregional control of squamous cell carcinoma discussed
Stem Cell Research - Human hepatocytes repopulate the liver in a chimeric mouse model
Stem Cell Research - Pancreas early phase development regulated by endothelial-mesenchymal relay pathway
Transplant Medicine - Researchers' work adds to transplant medicine body of knowledge
Transplant Medicine - Studies advance knowledge in transplant medicine research
Transplant Medicine - Warm ischemia-reperfusion injury is decreased by tacrolimus in steatotic rat liver
Transplantation Biology - Liver transplantation outcome is aided by hepatitis B immunization
Transplantation Biology - Post-liver transplant hepatitis C recurrence and severity is influenced by polymorphisms
Transplantation Biology - Post-liver transplantation rejection is indicated by C4d
Transplantation Biology - Post-liver transplantation virus reinfection can be delayed by early therapy
Vector Development - Recombinant vectors enable the transduction of pancreatic and colon carcinoma
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