Gastroenterology Week

Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer tumor marker is a homologue of the Drosophila headcase protein

Drug Development - Adenoviral vectors with subgroup B and D fibers improve gene delivery to intestinal mucosa

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma involves acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 gene expression

Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer treatment advanced by replacing 5-FU with oral capecitabine

Adverse Drug Reaction - Acute liver failure could be caused by imatinib mesylate

Apoptosis - Researchers' data from Germany, the United States and Scotland advance apoptosis research

Bioartificial Liver - Bioartificial liver developed using 3D culture of porcine fetal liver cells

Botulinum Toxin Vaccine - DOR BioPharma announces advances in mucosal vaccines for botulinum toxin

Botulism Toxin - Botulinum toxin A influences immunoreactivity of neuronal NOS in parotid glands

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer correlates with the expression of the FRA16D cancer gene

Business Update - Expanded access program for Rexin-GTM provides genetic medicine to cancer patients

Cancer Chemoprevention - Chemoprevention of colon adenocarcinoma by protein extract of Asterina pectinifera proposed

Cancer Gene Therapy - Delivery of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene enhances colon antitumor effects

Cancer Research - Studies from the United States and Czech Republic advance knowledge in cancer research

Cancer Risk Factors - Hyperinsulinemia garners colorectal epithelial proliferation

Cancer Therapy - Peritoneal malignancies treated by cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion

Cancer Treatment - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from Switzerland, Israel and the United States

Cardiology - Postoperative arrhythmias are common in colorectal surgical patients

Chronic Liver Disease - Chronic liver disease can be associated with Helicobacter serum antibodies

Clinical Trials - Spectrum presents data from intravesical instillation trial of apaziquone in bladder cancer

Collaborations - InNexus Biotechnology and Affimed to collaborate on SuperAntibody technology

Colon Cancer - Micronics receives phase I grant to develop early detection system for colon cancer

Colon Cancer - MoviPrep receives U.S. FDA approval letter

Colon Cancer - Mucinous colorectal cancer with chromosomal instability identified as aggressive subtype

Colon Cancer - New data from Scotland, the United States and Netherlands lluminates research in colon cancer

Colon Cancer - Peritoneal colon cancer growth in rats is reduced by local antiangiogenesis therapy

Colon Cancer - Pretreated colorectal cancer patients show a response to cetuximab

Colon Cancer - Recent findings from Denmark, Greece and the United States illuminate research in colon cancer

Colorectal Adenomas - Colorectal adenoma incidence linked to K-ras mutations

Colorectal Adenomas - Colorectal adenomas on the right side increased with aging

Colorectal Cancer - Angiopoietin-2 expression in colorectal cancer is driven by hypoxia

Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer and loss of expression of type IV collagen alpha 5 and alpha 6 chains studied

Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer outcomes were comparable between two chemotherapy regimens

Colorectal Cancer - Detection of colorectal cancer recurrence not improved with routine MRI follow-up

Colorectal Tumors - Microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal tumors differentiated by genome

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Hypnotherapy helps relieve chest pain

Crohn Disease - Crohn disease-associated polymorphisms display extreme heterogeneity

Cystic Fibrosis - Fat malabsorption in cystic fibrosis patients may be due to abnormal intracellular lipid processing

Diabetes - New data from Japan, the North Ireland and Germany lluminates research in diabetes

Diabetes - New data from Switzerland and the United States lluminates research in diabetes

Diabetes - New findings in diabetes described from the United Kingdom, United States and Canada

Diabetes - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands

Diabetes - Reports from the United States and Mexico describe recent advances in diabetes research

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Insulin secretion controlled by mGlu5 metabotropic glutamate receptors

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Phosphorylation marks IPF1/PDX1 protein for degradation and may lead to beta-cell dysfunction

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Reovirus delays diabetes onset but does not prevent insulitis in nonobese diabetic mice

Diabetes Therapy - GLP-1, GIP and liraglutide may raise beta-cell replication and impact long-term diabetes therapy

Diabetes Therapy - Vanadyl sulfate reduces diabetes-related oxidative damage in stomach and spleen tissues

Diabetes Type 2 - Depomed data published on Glumetza, an FDA-approved treatment for type 2 diabetes

Diagnostics - Norovirus genogroups I and II detected by single-tube real-time PCR assay

Diagnostics - Results of coloscopy screening in 2005 reviewed

Diet & Nutrition - Dietary cholesterol seems to induce bile acid synthesis by different pathways in lean and obese

Diet & Nutrition - Procter & Gamble launches Fibersure

Disease Associations - Link between hypoparathyroidism and pharyngoesophageal tumors assessed

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cell line from Indian subcontinent characterized

Endocrinology - Insulin or glucose can mediate mitogenesis in fetal pancreatic beta-cell lines

Esophageal Adenocarcinoma - Esophageal adenocarcinoma survival prognosticated by number of metastatic lymph nodes

Esophageal Cancer - Esophageal cancer invasion depth better assessed by a jelly-filled method probe EUS

Esophageal Cancer - Polo-like kinase and survivin are esophageal tumor-specific promoters

Esophageal Cancer - Studies from the People's Republic of China, Greece and Japan describe new findings in esophageal cancer research

Finance - Prometheus Laboratories announces 2005 net revenues grew $140 million

Focal Nodular Hyperplasia - Focal nodular hyperplasia diagnosed by quantitative parametric analysis

Food-Borne Illness - Multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef at school potluck

Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer metastasis reversed by selected peptide20

Gastric Cancer - New findings from Japan and Poland in the area of gastric cancer detailed

Gastroenterology - Findings from Greece, Japan and the United States in gastroenterology provide new insights

Gastroenterology - Recent findings in gastroenterology described by researchers from Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom

Gastroenterology - Research from the United States, Germany and People's Republic of China in gastroenterology provides new insights

Gastroenterology - Researchers from the United States report recent findings in gastroenterology