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Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 18th, 2004

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Lexicon Genetics, Inc. - Genetics company reports eighth consecutive year of revenue growth

Origen Therapeutics, Inc - Grant to support human polyclonal antibody development in chickens

Paradigm Genetics, Inc. - Biotechnology company announces 2003 financial results

VaxGen, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company announces preliminary 2003 financial results

Biotechnology - U.S. calls European fears over biotech crops an "overreaction"

CSIRO, Parkville - Plasmodial DHPS resistance alleles identified

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Prechemotherapy HBV DNA marks viral reactivation risk in breast cancer patients

Columbia University - Role of alanine tracts in disease genes explored

Compugen, Ltd. - Genomics firm extends agreement for identification of new drug targets

Correctional Healthcare - Audit faults U.S. Marshals Service for poor prisoner healthcare

Danish Cancer Society - Researchers characterize survivin-derived epitopes restricted to HLA-B35

Dongeui University - Resveratrol induces apoptosis in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells

Emory University - Kruppel-like factor 4 may be a tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer

Environmental Health - No-smoking areas afford "marginal" or "trivial" protection from tobacco smoke

Exelixis, Inc. - IND application filed for anticancer agent XL647

GenVec, Inc. - TNFerade positive clinical study results published in oncology journal

Gene-IT - European Patent Office signs agreement for sequence search software

Genencor International, Inc. - Company to commercialize chemical weapon decontamination technology

Genome Therapeutics - FDA grants fast-track status Ramoplanin

GlaxoSmithKline - Early trial results move investigational CCR5 antagonist to next phase

HIV/AIDS Treatment - "Universal access" to HIV/AIDS treatment pledged by Europe, Central Asia

Harvard School of Public Health - Blue collar workers more apt to smoke, less able to quit

Harvard University - High glycemic load diet linked to breast cancer in sedentary women

Healthcare Coverage - Arizona Senators want leeway to set healthcare eligibility

HemoCleanse, Inc. - NIAID bioterrorism grant to fund a new plasmapheresis device

INSERM U271, Lyon - Adefovir therapy reduces hepatitis B virus load without generating mutants

Indian Council of Medical Research - Genetic risk factors for TB in India reviewed

Inst. Natl. de la Sante et de la Recherche Medical - Influenza epidemics in France and United States follow similar patterns

Intl. Medical Center, Tokyo - Serum levels of KL-6 can predict radiation pneumonitis

Jikei University - Novel apoAI gene mutation linked to familial HDL deficiency

Kangweon National University - Capsaicin is a novel inhibitor of angiogenesis

Karolinska Hospital - Social networks of African HIV patients in Sweden characterized

Karolinska Institute - Link found between cardiovascular disease in women and oral health

Karolinska Institute - Oral health in women strong predictor of disease risk

Klinikum Oldenburg gGmbH - Hypothalamic involvement in craniopharyngioma increases obesity risk

Manchester Royal Infirmary -  Neisseria meningitidis IgG concentrations assigned to reference sera

Mayo Clinic - Study released on Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics

Medex - Critical care-focused company opens Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo

Medical Errors - Troubled Los Angeles hospital cited for wrongfully dispensing drug

National Sun Yat Sen University - Chimeric protein rSAG1/2 protects against Toxoplasma gondii in mice

Neurologix, Inc. - Gene therapy company to trade with new ticker symbol: NLGX

Oregon Health & Science University - Hormonal activity plays role in body composition changes with aging

Oregon Health and Science University - Defective lysosomal targeting of FGFR3 leads to achondroplasia

Peking University - New mutation found in Weber-Cockayne epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Peter MacCallum Cancer Inst., Melbourne - Study finds dosage for paclitaxel, cisplatin, and radiation therapy for NSCLC

Pistoia Hospital - Healthcare workers in central Italy show a trend towards HCV prevalence

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 3D QSAR models used to evaluated CCR5 receptor antagonists

Russian Academy of Sciences - Tick-borne encephalitis virus NS1 protein elicits protective activity in mice

Saitama Cancer Center - MmTRA1b/phospholipid scramblase 1 may be a new prognostic factor for AML

Shiga University of Medical Science - AT1 receptors linked to insulin resistance-induced vascular dysfunction

Spanish National Cancer Cntr., Madrid - p53 must be absent in order for 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine to induce apoptosis

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Neonatal nurses can guide parents of newborns with spinal muscular atrophy

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Effects of p53 on KSHV cyclin-induced lymphomagenesis clarified

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Protein loop classification used as tool for structural genomics

University of Cambridge - GPR10 variants influence effect of exercise on blood pressure

University of Hamburg - Gene deleted in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome encodes mitochondrial protein

University of Oulu - Collagen modifying enzymes and their mutations reviewed

University of Rome 'La Sapienza' - Whole virus needed for accurate viral growth assay results

University of Rostock - Multiplex polymerase chain reaction identifies hepatitis B virus genotypes

University of Tokyo - Altered gene expression in adult brain of fyn-deficient mice reported

University of Western Australia - Rapid genotyping method distinguishes between different alleles in SNPs

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