Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated - Second performance milestone completed in drug discovery alliance

Protein Design Labs - Worldwide agreement to develop Zenapax for asthma announced

SIGA Technologies, Inc. - Bacterial genomics company secures defense research grant

Smoking Cessation - North Dakota Health Department offers toll-free number to help smokers quit

Strand Genomics - MediBic Alliance invests in life sciences informatics company

Sygen International, plc - CiTE signs deal to target increased biotechnology funding in Kentucky

.Paoli-Calmettes Institute - B-lineage specific lentiviral vectors offer controlled transgene expression

Agencourt Bioscience Corporation - RNA isolation and purification kit launched

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne - No change in mtDNA copy numbers in PBMCs in patients switched to abacavir

AmeriPath, Inc. - Cancer diagnostics company chooses human resources software

Avian Influenza - U.S. Government buys 2 million doses of experimental bird flu vaccine

Beijing Normal University - Bioaugmentation removes toxic substances from conventional activated sludge

Biomedical Research Institute - Researchers gathered to present completed sequences of three genomes

Brookhaven National Laboratory - HIV dementia mechanism discovered

C. Besta National Neurological Institute - Mutations characterize ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency progression

Cava de' Tirreni Hospital - Carotid artery thickening, stiffness found in obese children as young as 7

Ceregene, Inc. - Phase I trial of CERE-110 for patients with AD begins

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London - Psychological needs not being met for HIV-infected heterosexual men

Children's Hospital Boston - Technique provides "on-off" control as easy as taking a pill

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Genetic defect is required in neural crest cells and their migratory environment

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok - Access to HAART increasing in Thailand

Cntr. for Genetics Engineering & Biotechnol. New D - Serial analysis of gene expression can be used to analyze gene expression

Columbia University - Immunotherapy for melanoma reviewed

Columbia University - Yeast three-hybrid assays suitable for use in drug discovery

Depart. of Occupat. & Environ. Health - Breast-feeding reduces risk of asthma in first 4 years of life

DuPont - Company develops new protective suits for military, first responders

Emory University - IFN-alpha and phosphonoformic acid inhibit HHV-8 infection and replication

Exagen Diagnostics, Inc. - Advisory board to guide development of hepatitis C prognostic products

Flinders University of S. Australia - Blocking of CRF1 receptors attenuates cardiovascular responses to stimuli

Florida State University - Females may be more susceptible to overindulge "sweet tooth" cravings than males

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Glass of red wine a day may keep prostate cancer away

GenData Research Corp. - Research organization inks agreement with Celera Diagnostics

German Cancer Research Center - Focused ultrasound can induce apoptosis signals in lymphoblasts

Ghent University Hospital - Ebastine appears to be safe and effective for treating allergic disorders

Group Hospital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris - Only HR-1 sequencing necessary to characterize T-20 resistance in HIV infection

Harvard University - Cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase subunit UL44 forms a C clamp-shaped dimer

Harvard University - Multiple complications from high cervical myelogram reported

Harvard University - Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses