Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Kuwait University - Mammalian cell-entry proteins expressed during TB infection in humans

Kyoto University - Retinal neurons can regenerate after neurotoxic injury to rat retinas

La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology - Research institute announces discovery on the virus' role in autoimmune disease

Laval University - Gene-environment interactions affect energy balance and weight

Lexington Family Practice - Genetic markers may be next step toward preventing cardiac death in athletes

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - H-DNA-forming sequences cause mammalian cell mutations

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Neural SC REST/NRSF gene activation sufficient to cause neuronal differentiation

Mahidol University - Health belief model aids shigellosis vaccine use in Thailand

Maine Medical Center - Antioxidative therapies may diminish CV risk in individuals with renal failure

Mayo Clinic - Expression of hDMPK is needed for balance in various muscle cell types

Mayo Clinic - Link seen between IBS, alcoholism and mental illness

Mayo Clinic - Overweight men spend more on prescription drugs than normal-weight men

Medical College of Georgia - New program examines stem cells' potential to repair, replace damaged tissue

National Cardiovascular Center, Japan - Losartan is advantageous for hypertensive patients with a history of stroke

National Cheng Kung University - Therapeutic HER2/Neu DNA vaccine blocks the growth of murine tumors

National Defense Medical College, Saitama - TTV infection is not associated with the onset of pediatric liver disease

National Taiwan University Hospital - Adenovirus vectors that express Fas ligand may treat allergic asthma

New York Blood Center - Immunodominant sites on spike protein of SARS coronavirus identified

Nucleonics, Inc. - Biotechnology company submits re-examiniation request for Benitec

Odense University Hospital - Reduced glucose oxidation in type 2 diabetic subjects may have genetic origin

Ohio State University - Role of cancer-associated stromal fibroblasts in liver metastasis determined

Osaka City University - Gene expression profile determined in rats

Ovarian Cancer - Pro-IL-18 isoform in ovarian tumors is resistant to caspase-1 and-4 processing

Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Human gene map for performance and fitness phenotypes reviewed

Saitama University, Japan - Study examines the mechanisms of a thermosensitive growth defect

Sapporo Medical University - Suppressed E1AF limits the invasiveness of cervical cancer

Stanford University - Gene expression after transverse aortic constriction characterized in mice

System Biosciences - Interferon Response Detection Kit launched

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Muscle-specific CD36 overexpression reverses insulin resistance and diabetes

UMR2142 CNRS-bioMerieux - Chronic hepatitis C patients generate antibodies specific to HCV F protein

Univ. of Texas Health Science Cntr., San Antonio - Death receptor 4 kills breast cancer cells despite the absence of TRAIL

University College London - Genetic variation may help resist mad cow

University Hospital, Vienna - Progressive stages of 5-fluorouracil resistance characterized

University of California, Irvine - Effects of exercise on PBMC gene expression characterized

University of Cincinnati - Allergic lung responses may involve interplay of diverse members of ADAM family

University of Colorado - Fibroblast growth factor gene signals are required for dental morphogenesis

University of Colorado - Ku is a key factor in repressing the alpha-myosin heavy chain in heart failure

University of Glasgow - Species and strain differences guide adenovirus tropism in the liver

University of Melbourne - Investigation of vascular and brain neuropeptide Y in rats

University of Michigan - Parvalbumin gene therapy ameliorates diastolic dysfunction in older rat hearts

University of Navarra - Leptin receptor expression is disrupted in genetically obese mice