Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Jagiellonian University - Exposure to fine particles during pregnancy adversely affects fetus

Johns Hopkins University -  E. coli O157 cluster evaluation does not support epidemiologic association

Kanazawa University, Japan - Reduction of cardiac MIBG uptake may be a specific marker of Lewy body disease

Korea University - Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity linked to heart disease risk

Kyoto Pharmaceutical University -  Stellaria dichotoma beta-carboline-type alkaloids are antiallergic

Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, Uppsala - SCF/GM-CSF growth synergism involves kinase-dependent/independent c-Kit activity

Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. - Genomic analysis solutions names acting chief executive officer

Madigan Army Medical Center - Papular spongiotic dermatitis of smallpox vaccination reported

Massachusetts General Hospital - Gene-modified stem cells prevent type 1 diabetes in murine models

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Magnesium may reverse middle-age memory loss

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry - A tryptophan-expanded genetic code designs new classes of proteins

Mayo Clinic - Risk factors for beta-blocker therapy failure identified

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville - The alpha-synuclein promoter bestows Parkinson disease susceptibility

McGill University - Faulty gene linked to nicotine addiction in new young smokers

MedImmune, Inc. - Study initiated to evaluate Numax in reducing RSV in Native American infants

Medical College of Ohio - Insulin interacts with lipid metabolism in CEACAM1-inactive mice

Military Medical College II - Co-expressed genes in virus-driven therapy block glioma invasion

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo - E2f1 mutation induces early onset of diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice

National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan - CLBP and cardiotoxin genes diverged before appearance of numerous cardiotoxins

National Taiwan University Hospital - Phenytoin dosages for epilepsy correlate with CYP2C9/CYP2C19 polymorphisms

National University of Singapore - BMI may not be appropriate measure of obesity in Asian population

Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. - Biotechnology company announces board appointment

New York University - Transgenic marker lines enable manipulating the pacemaking and conduction system

Osaka University - SOX and POU factors interplay in Nestin gene regulation

Qualigen - Gen-Probe acquires rights to develop point-of-use platform for NAT instrument

Royal Free Hospital, London - A novel RAB7 mutation associated with ulcero-mutilating neuropathy

Sichuan University - Apolipoprotein linked to carotid thickness in diabetic patients

Stanford University - Sleeping Beauty transposase can be altered to improve genetic research

Tohoku University - Case reported of vaginal primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Frog metamorphosis characterizes the molecular dynamics of thyroid hormone

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - RARbeta2 expression is diminished in myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia

University of Ferrara - TRAIL blocks osteoclastic differentiation induced by RANKL + M-CSF

University of Florida - Lentiviral vectors bear clones that offer long-term ACE2 secretion

University of Hamburg - Germline mosaicism complicates molecular diagnosis

University of Heidelberg - Gene expression of IL-10-induced myeloid DC characterized

University of Minnesota - Pathogenic RNA repeats are implicated in a growing number of disorders

University of Montreal - HOXB4 capacity to induce stem cell expansion is DNA-binding dependent