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Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 24th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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Celera Genomics Group - Genomics firm reports loss of $0.27 per share

Icoria, Inc. - Biotech company signs CRADA with U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. - Infection control product provider anticipates financial results

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - Pharma company signs new agreement with AstraZeneca

Scinoa, Ltd. - Biotech company relocates to Colorado from U.K., hires James Bruce as CEO

St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. - Company focused on devices for lumbar spinal stenosis names Michael Bates CFO

Abbott Laboratories - FDA approves gene-based test for hematuria patients' bladder cancer

Acusphere, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm appoints Garen Bohlin to board of directors

Adelaide Women's & Children's Hospital - Biomarkers in amniotic fluid diagnose lysosomal storage diseases

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - New research provides insight into gene response following MI

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Progress reported on RSV program and systemic RNAi therapeutics

Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing - Transduced glioma cells stimulate anti-tumor immunity

Cepheid - Company receives purchase orders for GeneXpert Modules

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer - No association found between plasma homocysteine, B12, and folate levels

Charite University of Medicine Berlin - Nucleofection delivers genes to murine embryonic stem cells

Children's Hospital, Westmead - West Nile virus infection of embryo fibroblasts associated with TNF production

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Method discriminates diabetic patients from healthy controls

Corgenix Medical Corp. - Corgenix announces establishment of bioterrorism defense development program

Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Television drug ads require more understandable language

Essential Therapeutics, Inc. - Genes required for full virulence of Staphylococcus aureus identified

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg - Glycolysis genes are ubiquitously overexpressed in 24 cancer classes

Faculte de Medecine de Lille - Seven variant CYP4F12 allozymes characterized

Free University of Amsterdam - Soluble peridinin analyzed, excited state equilibrium resolved

Free University of Berlin - Amyloid precursor protein studied, efficacy of clioquinol clarified

Free University of Brussels - Benefits of miniaturization for DNA microarrays clarified

Genetic Disease Foundation - Foundation organizes campaign for genetic test that screens for 11 diseases

Gothenburg University - Combination therapy approaches for asthma management reviewed

Griffith University, Brisbane - Device for bioaerosol monitoring of viruses described

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Report: AIDS on the rise among blacks

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Health officials talk of eliminating AIDS in infants

Hanyang University, Ansan -  Bacillus anthracis infection studied, rapid means of profiling discovered

Harvard University - New components of target of rapamycin signaling network reported

Haukeland University Hospital - Influence of PTEN mutations on outcome determined

Hospital del SAS, Cadiz - Renin-angiotensin system modulation protects vascular system

Hunan Normal University - ZNF322 protein is a member of the zinc-finger transcription factor family

Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier - Long-term uranium exposure yields dramatic changes in gene expression

Institute of Work & Health, Toronto - Incomplete resolution of symptoms is a pain in the neck, especially for women

International Genomics Consortium - expO completes first phase of standardized gene-expression analyses

Jawaharlal Nehru Ctr. Advanced Sci. Res., Bangalor - Curcumin inhibits acetylation of HIV Tat by p300 as well as virus proliferation

Jichi Medical School, Tochigi - ST2LV is a new soluble secreted variant of the ST2 gene product

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt - Genetics of type 1 diabetes reviewed

Johns Hopkins University - Findings describe new data in retinopathy research

Johns Hopkins University - Optical images capture gene expression in the arteries

Karo Bio AB - Review compares lipid homeostatis through liver X and thyroid hormone receptors

Keio University - Studies describe new findings in cancer vaccines research

Keio University,Tokyo - New findings in the area of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis detailed

Kentucky School of Public Health, Lexington - HIV-infected gay men acknowledge risky sex behavior

Kyushu University - MTH1 gene polymorphism linked to type 1 diabetes in Japanese females

Kyushu University, Fuoka - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of oncology

McGill University - Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen gene linked to type 1 diabetes

Medical College of Wisconsin - Highly efficient Francisella shuttle plasmid constructed

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston - Periostin is predominantly expressed in endothelium of ventricular trabeculae

Nagoya University - Interferon-beta gene therapy causes cancer cells to self-destruct

National Tumor Institute, Milan - Cells normally protected from apoptosis are vulnerable to Fhit gene induction

New York Blood Center - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of SARS vaccines

Osaka University - Researchers' findings advance immunology research

Purdue University - Natural vaccinia virus promoter that directs protein synthesis identified

Rockefeller University - Gatekeeper gene critical to prevention and cure of lupus

Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb - APC E 1317Q/I1307K germ-line variants not detected in sporadic colon cancer

Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center - Jeans too tight? University study shows 50% of adults can blame their genes

Seoul National University - Reactive oxygen species mediate RANK signaling in osteoclasts

St. Thomas Hospital, London - Human sexual behaviors exhibit a moderate link to genetic influences

Stanford University Medical Center - Racial groupings match genetic profiles, study finds

The Children's Hospital of Phila. - By age 6, children of overweight mothers are also prone to obesity

U.S. National Institutes of Health - EGR1 is a target for AhR agonists in lung epithelial cells

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Vaccinia virus intermediate stage transcription complemented by proteins

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Modifier genes trigger phenotypic expression of a deafness-linked mutation

Univ. of Southern California - Steroid dependency studied in pediatric heart transplant patients

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Age-dependent factors stall the efforts of DNA repair enzymes

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Gene sets are indicted in glucocorticoid-induced leukemic cell death

Universitatsklinik Schleswig-Holstein - Pathogenetically based adiposity therapy developed

University Medical Center, Ljubljana - Study investigated effects of Huntington disease on autonomic nervous system

University of Athens - The genotype-phenotype continuum of Wilson disease is extensive

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