Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai - Concurrent outbreak of leptospirosis and dengue occurred in Mumbai city slums

Mayo Clinic & Mayo Foundation, Rochester - Measles virus vector bearing echistatin causes tumor regression

McMaster University, Hamilton - Cytomegalovirus promoter expression enhanced by exposure to DNA damage agents

McMaster University, Montreal - Why were the HIV prevention trials in commercial sex workers abandoned?

Medial University of South Carolina - Kallikrein gene delivery improves serum glucose and lipid profiles

Meharry Medical College, Nashville - ATM mutation in an ApoE-deficient background promotes atherosclerosis

Meiji Pharmaceutical University - Tacrolimus and azoles have synergistic anti-Malassezia effects

Nagasaki University - Differentially expressed genes mark thyroid papillary carcinomas

Nagasaki University - Gene therapy expands the potential of interleukin-13 cytotoxin

National Cancer Institute - In utero factors may affect cancer risk differently among ethnic groups

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo - Pathogenicity and antigenicity of P gene-deficient rabies virus described

National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver -  M. pneumoniae infection studied, role in airway collagen deposition shown

Northwestern University - Epidemiology of pertussis reviewed

Norwegian Institute Publ Health, Oslo - Outer membrane vesicle vaccine against serogroup A N. meningitides developed

Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research - Functional genomic screens reveal new osteoarthritis mediators

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - NET-6 may suppress the growth and invasion of breast cancer

SUNY College Buffalo - Morphine modulates chemokine gene regulation in normal astrocytes

Seoul National University - Researchers suggest that genetic polymorphisms may increase breast cancer risk

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego - Early growth response 1 acted as tumor suppressor via regulation of p53

TIGR - Claire M. Fraser, PhD, named to National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

Tm Bioscience - DNA-based diagnostics company names Trevor L. Hawkins to board of directors

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Amino acid variations affecting measles virus replication identified

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Genetic loci regulate antibody response to adeno-associated virus and factor IX

University of Edinburgh - New work leads to radical shift in understanding information processing

University of Florida - Micro-molecule plays big role in birth defects

University of Grenoble - Heparan sulfate targets HIV-1 gp120 coreceptor binding site

University of Iowa - Viscoelastic gels enhance airway epithelial gene transfer with viral vectors

University of Manitoba, Winnepeg - Transcript profiles find genetic markers in premalignant oral epithelia

University of Maryland - Structure of SARS coronavirus frameshift signal elucidated

University of Michigan - Novel scan statistic predicts chromosomal locations of amplified tumor genes

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne - Transgenics provide sustainable pest resistance in genetically enhanced crops

University of Rochester - Redesigned protein accelerates blood clotting

University of Sao Paulo - Somatic TP53 splice site mutations detected in diffuse astrocytomas

Vanderbilt University - VEGF gene polymorphisms mark poor outcomes in patients with breast cancer

Washington University - Fine-mapping gene-by diet interactions in obesity model presented