Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, U.S. - Reports from the United States describe recent advances in genetics research

Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Hyogo, Japan - New findings from Japan and the United States in the area of prostate cancer described

INSERM U772, France - Cardiovascular expression during development and adulthood clarified

International University of Health & Welfare, Japan - Gender differences in coronary events in patients in Japan treated with simvastatin were examined

IntraOp Medical - IntraOp Medical receives order for first Mobetron in China for radiation therapy

Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, Netherlands - Calcium deposits detected on mammograms do not appear associated with coronary risk factors

Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Besta, Italy - Dendritic cells pulsed with glioma lysates increase survival of tumor-bearing mice

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Data from the United States and People's Republic of China advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - New findings in meningitis described from the United States and United Kingdom

Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Kanagawa, Japan - Influence of tobacco smoke carcinogens on squamous cell carcinomas warrants further study

Kanazawa Medical University, Japan - Reports from Japan and Croatia add new data to cancer treatment research

Karolinska Institute, Sweden - Researchers examine mechanisms that may explain the causes of Parkinson disease

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden - No differences seen between fish and beef protein on satiety in normal weight men

Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan - Hepatocarcinogenesis unaffected by hepatocyte growth factor in a Cho-deficient diet

La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine, U.S. - Reports from the United States and Germany add new data to brain cancer research

Louisiana State University, U.S. - Heart rate recovery after maximal exercise is linked to acetylcholine receptor M2 gene polymorphism

Medical University of Graz, Austria - Researchers' data from Austria, Belgium and the United States advance breast cancer research

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada - Recent studies from Canada, Japan and the United States add new data to cardiology research

National Cancer Institute, U.S. - T cell receptor transduced into primary human lymphocytes

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, U.S. - Researchers from the United States describe findings in DNA studies

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Dopamine D₃ receptor antagonist blocks cocaine reward effects

Ohio State University, U.S. - Women with endometrial cancer should be screened for inherited mutations

RIKEN, Japan - Antitumor efficacy enhanced by interleukin monoclonal antibody

RIKEN, Japan - Embryonic stem cell self-renewal occurs in the absence of DNA methyltransferases

RIKEN, Japan - Sodium channel subunit down-regulation may be involved in neuritic degeneration

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, U.S. - IL-21 and IL-15 gene delivery enhances immunity induced by DNA vaccine expressing HIV glycoprotein

Russian Academy of Science, Russia - Researchers from Russia, Finland and the People's Republic of China publish new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, U.S. - Lung cancer linked to hypermethylation of ASC/TMS1

Stanford University, U.S. - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United States, France and Netherlands

Stanford University, U.S. - Stanford University Medical Center launches program to train genetic counselors

Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea - New findings in genetics described from South Korea and United States

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Neuroscience, Japan - High glucose activated polyol pathway and changed gene activity in immortalized Schwann cells

UCD Conway Institute, Ireland - Breast cancer tissue is affected by gain of imprinting of sense and antisense transcripts

Universidad Autonoma, Spain - Colorectal carcinogenesis mutator pathway targets RIS1

University Children's Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany - Findings from Germany and Sweden describe new data in leukemia research

University of California, U.S. - Family-specific approaches to the analysis of case-control family data described

University of California, U.S. - Recent findings in leukemia described by researchers from the United States and Italy

University of Cincinnati, U.S. - Studies from the United States and Brazil advance knowledge in melanoma research

University of Florida, U.S. - Study shows that a genetic defect could keep some people from feeling full