Genetics and Environmental Business Week

Amicus Therapeutics - Amicus Therapeutics raises $60 million series D financing

Twinstrand Therapeutics - Twinstrand awarded $1.97 million research contract by U.S. DOD to develop ricin antidote

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, U.S. - Research from the United States add new data to angiology body of knowledge

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India - Absence of calcium-sensing receptor mutations detected in hypoparathyroidism

American College of Medical Genetics, U.S. - College of Medical Genetics urges testing of newborns for 29 genetic, congenital conditions

Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China - Researchers from the United Kingdom and South Korea detail new studies and findings in the area of genetics

Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Center, London, U.K. - Metaplastic breast cancers with select gene profiles may respond to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Researchers' work from the United States and Turkey adds to atherosclerosis body of knowledge

Bristol-Myers Squibb - Small-molecule HIV-1 gp120 inhibitors prevent HIV-1 entry

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium - Dental implant osseointegration is compatible with bone irradiation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - New phylogenetic lineage of rabies virus is linked to western Pipistrelle bats

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - Outbreak of Fusarium keratitis was linked to contact lens solution

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - Phylogenetic relationships of unclassified Rhabdoviridae viruses are reported

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland - Reports from Switzerland, the People's Republic of China and Italy advance knowledge in lymphoma research

Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland - Second basal cell skin cancer risk is greater at younger age and declines with age

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, U.S. - Ghrelin and peptide YY dynamics may predict race-related differences in obesity risk

Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea - Cardiovascular events in chronic smokers may be prevented with green tea consumption

City University of New York, U.S. - Studies from the United States and United Kingdom advance knowledge in Parkinson disease research

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Head and neck tumorigenesis linked to allelic loss of tumor suppressor gene loci

Clinical Data - Clinical Data, others publish results of U.S. FDA-led assessment of microarray gene expression data

Columbia University, U.S. - Alvimopan improves gastrointestinal recovery after total hysterectomy

Columbia University, U.S. - Risk factors for pregnancy-related intracerebral hemorrhage were identified

Cornell University, U.S. - Campath-1H, fludarabine and melphalan is a good regimen to prepare for transplantation

Duke University, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Japan report recent findings in HIV/AIDS

Dupuytren University Hospital, Limoges, France - Findings from France, Japan and the United States advance knowledge in cardiology research

Eli Lilly - Eli Lilly CEO said biomedical breakthroughs are transforming medicine, promise to ease aging

Eli Lilly - Oncology researchers recognized as Heroes of Chemistry

Emory University, U.S. - CART receptors may be a novel target for obesity therapy

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands -  Staphylococcus aureus genome-wide virulence potential inventories can be made

ExonHit Therapeutics - ExonHit's SpliceArray Portal gives interactive access to new resolution of genome expression

Food and Drug Administration, U.S. - Hierarchical models for probabilistic dose-response assessment are discussed

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, U.S. - Regular aerobic exercise significantly reduces markers of colon-cancer risk in men

Fukuoka University, Japan - Prevalence of allergic rhinitis may be reduced by elements of traditional Japanese diet

George Washington University, U.S. - Low-fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes

Gifu University, Japan - Research from Japan and the United States add new data to liver cancer body of knowledge

Goteborg University, Sweden - Ischemic stroke subtype relation to serum C-reactive protein and genotype is described

Gulhane School of Medicine, Turkey - In prediabetes, soluble P-selectin may not contribute to prothrombotic state or atherogenesis

Hannover Medical School, Germany - Human adenoviruses isolates rapidly typed by two-step molecular typing system