Genetics and Environmental Health Week

Jagiellonian University, Krakow - Hypertension is less frequent in centenarians than in total population of elders

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - "Painting" technique successfully transfers gene therapy to heart

Johns Hopkins University - Economics of infectious disease eradication versus control reviewed

Johns Hopkins University - New gene target found for common brain tumors in children

Johns Hopkins University - Powerful "toolkit" developed for functional profiling of yeast genes

Juntendo University - Alpha-synuclein induction produces Parkinson disease features in rodents

Kaohsiung Medical University - Impact of obesity on quality of life in Taiwan investigated

Karolinska University Hospital - Telomere attrition occurs mostly in precursor lesions in early carcinogenesis

King George's Medical Univ., India - Vancomycin therapy for neonates with late-onset septicemia may be justified

Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company reports third quarter results

Lund University - Smoking linked to postmenopausal disease in women with high estrogen levels

Massey University - Childhood obesity increases later cancer risk, especially for smokers

Massey University - Probiotics hold promise for treating diarrhea, but more research is needed

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. - Medical staffing company announces financial results

Medical University of Graz - Transcriptional pattern of adrenergic immunoregulation determined in mice

Ministry of Health, Jakarta - Diarrhea episodes in slum area of north Jakarta, Indonesia, studied

Netherlands Natl. Institute of Public Health - Beijing/W lineage of M. tuberculosis defined on the basis of genetic markers

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Genetic markers of type I and II endometrial carcinoma identified

NimbleGen Systems Inc. - Gene expression company announces closing of series F financing

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dye-doped nanoparticles improve DNA microarray-based analysis

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - Orally active prostaglandin D₂ receptor antagonists discovered

Osaka University - Interleukin-6 cytokines participate in pathogenesis of congestive heart failure

Osaka University - Microbubble-enhanced ultrasound augments central nerve system transfection

Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology - Antisense regulation of antiapoptotic proteins sensitizes cancer to curcumin

Sichuan University - Therapy bearing atrial natriuretic peptide DNA arrests rodent renal dysfunction

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center - AML samples with FLT3/ITD mutations preferentially killed by FLT3 inhibition

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Pneumococcal gene expression characterized in invasive disease

Stanford University - Expression of cancer gene modules characterized

Targeted Genetics Corporation - Genetics-based company reports third quarter 2004 financial results

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Blood samples from fatal and nonfatal cases of Ebola infection analyzed

U.S. Natl. Inst. of Health - Clinical course of genetic diseases of the insulin receptor studied

Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Genes expressed in primary ovarian cancer cells lead treatment development

University College London - Function of OFD1 protein elucidated

University Hospital Bern - Leukemic fusion gene AME suppresses CEBPA in AML by calreticulin activation

University of Arkansas - Mutations in meq linked to Marek disease viruses of high virulence

University of Bern - DJ-1 mutations may produce additional symptoms in Parkinson disease patients

University of Cape Town - Association between dual HIV-1 infection and elevated viral load set point

University of Florida - Anti-proliferative mechanisms of zinc in colon tumor cells clarified

University of Jena - Gene expression profiles can differentiate cervical precancers

University of Leicester - Evidence for assigning a number of genetic loci of psoriasis has been achieved

University of Milano-Bicocca - Investigators report on a little-known mutation of the transthyretin gene

University of Minnesota - Encapsulated cells secrete atrial natriuretic peptide for at least 6 months

University of Minnesota - RNA interference targeting the huntingtin gene is not linked to DNA methylation