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Genetics and Environmental Health Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 2nd, 2005

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Aarhus University Hospital, Oxford - New findings in rheumatoid arthritis described

Akdeniz University, Antalya - White-coat hypertension subjects are at an increased cardiovascular risk

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - HDL particle size is smaller in Asian Indians than in Caucasians

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Journal publishes research on tailoring asthma treatment in children

American Legacy Foundation - No-smoking group comments on confirmation of U.S. HHS secretary Mike Leavitt

Avian Influenza - Teams hunt for signs of bird flu outbreak in southwestern Cambodia

Baqiyatallah University of Med Science, Tehran - Delayed hematological complications occurs following mustard gas exposure

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Arizona officials to roll out new livestock ID

Canadian Institutes of Health, Montreal - Correction of small artery structure may improve outcomes in hypertension

Cancer Research UK, London - Ethnic differences in breast density to be examined

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Prion protein studied, transport with ferritin across epithelial cells revealed

Cella Communications - Infertility association receives second federal grant on embryo donation

Channing Laboratories - Expiratory rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease link to select genes

Chinese University of Hong Kong - SARS outbreak demonstrates vulnerability of liver transplantation service

Chiron Vaccines - Polygeline-free pediatric TBE vaccine causes few allergic reactions

Agendia - European rights obtained to TUO-gene expression profile

Aurora Discovery - ChemLib microplate product line expanded

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - P-opiate receptors or endogenous opiods may affect chloroquine itching

CSIRO - Research add new data to cancer vaccines body of knowledge

Center Jean Perrin, Clermont Ferrand 1 - Recent studies add new data to prostate cancer research

Center of Human & Molecular Genetics, Columbus - Fibroblast growth factor receptors studied, role in the ureteric bud clarified

Children's Hospital, Boston - Mechanical stretch regulates gene expression in human bladder muscle cells

Columbia University, New York - Researchers develop infectious disease diagnostic tool

DNAPrint genomics - Genomics company teams with Senecio Software to win NIH-SBIR grant

Democritus University of Thrace - Inherited gene sequences dictate VEGF activity in non-small cell lung cancer

Disease Control - Senator criticizes funding for Ames lab, others say it's enough

ETH, Zurich - Stromelysin-2 enhances keratinocyte migration for wound repair

Emory University - Reports add new data to malaria research

Finlay Institute, Havana - Findings describe new data in vaccines adjuvant research

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Company obtains license to patent linking genetics to cardiac arrhythmias

GenoMed, Inc. - GenoMed retains The Investor Relations Co.

Hacettepe University, Ankara - Using bosentan during the later stages of septic shock: a promising strategy

Hamilton College - Genetics instructors support ethics education for their students

Health Risks - Board hears health concerns from Iowa bomb builders

Heart Institute, Brasilia - To manage CV disease, treatment strategies should control BP and cholesterol

Hirosaki University - LDL particle size and lipid composition are risk factors for microalbuminuria

Hospital Univ. of Germans Trias & Pujol, Barcelona - Coreceptor-independent HIV transfer induced by contacts between CD4 cells

Icon Genetics AG - Plant engineering technologies provider announces collaborative agreements

Imperial College London - RYR1-related congenital myopathies depict common pathologies

Indian Council of Medical Research - Hepatitis B prevalence declines after a tribal vaccine campaign

Indiana University - Parents comfortable with the idea of vaccination for STDs for their children

Indiana University, Indianapolis - Taxol induces caspase-10-dependent apoptosis

Influenza - Wyoming up to 283 confirmed flu cases, outbreaks still localized

Inst Nacl Enf Vir Humanes Dr Julio I, Buenos Aires - 3 genotypes associated with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome circulating in Yuto

Institut de Recherche pour le Dev., Montpellier - Risk factors for pertussis vaccine failure in Senegalese children outlined

Institute for Pub. Health & Environment, Bilthoven - Cascade impactor analysis predicts side effects of inhaled salbutamol

Int. Center for Genetic Engineering, Trieste - Angiogenic protein stimulates skeletal muscle regeneration

Karolinska Institute - Cigarette smoking may influence nitric oxide formation in oropharyngeal tract

Korea Inst. of Radiological & Med. Sci., Seoul - As2 O3 causes caspase-independent cell death in cervical cancer cells

Korea Research Institute, Taejon - Oncolytic mutant adenovirus destroys solid tumors

Legal Issues - Grand jury says company conspired to keep quiet on Libby health issue

Leiden University - Interleukin-10 gene transfer battles harmful Th1-type responses

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated - Supplemental NDA confirmed for lasofoxifene as a treatment for vaginal atrophy

Lund University - Adding carbohydrates to beef affects heterocyclic amine formation

Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Size of patent ductus arteriosus affects the risk of aortic regurgitation

Max-Planck-Institut fur Psychiatrie - Weight gain during treatment with antipsychotics reviewed

Mayo Clinic - Genetic variant may explain why women develop MS more than men

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Researchers' work adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York - BRCA2-related protein repairs broken DNA

Military Medical College II, Shanghai - New findings in drug development described

NABTT CNS Consortium, Baltimore - The attenuated adenovirus ONYX-015 fights glioma proliferation

Nanjing Medical University - Germ cells are the chief producers of htCREB transcripts

Nanosphere, Inc. - Nanotechnology company expands application of Alzheimer detection technology

National Center for Neurology & Psychiatry, Tokyo - Microdystrophin gene transfer recovers contractile ability in transgenic mice

National Cheng Kung University Hospital - Molecular screening detects maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7

NuGEN Technologies, Inc. - Technology company announces partnership

Osaka Medical College - Proangiogenic proteins flourish in endometrial growths

Peking University, Beijing - Echinacoside rescues neuroblastoma cells from TNF alpha-induced apoptosis

SUNY Upstate Medical University - Differential markers of proliferative and hypertrophic chondrocytes identified

San Raffaele Telethon Institute, Milan - Gene transduction corrects cells from patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Science Institute Tuscany, Florence - Truck driver occupation linked to increased BRCA1/2 male breast cancer mutation

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Role of pneumococcal vex-vncRS locus in vancomycin tolerance clarified

Stanford University - Host ARAP3 production makes cells vulnerable to anthrax toxin

Stanford University - Study explored association of ACE polymorphism with sleep-disordered breathing

Texas Technical University, Lubbock - Free intra-SR [Ca2+] is a determinant of cardiac Ca2+ wave generation

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia - Recent findings in oncogenesis described

Tsing Hua University, Beijing - Heptad-repeat complex of SARS coronavirus spike protein crystallized & analyzed

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Estrogen receptor genetic variants and cancer risk investigated

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Genes related to telomeric heterochromatin formation remain unknown

Univ London Imperial College Science Tech & Med - Lytic cycle gene regulation of Epstein-Barr virus analyzed

Univ. of California, San Diego - B lymphocytes induce anti-virus immunity mediated by memory CD8 T cells

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