Genetics and Environmental Health Week

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, U.K. - Confirmed cases of measles by region and age in U.S. reported

Hearing Loss - Non-Hispanic black women may have best hearing in U.S., new study shows

Hebrew University, Israel - Data from Israel and the United States advance knowledge in genetics research

Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland - Hepatopulmonary syndrome increases post-op mortality rate after liver transplantation

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, People's Republic of China - Researchers from the People's Republic of China and United States describe findings in cancer treatment studies

IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Italy - Acute heart failure in cardiology ward services in Italy surveyed

International Center of Genetics Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India - Tumorigenic HBx and c-myc genes regulated using antisense recombinants

Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy - Research from Italy, Finland and Japan add new data to heart disease body of knowledge

JAMA Archives - Abnormal glucose metabolism may contribute to chronic nerve disorder

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K. - Poorly controlled and complications of diabetes linked to increased risk of falling

Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, U.S. - Researchers' work from the United States, Sweden and Netherlands adds to diabetes body of knowledge

Kobe University, Japan - Reports from Japan and Mexico advance knowledge in lung cancer research

Koo Foundation Sun Yat Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan - Liver cancer-related angiogenesis and growth are provoked by sublethal radiotherapy

Kreatech Biotechnology B.V. - Kreatech, Qiagen sign supply pact for genome amplification technology kits, ULS technology

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated - Bristol-Myers Squibb extends neuroscience alliance with Lexicon Genetics

Louisiana State University, U.S. - Research finds evidence that centrosomes carry their own genetic machinery

Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany - Researchers from Germany, the United States and Greece report recent findings in lymphoma

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Genotype-phenotype ties in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-associated mutations characterized

McMaster University, Canada - New findings from Canada, Japan and Kuwait in the area of tuberculosis detailed

Medical University of Lodz, Poland - New research from Poland, Germany and the United States in the area of breast cancer detailed

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S. - Human B-cell lymphomas sensitized to cyclophosphamide

Merck - Mutant huntingtin aggregates impair mitochondrial function in cortical neurons

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, U.S. - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and apical aneurysm reported in case of identical twins

Nagoya University, Japan - cDNA compared between dental pulp and mesenchymal stem cells

National Cancer Institute, U.S. - New findings from the United States, Japan and Australia in the area of cancer described

National Public Health Institute, Finland - Findings from Finland, the Korea; sihoon@ewha and Italy describe new data in heart disease research

National University, South Korea - Researchers from South Korea, Italy and Germany describe findings in genetics studies

National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan - Researchers' data from Taiwan, Japan and the People's Republic of China advance hepatocellular carcinoma research

Nature Genetics - Scientists study whether parallel evolution can be found at the level of genes and proteins

New York Blood Center, New York, U.S. - Amino acid substitution in SARS coronavirus spike protein disrupts binding

Novartis - Novartis acquires rights to Albuferon, a hepatitis C interferon drug set to enter phase III trials

Ohio University College of Medicine, U.S. - Researchers' findings from the United States, Singapore and South Korea advance genetics research

Osaka City Institute of Public Health & Environmental Science, Japan - Ectopic bone formation is associated with a recombinant composite

Osaka University, Japan - Researchers from Japan and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of genetics

Pompeu Fabra University, Spain - Cochlear alterations identified in deaf and unaffected subjects

RIKEN, Japan - Childhood atopic asthma may involve a functional polymorphism in MMP-9

Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, Australia - Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia with dic(7:9) demonstrate consistent phenotype

Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia - Researchers from Australia, Japan and China describe findings in cell biology studies

Rush University, Chicago - Gene therapy preserves motor function, stops cellular changes in mice with Huntington Disease

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia - Inherited HTN rats display specific quantitative trait loci for BP and body weight on chromosome 1

Salk Institute for Biological Studies for Biological Studies, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, United Kingdom and People's Republic of China detail new studies and findings in the area of macular degeneration

Scripps Research Institute, U.S. - Pancreatic progenitor cell expansion is regulated by bone morphogenetic protein

Sequenom - Sequenom closes $33 million equity financing with institutional investors

Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan - Studies from Japan, the United States and Germany describe new findings in proteins research