Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Soluble VEGF isoforms are essential for epiphyseal vascularization

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome - Gene for rare vascular disorder identified

Leiden University - Female apolipoprotein E-knockout mice experience early cognitive decline

Loyola University - Cholesterol implicated in the development of Alzheimer disease

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Forced expression of connexin 26 arrests the growth of prostate cancer cells

McGill University -  MTHFR mutation raises pediatric hyperhomocysteinemia risk

Medical College of Wisconsin - More patients protect themselves from the sun after skin cancer surgery

Natl. Inst. of Cancer Research, Genova - Immunogene therapy prevents angiogenesis in study animals

New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Minority women in U.S. unaware of higher risk

PerkinElmer, Inc. - New member appointed to U.S. Health & Human Services advisory committee

Skejby University Hospital - Cardiac troponin I mutation linked to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Smoking Ban - Ireland will outlaw smoking in pubs and other workplaces

Stanford University - Angiogenic growth factor is required for wound healing but not wound closing

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - RNA interference represses mutated SOD1 genes in mammalian cells

U. S. Army Medical Research Institute - Ebola virus-like particles protect from lethal Ebola virus infection

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Vaccine could be made quickly if Asian bird flu goes global, U.S. officials say

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Researchers develop a retroviral tagged cancer gene database

U.S. National Institute on Aging - New study may explain how fats damage neurons

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein provides little selective benefit to B cells

Univ. of California, Irvine - TB genotypes in Casablanca characterized

Univ. of New South Wales - Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura linked to mutation in ADAMTS13

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Hepatitis C virus relies on cellular proliferation for genomic replication

Univ. of Wisconsin - Novel Ebola virus-like particles produced from cDNAs

University of Edinburgh - Polymorphism reducing P. falciparum rosetting protects against malaria

University of London - Epidemiology of human M. bovis infection in the U.K. characterized

University of Michigan - Scientists tackle human blood plasma proteome

University of Oxford - Fc gamma receptor IIa polymorphism linked to severe malaria in West Africa

University of Oxford - Genetic diseases often caused by mutations in highly expressed genes

University of Pavia - Apolipoprotein A phenotypes mark CHD familial aggregation

University of Rochester - Neurologists create a font of human nerve cells

University of Veterinary Medicine - Multiply modified retroviral vectors carry high titers in lab evaluations

Virgen del Rocio Univ. Hospital - Genotypic resistance after abacavir, efavirenz salvage treatment characterized