Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly

Hepatitis C - Maryland hepatitis outbreak may be from medical tests

Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. - RTist for AVIA introduced for use with Sceptre P3 PET/CT system

Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris - AMM may develop partial neuroprotective function in long-lasting prion diseases

IC-Vec Ltd. - Lipid carrier composition affects the delivery of plasmid DNA

IMI International Medical Innovations Inc. - Cardiovascular disease risk assessment test abstract to be presented

IMI International Medical Innovations Inc. - Diagnostics developer granted new skin sterol patent in Europe

ImmuneRegen BioSciences - Biotechnology company names advisor of Bioterrorism Preparedness Advisory Board

Influenza - WHO urges stepped up preparation for worldwide flu outbreak

Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente E - HLA DQ polymorphism is most important allele for type 1 diabetes in Uruguay

Johns Hopkins Medical Institute - BRAF and KRAS mutations precede development of ovarian serous borderline tumors

Kanazawa Medical University - Mortality in a cadmium polluted area in Japan studied

Kanazawa University -  C. perfringens with plasmid-borne CPE isolated from food poisoning outbreaks

Karolinska Institute - Dendritic cells exposed to estrogen are therapeutic for encephalomyelitis

Karolinska Institute - High-pressure work deadlines boost heart attack risk six-fold

Karolinska Institute - Histone deacetylase inhibitor 4-phenylbutyrate augments suicide gene therapy

L'Hopital Lariboisiere Fernand Widal, Paris - Study looks at epidemiology of pain in depression

Mayo Clinic - Anti-tumor mechanisms of dutasteride clarified

National Institute Animal Health, Tsukuba - Three major genetic groups associated with recent IB outbreaks in Japan

National Institute of Health, Korea - Gene therapy extends long-term correction of murine model Gaucher disease

Natl University of Ireland University College Cork - Consecutive pandemic Vibrio cholera arose from common O1 serogroup progenitor

Natl. Inst. for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki - Effects of diesel exhaust on LPS-related gene expression characterized

Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Drug resistance linked to fitness of M. tuberculosis W-Beijing strains

Novartis Oncology - Prolonged efficacy for Gleevec demonstrated for newly diagnosed patients

Rutgers University - Glutamate receptor export analyzed, regulation by unfolded protein revealed

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. - World Economic Forum selects 20 Technology Pioneers for 2005

Seattle Genetics - Large cell lymphoma, Hodgkin drug study results reported at hematology meeting

Shinshu University - Activation of procaspase-1 analyzed, apoptosis-linked protein required

Tohoku University, Miyagi - Mutation frequencies differ among tissue types with advancing age

U.K. Health Protection Agency, London - FADLP is high resolution tool for epidemiological investigation of Salmonella

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Several genes are differentially expressed in papillary serous ovarian cancer

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Small variations in genes can determine risk of developing disease

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Mapping of human genetic variation will speed search for disease genes

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Phosphatidylinositol (4,5) P-2 regulates HIV-1 gag targeting to plasma membrane

Univ. of California, San Diego - Cloned gene from sea animal may prove key in cancer drug development

University Alberta Hospital, Edmonton - LightCycler real-time RT-PCR assay rapidly detects/quantitates norovirus

University of Bordeaux II - Selective transfection lets hematopoietic stem cells correct protoporphyria