Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly

German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg -  Salmonella typhimurium gene interferes with MHC class I presentation

Montreal General Hospital -  M. avium subsp paratuberculosis gene polymorphisms exploited for diagnostics

Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo -  TP53 mutations associated with specific genomic imbalances

PHIS, Inc. - Device firm publishes data on potential breakthrough in medical imaging

Public Health Agency Canada -  E. coli 0157 fimbria-encoding genomic islands associated with pathogenicity

454 Life Sciences - Genome Sequencer 20 System launched for high-throughput DNA sequencing

Agencourt Bioscience Corp. - DNA isolation kit launched

Australian National University - Synthetic consensus sequence scrambled antigen HIV-1 vaccine developed

Cancer Research UK - HIV- and EIAV-based vectors compared for transduction efficiency

Charite Universitatsmedizin, Berlin - Studies describe new findings in statins research

Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention - Sentinel hospital surveillance for rotavirus diarrhea in China reported

Cystic Fibrosis - Special supplement on cystic fibrosis published by Journal of Pediatrics

ETH, Zurich - Microarray hybridization differentiates Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium strains

Ehime University, Matsuyama - eNOS gene may be associated with coronary spastic angina in HCM patients

Elekta, Inc. - Oncology and neurosurgical products selected by Providence Health System

Emory University, Atlanta - Reports advance knowledge in anthrax vaccines research

Epidemiology -  Lancet reports explain the impact of reducing deaths from chronic diseases

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - No association was found between ACE I/D polymorphism and coronary calcification

FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology - PhD student Stephane Potteaux receives award for work on inflammation and atherosclerosis

Finland National Public Health Institute - Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with municipal water supply in Finland

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Global strategy to fight bird flu in animals faces major funding gap, warns FAO

Fudan University - New findings in the area of disease associations detailed

Galapagos, NV - BioFocus acquisition moves forward

Genzyme Corporation - EGFR Mutation Assay, a lung cancer test, launched

George W. Comstock Center Public Health, Hagerstown - Erythema and induration as results of tuberculin tests are compared

Georgetown University, Washington, DC - IRF-1 exhibits tumor suppressor activities in breast cancer

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London - Radical surgery improves outcome of pediatric craniopharyngioma

Hospital de la Santa Cruz & Sant Pau, Barcelona - Apolipoprotein overexpression studied, effect on cholesterol transport clarified

Indiana University - Cotton wool plaque amyloid beta peptides have been identified and characterized

Institute Mexicano Seguro Social, Morelos - Hematemesis and melena are risk factors associated with dengue hemorrhagic fever

Institute Pasteur, Cayenne -  P. falciparum msp1 B-K1/varD genotype was associated with a severe malaria outbreak

Institute of Child Health, London - Gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiencies reviewed

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore - Aflatoxins exacerbate the risk for hepatitis B-related liver cancer

Joslin Diabetes Center - Center study sheds light on birth defect cause in pregnant women with diabetes

Joslin Diabetes Center - High blood glucose levels in early pregnancy may deprive embryo of oxygen, lead to birth defects