Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly

Manchester Royal Infirmary - Nifedipine has been shown to achieve smooth and continuous BP control

Mayo Clinic - Liver transplantation with neoadjuvant chemoradiation deemed effective

Medical University of Innsbruck - Hepatic lipase promoter variation is a genetic risk factor of PAD

Miami University, Oxford - CV genes were expressed differently in sedentary animals than in active ones

Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center - New one week radiation treatment for breast cancer patients offers promising results

National Human Genome Research Institute - Alliance to develop newborn screening, tests for early detection of primary immunodeficiencies

National Koranyi Institute - Radio- and enzyme immunoassays produce vastly different measures of exhaled thromboxane

National University of Singapore - Data advance knowledge in SARS ouTBreaks research

National University of Singapore - Receptor expression in the developing rat pineal gland tied to early postnatal development

New York Academy of Medicine - Non-commercial tattooing raises the risk for hepatitis C among non-injecting drug users

Okayama University - ING4 suggested to be class II tumor suppressor gene in head and neck cancer

Oregon Health & Science University - VGTI researchers receive $12.6 million to study West Nile virus in the elderly

Pamukkale University, Yenisehir Denizli - Interleukin-10 gene therapy attenuates pulmonary tissue injury

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - Pharma companies partner to analyze high-density whole genome

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - Research study provides first whole genome map of genetic variability in Parkinson disease

Protein Design Labs, Inc. - Biopharma company elects Samuel Broder, MD, to board of directors

Relative Genetics - Genetic genealogy testing company announces new web site

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - U.S. patent issued for monoclonal antibody product targeting hematologic malignancies

Seoul National University College of Medicine - MMP-3 6A/6A genotype may be risk factor for coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease

Serologicals Corp. - Celliance Corp. acquires gene expression technology from Innovata, plc

Shinshu University - Recent findings in malaria vaccines described

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researchers discovered previously unrecognized mechanism controlling protein linked to cell stress

St. Louis University - Congo basin monkeypox more virulent for cynomolgus monkeys than West African monkeypox

University Hospital, Lund - New data illuminates research in cancer therapy

University of California, San Francisco - Mice provide insight into therapy-induced cancers in humans

University of Iowa - LGEI gene loss blocks rho⁰-mediated induction of PDR5 expression in multidrug resist S. cerevisiae

University of Pittsburgh - Combination therapy had significant effect on reduction of prostate tumor volume

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer

University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center - Transgenic rats with germline specific EGFP expression developed to study germ cell origin

University of Tor Vergata, Rome - Reports advance knowledge in leukemia research

University of Ulm Medical Center - Findings in coronary heart disease provide new insights

University of Washington - New findings in the area of vector development described

Washington University, St. Louis - Intravitreal AAV-mediated gene therapy has direct benefits to the eye

Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal - The hepatitis B virus genome changes vary in youth who receive lamivudine

Yale University - Research in enzymology provides new insights