Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System - Ability to compensate for insulin resistance linked to genetics of beta-cell growth

Chiron Vaccines -  Streptococcus agalactiae pan-genome is vast

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation - Ala98Val polymorphism of HNF1 alpha gene is linked to young ages at type 2 diabetes onset

National Quality Forum - Study examines need for substance abuse disorder performance measures

Rubicon Genomics, Inc. - Agreement signed to codevelop noninvasive cancer diagnostic technology

Academy Sinica, Taipei - Overexpression of prion protein reduces ischemic injury following stroke

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague - DNA vaccines based on chimeric potyvirus-like particles carrying HPV16 E7 peptide developed

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council - Biomedical and health applications are boosted by results of industry and academic collaboration

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Obstructive sleep apnea and obesity share many genetic risk factors

CHU, Nantes - Data advance knowledge in cancer therapy research

Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health - Highly variable norovirus strains circulating in Chiba Prefecture

Chiron Vaccines - CD8+ T cell epitopes recognized by Chlamydia pneumoniae-primed T cells

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati scientist honored for discoveries of genetic mutations implicated in cardiac disease

City Hospital, Nottingham - Bupropion therapy heightens risk of seizures but not sudden death

Columbia University, New York - Diabetes mellitus is linked to increased fall risk in elderly at long-term care facilities

Conservatoire National Arts & Metiers, Paris - Polymorphisms in USF1 gene are not associated with type 2 diabetes in French Caucasians

Cornell University - Vascular endothelial growth factor gene change enhances safety of gene therapy

Cytos Biotechnology - Recall proliferation potential of memory CD8+ T cells needed for antiviral protection

Dalhousie University - Group A Streptococcus vaccine efficacious in healthy adults

Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, North Ireland - Chicken anemia virus isolated from chickens in Nigeria

Duke University - A single genetic locus influences X chromosome choice in Xce heterozygous mice

Duke University - Alpha-T catenin and APOE genes interact in Alzheimer disease

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Researchers find gene variants predict heart tissue damage after cardiac surgery

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh - Studies describe new findings in drug development research

Dynavax Technologies Corp. - Tolamba maker announces third-quarter revenues of $0.4 million

East Tennessee State University - Soluble hepatitis C core protein induces interleukin expression in pulmonary fibroblasts

Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis - Case of postradiotherapy intratesticular leiomyosarcoma documented

Global AIDS Alliance - Avian influenza threat requires investing in global public health

Gunma University - Epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations govern lung cancer pathogenesis

Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkish hereditary hemochromatosis patients contain HFE gene mutations

Harvard University - Immunostimulatory CpG oligonucleotides abrogate allergic susceptibility

Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon - New findings in the area of pertussis vaccines detailed

Howard University, Washington, D.C. - Findings describe new data in lipid studies research

Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan - Production of B. thuringiensis insecticidal proteins genetically enhanced

INSERM U519, Rouen - Hepatoma cells display transcription-to-translation responses to proinflammatory cytokines