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Table of Contents . . . October 7th, 2006
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Affymetrix - Affymetrix selected to genotype more than 9000 Framingham Heart Study samples
Aida Pharmaceuticals - Aida Pharmaceuticals provides update on Rh-Apo2L in lymphoma
Hythiam - European Patent Office grants Hythiam patent for treatment of alcohol dependence
Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington, Australia - Adaptive host-viral relationships crucial in shaping host and pathogen genetic diversity
Universidad de Navarra, Spain - Advanced genetic diagnostic method may mean earlier diagnosis of multiple myeloma
Acacia Research - CombiMatrix announces commercial launch of its first molecular diagnostic test
Alpha Innotech - AlphaScan Microarray Scanner from Alpha Innotech now available from partner
Business Update - U.S. Physical Therapy announces clinic closings and corporate staff reduction
CHU Bocage, France - Findings from France, Israel and Switzerland in hepatitis C virus provide new insights
California Dept. of Health Services, U.S. - Heart rate variability in older CAD disease subjects is adversely affected by course particles
Catholic University of Korea, South Korea - Reports from South Korea, Japan and People's Republic of China describe recent advances in lung cancer research
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China - Streptococcus suis outbreak caused by highly virulent sequence type 7 strain
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - Quality and completeness of data in U.S. immunization registry databases are inconsistent
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada - Researchers' findings from Canada, docjdmire@yahoo and the United States advance endometrial cancer research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. - Recent studies from the United States and Germany add new data to neurology research
City University of New York, U.S. - New findings in virology described from the United States
City University of New York, U.S. - Recent findings from the United States, Singapore and Finland illuminate research in cancer
Cleveland BioLabs - National Cancer Institute awards Cleveland BioLabs contract to development radioprotectors
Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Pretransplantation factors predict for treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome after SCT
Cobalis - Cobalis completes enrollment in twin Phase III clinical trials for PreHistin
DHL Logistics - DHL wins contract worth UKP 1.6 billion revenue over 10 years with U.K Department of Health
Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. - Studies from the United States and Brazil advance knowledge in influenza research
Dyax - Dyax announces update regarding regulatory pathway for DX-88 (ecallantide) in hereditary angioedema
ESBATech - ESBATech AG announces spin-out of kinase inhibitor programs to form Oncalis AG
Emory University, U.S. - Researchers from the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of genetics
Emory University, U.S. - Serogroup B meningococcal vaccines are important for disease prevention
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Findings from Netherlands, Canada and Italy in endocrinology provide new insights
ExonHit Therapeutics - ExonHit produces new map for human genome expression, tools for its study
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, U.S. - Regular exercise significantly reduces markers of increased colon-cancer risk in men
Genetics - Reports from Netherlands, People's Republic of China and Canada add new data to genetics research
Hacettepe University, Turkey - Kaposi sarcoma effectively treated with 8 Gy single-dose radiotherapy
Hacettepe University, Turkey - Obesity appears to be linked to marital status, education level and unemployment
Harvard University, U.S. - Antibody resistance of biofilm cells results from high levels of antigen
Harvard University, U.S. - Atherothrombosis may involve prostaglandin-E receptor-2 gene variation
Harvard University, U.S. - Reports from the United States and Denmark describe recent advances in diabetes research
Hokkaido University, Japan - Chimeric immunoreceptor displays colon cancer antitumor activity
Hopital du Kremlin-Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France - Recent studies from France, the United Kingdom and the United States add new data to vectors research
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada - Pediatricians' awareness of radiation protection issues was low
Hough Ear Institute, U.S. - Electromagnetic implanted hearing device is MRI compatible
Innogenetics - Innogenetics moves into human papillomavirus diagnostics
Institute for the Future, U.S. - Technology experts forecast innovation in robots, genetic coding, weather prediction, others
Institute of Clinical Materials, Japan - Osteogenesis at titanium implant/bone marrow interface under masticatory loading evaluated
IntraOp Medical - IntraOp Medical promotes Rick Belford and Tom Cook
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy - New findings in bird flu described from Italy, the United States and Netherlands
Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients is predicted by haplotype of STAT3 gene
Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Studies from the United States describe new findings in neurology research
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, U.S. - Diabetes does not appear to be linked to PPP1R3B gene in Caucasians but may be in Japanese
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, U.S. - Researchers' work from the United States, Canada and France adds to diabetes body of knowledge
Juntendo University, Japan - Leptin receptor gene variant contributes to obesity to some degree in KK/Ta mice
Kagawa University, Japan - Researchers' findings from Japan, Canada and the United States advance diabetes research
Karolinska Institute, Sweden - Research from Italy, the United States and the People's Republic of China add new data to breast cancer body of knowledge
Kobe University, Japan - Genes involved in pancreatic beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes in Japanese are examined
Kobe University, Japan - Studies from Japan, the Czech Republic and the United States add new findings to obesity body of knowledge
Leiden University, Netherlands - Researchers from Netherlands, United States and Germany report details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment
Linkoping University, Sweden - Data from Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan advance knowledge in diabetes research
Macfarlane Burnet Institute, Australia - Hepatitis C virus glycoprotein motif is a determinant of viral entry
Max-Planck Institute, Germany - Researchers from Germany, the People's Republic of China and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of genetics
National Cancer Institute, U.S. - Neuroblastoma favorable prognosis linked to increased WSB1 copy number
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan - Researchers from Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of RNA
National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Recent findings from the United States and Scotland illuminate research in leukemia
Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway - Vulvar carcinoma prognosticated by p14(ARF) expression
Okayama University, Japan - Lung cancer risk linked to AXIN2 Pro50Ser single nucleotide polymorphism
Oregon Health & Science University, U.S. - Researchers link a gene to aged skin problems and cancer
Peninsula Medical School, U.K. - Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus region variants do not impact type 2 diabetes risk
Rockefeller University, U.S. - Structure of catalytic domain of hepatitis C virus NS2-3 protease has been determined
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, U.S. - Leukemia response to chemotherapy predicted by CASP8AP2 expression
Stanford University, U.S. - Cancer cell sensitivity to taxane is diminished when txr1 overrides thrombospondin-1 production
Texas A&M University, U.S. - Researchers' findings from the United States and Netherlands advance cancer treatment research
University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain - Breast cancer-specific mRNA transcripts after adjuvant chemotherapy predicts poor survival
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland - New research from Switzerland and the United States in the area of transplants detailed
University of California, U.S. - Biologists probe the machinery of cellular protein factories
University of California, U.S. - Research from the United States and Canada add new data to neurology body of knowledge
University of Cambridge, U.K. - New findings from U, Brazil and Israel in the area of breast cancer detailed
University of Chicago, U.S. - New data from the United States and Sweden lluminates research in cancer treatment
University of Chile, Chile - Researchers from Chile, Italy and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiology
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