Health Business Week

Marshall Edwards, Inc. - Studies: Phenoxodiol produces response and restores chemosensitivity

Massachusetts General Hospital - Endoscopic mucosal resection for gastric epithelial neoplasms described

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center - Mounting evidence that Ezrin promotes tumor metastasis

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale - Robotic surgery provides new options for complex gynecologic surgeries

Medical Errors - Video games lead to fewer mistakes in the OR, research shows

Medical University of South Carolina - "Virtual colonoscopy" needs to improve before widespread clinical use

Medicare - Inspector general warns against pharmacy kickbacks

National Taiwan University Hospital - HBV genomic variability not seen to exacerbate chronic hepatitis B

New York University - Finding epitopes of HIV-1 that induce protective antibodies remains a challenge

Notre Dame University - Prostate tumors treated with antiandrogens can become hormone refractory

Novo Nordisk - Repaglinide plus Rosiglitazone improves type 2 diabetes blood glucose control

Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Prefilled insulin doser introduced

OXiGENE, Inc. - Positive pre-clinical results announced for OXi4503 in cancer models

Obstetrics - Number of first-time moms over 40 on the rise in the U.S.

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. - Biotechnology company appoints new member to the board of directors

Oregon Health & Science University - Melanocortin-5 receptor deficiency reduces aggression in male mice

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Lab discovers way to keep short-lived catalysts active for longer than 5 months

Personnel - Cancer institute director named association president

Providence Portland Med Center - gp100_209-2M peptide vaccine induces immune response in melanoma patients

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company reports 2003 financial results

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - New software predicts promising ingredients for new drugs

Salmedix, Inc. - Oncology products developer completes $45M Series C financing

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Study shows nearly half of sexually active people don't use protection

Shoulder Pain - AAOS advises shoulder pain sufferers to seek diagnosis and treatment

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy - Trivex System launched for removal of varicose veins

St. Louis University - Control of apolipoprotein A-I expression in diabetes reviewed

SuperGen Inc. - Results reported from Dacogen phase III study in myelodysplastic syndromes

Tel Aviv Medical Center - Equipment for less invasive neuroendoscopy is evolving

Telik, Inc. - Telcyta phase III registration trial initiated in NSCLC

The Goulandris Natural History Museum - SPE-LC-ESI MS/MS method rapid and sensitive detection of CAP in seafood

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC announces new awards for Lyme disease research

U.S. Food & Drug Administration -  Clostridium perfringens characterized using DNA microarray chip

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Acute immune response to filarial parasites characterized by Th1 cytokines

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Doctors likely to delay prescribing antiretrovirals for women, minorities

Univ. of California, Riverside - Secondhand smoke may slow healing in kids

Univ. of Tromso Hospital - In Norway, few oncologists are keen on complementary/alternative medicine

University Hospital of Grenoble - New clues for glioma treatment found

University of British Columbia - Why help each other?

University of Cincinnati - Noninvasive assay for P. carinii pneumonia monitoring developed

University of Connecticut - Cell culture and animal models for human viral hepatitis reviewed

University of Hamburg - Nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy is used widely

University of Pennsylvania - Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura therapy reviewed

University of Pittsburgh - Gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity decreases bone mass

University of Salerno - NF-kappaB/Rel-mediated apoptosis regulation reviewed

University of Texas - OspA/B plays essential role in life cycle of Lyme disease spirochete

University of Tubingen - Peptide that mediates tumor cell lysis induces cytotoxic T lymphocytes

University of Tubingen - Researchers discuss techniques of nerve-sparing pelvic surgery

Vitalstate, Inc. - Supplement/pharmaceutical developer announces 2003 financial results

Wistar Institute - DC-SIGN not sole determinant of macrophage HIV transmission

Women's & Children's Hospital Adelaide - Antidepressants are not safe for children

Wyeth Research - Synthetic RNA act as templates for hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase