Health Business Week

MGI Pharma, Inc. - Aesgen, Inc., acquired for $32 million

MannKind Corporation - Therapeutics company reports second quarter financial results

Massachusetts General Hospital - HIV-1-specific cytotoxicity mediated by CD8+ subset producing IFN-g and TNF-a

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Diversity and dynamics of north Atlantic coastal Vibrio community reported

McGill University - Leukemia inhibitory factor is therapeutic target in spinal cord injury

MedImmune, Inc. - Vitaxin trials discontinued in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis

Medtronic, Inc. - MacroPore Biosurgery to receive $1.5 million milestone payment

Mergers and Acquisitions - Invacare Corporation completes acquisition of WP Domus GmbH

Monash University, Melbourne - Genetically modified bone marrow cells produce tolerance to self antigens

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease reviewed

Natus Medical Incorporated - neoBLUE mini LED Phototherapy Device introduced for jaundice management

NewsAnalyzer - Positive results reported from indiplon modified release 15 mg trial in insomnia

Ohio State University - Cerebral saturation trends may helpf in care of the critically ill child

PDI, Inc. - Healthcare sales and marketing company acquires assets of Pharmakon

Pacific Northwest Research Institute - Granulocyte DNA structure models highly predictive of MDS

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland - Catalytic converter gets the pollution out of diesel engines

Personnel - Foot, ankle orthopedist Murali Moorthy, MD, joins Muir Orthopaedic Specialists

Personnel - LivHOME names vice president of human resources

Prescription Drugs - Minnesota gets approval for Medicaid drug pooling program

Project HOPE - Dominican Republic immunization project announced

Quintiles Transnational, Corp. - Eli Lilly and Company presents supplier Lilly Global Supplier Award

Reproductive Health - Lack of funding, HIV epidemic threaten Cairo Conference goals

Review Med L.P. - Cost containment firm promotes executive to director of operations

Roche Diagnostics - Diabetes group, pharma firm partner for research

Rockefeller University - Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues

Royal Free & University College Medical School, Lo - IL-4 expression increased in cells from contacts of M. tuberculosis

Rural/Metro Corporation - Medical transportation and fire protection company announces financial results

Rx Detections, Inc. - Educational tools provider launches new prescription drug quick reference guide

Sandoz - FDA defers decision on Omnitrope application

SciGen Limited - Biotech company partners with Shreya pharmaceuticals through capital raising

Seniors' Housing - NIC launches seniors housing data and analysis service

Senomyx - Bitter compounds' binding specificity for human taste receptors discovered

Shionogi & Co, Ltd. - Japenese drug developer acquires U.S. rights to market bronchial-otic antibiotic

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc - Pharmaceutical company appoints executive VP of business development

Showa Pharmaceutical University - Neurons in the medial amygdaloid nucleus may be involved in hypertension

SimplyWell LLC - Spanish language mode added to online health management tools

Substance Abuse - Methamphetamine use among pregnant mothers poses problems for children

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - Federal study shows drug treatment among 12-17 year olds up 65% over decade

Swissray International, Inc. - Radiography technology company reports FY2004 revenues up 73% over FY 2003

Technical University of Braunschweig - Actin binding site needed for profilin tumor suppressor activity

Technical University of Dresden - Vascular bypass is more successful with straight versus tapered grafts

Tecnobios Procreaz - Clinic shares 10 years of experience regarding fate of stored embryos

Tel Aviv University - BMP-4 helps regulate cell numbers in the developing neural tube

Tel Aviv University - Screenings for redundancies could cure many genetically-related disorders

Telehealth - Funding will go toward helping telehealth system

Tohoku University, Sendai - Nup98 on the nuclear pore complex participates in nuclear entry of HIV-1 cDNA

US BioTec, Inc. - Bio-chemical agri-focused company makes shareholder package available online

Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Protein Smacs back at cancer cells

University College London - "No-touch" saphenous vein harvesting improves graft outcome

University Hospital of Erlangen - Response to melanoma dendritic cell vaccine provides therapy insights

University Hospital of La Princesa, Madrid - Stool antigen test for H. pylori infection reliable 4-6 weeks post-treatment

University of Adelaide - Dietary intake of pregnant women related to babies' size at birth

University of Basel - Use of beta-blockers associated with decreased risk for fractures

University of Basel Hospital - Multiple sclerosis pathogenesis encompasses the full central nervous system

University of California San Diego - Hyperlactatemia does not recur when switching from stavudine to other therapy

University of California, Irvine - Ketogenic diet heightens mitochondrial uncoupling protein activity

University of Cambridge - Novel model used to identify genes involved in spermatogenesis

University of Chile - Synthetic peptide may play key role in cancer immune therapies

University of Colorado - Molecular analysis finds microbes on vinyl shower curtains

University of Edinburgh - Angiogenesis prevails in the upper zone of the endometrium in early pregnancy

University of Hong Kong - Bone marrow stromal cells alternative source for SCT in liver repair

University of Leipzig - Physical exercise is important in interventions of arterial hypertension

University of Michigan - FIZZ1 involved in myofibroblast differentiation

University of Michigan - Many patients never tell doctors they underuse medications because of costs

University of Paris VII - 12-Lipoxygenase blockade protects neurons from peptide-induced degeneration

University of Pavia - Rituximab with chemotherapy shows promise for splenic MZL treatment

University of Pennsylvania - Pushing neurons' physiological limits provides new ways to repair nerve damage

University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz - Micro- and nanosystems are two new approaches to drug delivery

Vanderbilt University - Pneumococcal vaccine reduces ear infections, pneumonia

Virtual Compute Corporation - Super computing resources assembled for medical research by software developer

Washington University - Gene may link alcohol abuse and depression

West Nile Virus - First West Nile death in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is reported

West Nile Virus - Worse may be over for West Nile in Maricopa County, Arizona