Health Business Week

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company - Biotechnology company announces appointment of new board member

Leiden University - Select antisense molecules favor Duchenne muscular dystrophy exon 46 skipping

Malpractice Insurance - Kentucky losing OB/GYNs due to insurance concerns

MedImmune, Inc. - Studies show promise for respiratory disease vaccine

Medicaid - HMS wins Medicaid managed care contract in Michigan

Medical Services International, Inc. - Rapid diagnostic test kits used in Caribbean and China

Medical University of South Carolina - Accidental insulin overdose reviewed

Medical University of South Carolina - Novel adenoviral regulation drives gene expression in prostate cancer cells

Medizinisches Zentrum Kreis Aachen - German cost-income ratio for open and laparoscopic surgery determined

Merck & Co., Inc. - New research facility opened in Boston

Michigan State University - Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in biosensor assays reviewed

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association - New biotechnology investment conference slated for 2005

Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. - Laser gum-disease protocol gains FDA clearance

New York State Department of Health -  M. tuberculosis virulence locus regulates DNA transfer in M. smegmatis

Nutra Pharma Corp. - Pharma company reports completion of animal model of multiple sclerosis

Nutrition - Fresh grapes linked to cancer prevention

Ohio State University - EPR oximetry important in determining oxygen concentration in biological tissues

OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. - Eye care company announced acquisition of OcuCare Systems

Pediatrics - Floating Hospital and Children's Hospital enter exclusive partnership

Personnel - LifeMasters promotes executives to new leadership positions

Personnel - Top neurosurgeons tapped to head Seattle Neuroscience Institute

PharmaNet - Drug development company appoints executive director, operations

Picis - University of Virginia Health System selects new critical care software

Policlinico Sant' Orsola-Malpighi - Lower birth weight, earlier menarche linked to GI in PCOS women

Policy Studies Inc. - Outsourcing services firm wins contract renewal for children's insurance plan

Prince Leopold Inst. of Tropical Medicine - Mosquito-borne disease linked to perinatal mortality

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane - Novel predictive model developed for Ross River virus disease

Refocus Group - Medical device company focusing on eye disorders secures interim financing

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Refrigerated or frozen expressed breast milk loses its antioxidant content

Rutgers State University - A new multicomponent drug delivery system sensitizes lung cancer to therapy

S.R. One - Healthcare venture capital company promotes principal

Sejong University, Seoul - Study investigates reducing cholesterol in milk using immobilized beta-CD beads

Sirenade Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company provides development update on Tau-directed therapeutics

Solucient Media Contact - Charlene Bonvissuto named senior VP by provider of healthcare information firm

Stem Cell Funding - Governor Schwarzenegger breaks with state GOP in endorsing stem cell funding

Strand Genomics - Cold Spring Biotech Corp. to distribute avadis in Taiwan

Sun Yat Sen University - TIMP-3 gene transfer affords partial protection to cortical neurons in rats

SunTech Medical, Inc. - Blood pressure monitor receives international protocol validation

Taichung Vet. General Hospital - Neurotrophic signaling may promote neuronal differentiation of size-sieved SCs

Third Wave Technologies - Molecular diagnostics company appoints regulatory, quality assurance director

Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies - Peptides from common pathogens can activate diabetogenic T cells

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Phenanthrene degradation pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii found

U.S. National Institutes of Health - U.S. NIH study seeks 50,000 sisters of women with breast cancer

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. - Oral PTH osteoporosis product successfully tested in phase 1 study

Univ. of California, San Diego - Adenylyl cyclase type VI influences gene transcription in cardiac cells

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Comprehensive women's health centers offer high quality of care

University Hospital Zurich - Removal of T cell help improves virus-neutralizing antibody production

University of Alberta - Dietary arginine important in arginine synthesis in neonatal porcine model

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Human GFPT1 gene associated with diabetic nephropathy

University of Balearic Islands - Diurnal rhythms of leptin and ghrelin related to food intake

University of Bielefeld - Magnetic carriers used to detect, manipulate biomolecules

University of California, Davis - Review is designed to help general practitioners concerning atrial fibrillation

University of Cincinnati - Liposomal cisplatin has reduced renal toxicity in animals

University of Complutense - Inadequate thiamin intake by pregnant women evident in mature breast milk

University of East Anglia - Communicable disease control reviewed

University of Leipzig, Germany - Researchers monitor Parkinson by studying molecular changes in brain

University of Miami - Elevated CL gene expression in islet recipients precedes rejection

University of Naples - Olive oil polyphenols are possible therapeutic tools for treatment of CHD

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne - CD133 is a novel marker for human prostatic epithelial stem cells

University of Pavia - Barium alginate capsules show promise for living cell immobilization

University of South Florida - Zebrafish may offer powerful new tool for studying innate immunity

University of Texas - IHC more sensitive and specific than silver stain for T. pallidum detection

University of Turin - Beta cyclodextrin-chitosan adduct shows promise as bitter-taste blocker

University of Utah - Mice engineered with condition mimicking deadly muscle cancer

University of Utrecht - Integrons play minor roles in antibiotic resistance in surgical units

University of Wurzburg - Mutation of HEY2 is not a major factor in congenital heart disease

VaxInnate Corporation - Vaccine developer receives U.S. HHS contract and grant to study innate immunity

Veterans Healthcare - Report says 1.7 million veterans have no health coverage

Vista Staffing Solutions, Inc. - Temporary physician staffing firms launches international services division

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak - Calcification is regulated by numerous mechanisms in patients with renal disease

Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide - Sulfamidase injections delay neuropathology in mucopolysaccharidosis models

World Health Organization - Current situation and new perspectives on leishmaniasis outlined

Yale University - Role of gap junctions in liver elucidated

pSivida Limited - European patent awarded for sunscreen