Health Business Week

NOP World Health - Survey: Consumers support importation, but aren't telling their doctors

National HealthCare Corporation - Mike Ussery, Greg Bidwell named to posts by healthcare center operating company

Nihon University - Modulation of the potentiation induced by Ca²⁺ channel activation revealed

Niigata University - Effects of interferon-alpha on cloned opioid receptors analyzed in oocytes

Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale - Grant enables expansion of study of alcohol-exposed pregnancies

Obidicut LLC - Pharma company announces private placement

Ohio State University - "Temp doctors" choose career for flexibility, easier lifestyle

Onex Corporation - Diversified company acquires Center for Diagnostic Imaging

PHC, Inc. - Behavioral health services company announces contract expansion

Pasteur Institute - Occult hepatitis B virus is the cause of some hepatocellular carcinomas

Pharma Foods International Co. Ltd - Yogurt with egg yolk immunoglobulin suppresses Helicobacter pylori

Poliomyelitis - WHO: Polio cases rose 33% in 2004, fueled by vaccine boycott in Nigeria

Polish Academy of Science, Olsztyn - New concept of local endocrine regulation of pregnancy presented

Project HOPE - Aid organization works to help tsunami victims

Saint Joseph's Health System - Pennsylvania, Georgia healthcare providers team with grocers in heart campaign

Saiseikai Tondabayashi Hospital, Osaka - A mutation in the CYLD gene correlates with mild familial cylindromatosis

Sanofi-aventis - Pharmaceutical company provides humanitarian aid in tsunami relief efforts

Seoul National University - Genetically modified progenitor cells augment therapeutic angiogenesis

St. Francis Hospital, Mooresville - Study assessed outcomes of simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Gene expression profiling can identify pediatric AML risk groups

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. - First phase 2 clinical trial for blood substitute and oxygen carrier initiated

TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. - Taiwan-based biotech company announces alliance with P&G to develop antibiotic

TareGen, Inc. - Phase 1/2 clinical trial of kinase inhibitor in heart attack patients initiated

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital corporation comments on California plea by former staff member

The Dannon company - Food company comments on new U.S. Dietary Guidelines

The Jason Foundation, Inc. - Tennessee attorney general to head nonprofit board to fight youth suicide

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. - Publisher names health director

Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of immunology

Transplant Medicine - Ventricular assist devices may be useful in nontraditional patient groups

Tyrosinemia Type I - Researchers report on cause and effects of tyrosinemia type I

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Findings advance knowledge in immunology research

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - More evidence shows woman's age a major factor in determining ART success

U.S. Food & Drug Administration -  Karenia brevis exposure eliminates brevetoxin metabolism in oysters

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Chimpanzee Fab fragments and IgG cross-neutralize dengue viruses

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Methylmercury models not applicable to ethylmercury compounds

U.S. National Institutes of Health - New findings in the area of SARS vaccines described

UECM DIV, Saint-Denis - Rapid antigen detection tests compared for Streptococcus A tonsillitis

Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - Researchers describe findings in endocrinology studies

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - New technique could make possible muscle-driven microrobots

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Robust peptide nucleic acid distribution would improve their efficacy

Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg - Fc-gammaRI is involved in HIV-1 inhibition by polyclonal IgG

University Medical Center Ljubljana - The FOXL2 gene may play a role in female infertility

University Orthopedic Hospital, Heidelberg - Medial Oxford unicompartimental knee replacement effective and durable

University of Athens - Increases in ozone concentration were associated with increases in deaths

University of Bath - Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent signaling regulates ESC self-renewal

University of Bonn - Automated infusion system improves contrast sonography efficacy

University of Bristol - Recent studies add new data to proteomics research

University of Cordoba - Ghrelin's role in control of energy balance and reproduction studied

University of Ferrara - Assay will be useful in studies to characterize UT receptor ligands in vivo

University of Florida - Weight training gives MS patients physical, emotional benefits

University of Geneva - Nanoparticles containing porphyrin enrich photodynamic activity

University of Las Palmas, Canaria - Diazepam studied, influence on efflux, porin synthesis Mar phenotype revealed

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - CRD-BP knockdown promotes leukemia cell proliferation

University of Melbourne - Long-term administration of stress-related peptides had prolonged CV actions

University of Munster - Reports add new data to angiology research

University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Study finds survivors adopt some healthy behaviors, but not eating and exercise

University of Oxford - Macrophage response to biopolymer intact in diabetic/immunodeficient mice

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers' findings advance brain cancer research

University of Pittsburgh - Study reveals childhood vulnerabilities that may lead to eating disorders

University of Quebec, Montreal - Organosulfur compounds in garlic may alter chemotherapeutic treatments

University of Queensland, Brisbane - Retinal glutamate transporter studied, persistance in ischemia revealed

University of Ryukyus - Two interacting kinases studied, putative role as Rap2 effectors revealed

University of Sao Paulo - Heart Mb gene expression is influenced by thyroid status

University of South Carolina, Columbia - GATA-4 and GATA-6 distribution in rat fetal gonad and postnatal ovary studied

University of Texas - Novel imaging agents developed for MRI glucose sensing

University of Tokyo - Changes in MHC class II-related gene expression determined in rats

University of Toronto - Stress proteins play a role in promoting long-term anoxia tolerance

University of Washington - Carbamazepine pharmacokinetics not affected by zonisamide

University of Washington - Contribution of CYP3A5 to hepatic drug metabolism elucidated

University of Western Ontario - Regimens combining antisense molecules with other drugs optimize outcomes

University of Zurich - Substrate interaction and voltage dependency of Na+/P-i cotransporter reported

Vasomedical, Inc. - Medicare payment for EECP therapy for cardiovascular disease increases

Velcura Therapeutics, Inc. - Fred Beyerlein named to board of osteoporosis-focused biotechnology company

Victoria Hospital, Cork - Computed tomography aids diagnosis of sacral insufficiency fracture

Vision-Sciences Inc. - Cystology products company signs distribution agreement with Medtronic USA

WaveLight Laser Technologie AG - Aesthetic laser company announces revenue forecast for fiscal 2004/2005

Wistar Institute, Philadelphia - Vaccine against epidermal growth factor receptor useful for breast cancer

Yale University - Aquaporin-4 expression is elevated in sclerotic hippocampi

Yale University - Marijuana associated with same respiratory symptoms as tobacco

Yamagata University - Hepatitis C virus quasispecies are selectively transmitted in humans

eRXSYS, Inc. - Company specializing in e-script technology appoints 2 to board of directors