Health Business Week

National Inst. for Biol Standards, Hertfordshire - International standard for yellow fever vaccine established

New York University - Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase studied, active site behavior clarified

New York University - Vesicular reuptake studied, inhibition by synaptotagmin domain antibody shown

North Carolina Medical Device Organization - Medical device organization elects officers, announces partnerships

OXiGENE, Inc. - Study demonstrates effectiveness of drug in treatment of retinoblastoma

Ohio State University - Study in Ohio seeks participants for 5-year study about disease incidence

Oita University - The role genetics plays in panbronchiolitis susceptibility is questionable

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - CD73 plays key role in hypoxia-induced vascular leakage

OmniGuide Communications, Inc. - Wake Forest Baptist surgeon performs airway growth removal in doctor's office

Orion HealthCorp, Inc. - Healthcare services organization announces restructuring

Osaka University - Common genetic basis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes indicated

Patient Safety - Companies to develop medication management solution for use at patient bedside

Pediatric Healthcare - Schools responding to increasing use of hyperactivity drug

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare - Pennsylvania budget preserves protection for vulnerable citizens

Per-Se Techologies - Radiology group outsources revenue management to connective healthcare company

Personnel - Hooper Holmes announces executive appointments

Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Loma Linda - Calcitonin effectively decreases bone resorption in at-risk elderly women

Porter Healthcare - Pharmaceutical data company teams with healthcare IT company

ProVation Medical, Inc. - National Naval Medical Center selects documentation solution

Puritan Bennett - Marathon Portable Liquid Oxygen Unit launched

QIAGEN GmbH - Technology company signs supply agreement with Roche Molecular Systems

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces 2004 financial results

Rockefeller University, New York - Researchers uncover the details of a viral secret weapon

Rubicon Genomics, Inc. - Genomics company announces new board member

SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. - Supply chain management company announces resignation of chief financial officer

Saga University - Lymphatic transport of dioleoylglycerol and trioleoylglycerol compared

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute, Lucknow - Y chromosome micro-deletions are detected in idiopathic infertile males

Sao Paulo State University - Exposure to hydrocortisone impair fertility in prenatal female rats

Seoul National University - Clusterin overexpression has prognostic value

Skila - New method released to improve the management of opinion leader relationships

Solbec Pharmaceuticals Ltd - Pharma company begins preclinical study of murine mesothelioma treatment

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company moves Parkinson medication into phase III development

Solvay S.A. - Chemical, pharmaceutical company completes acquisition of NeoPharma

Southern Research Institute - David A. Rutledge named CFO at nonprofit research organization

St. George Hospital, London - Cost of thorough QT/QTc study may be reduced to 25-30% of the cost of simple ECG

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Candidate Purkinje cell-specific transcript markers identified

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Aipl1-deficient mice model a disorder that causes pediatric blindness

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Bioinformatics and gene profiles join to analyze the developing brain

State Medicaid - Health Secretary refuses to name states cheating on Medicaid

State Medicaid - Medicaid cuts painful? Wait until next year

State University of New York, Buffalo - Recent advances in inhaled insulin therapy to treat diabetes reviewed

TMJ Implants, Incorporated - New Internet resources for temporomandibular joint disease information

The American Fertility Association - Fertility association raises concern over new FDA guidelines

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - New data illuminates research in oncology

Tripos, Inc. - Drug discovery chemistry company promotes Mark Allen to senior vice president

Tripos, Inc. - Tripos chosen as strategic chemistry partner in drug discovery

Tulane University - Men's choice to test for HIV is complicated

UFPR Hospital Clinics, Parana - Hepatitis C virus infection triggers diabetes in liver graft recipients

URS Corporation - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention award support services contract

United Therapeutics Corporation - Biotech company announces filing of shelf registration statement

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Equitable allocation of antiretrovirals sought

Univ. of California, San Diego - Gene dysregulation found in cortex of HIV encephalitis patients

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy

Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Levels of p27(kip1) modulated prostate cancer progression

University Hospital, Hamburg - Implantation of S-shaped LV lead for CRT had high success rate

University of Barcelona - Advances in diagnosis and treatment of acute HIV-1 infection reviewed

University of Buenos Aires - Simultaneous use of two process-screening strategies advised

University of California, Los Angeles - Cyclin G2 dysregulation linked to oral oncogenesis

University of California, Los Angeles - GABARAP transports GABA_A receptors to neuron plasma membrane

University of California, San Francisco - Novel CD200 receptor-like protein identified on basophils and mast cells

University of Colorado - Pleckstrin homology domain studied, activation parameters clarified

University of Connecticut - Sensation seeking and alcohol studied as factors in sexual risk behaviors

University of Copenhagen - IGFBP-3 protease significant regulator of bioactive IGF-I in HIV-lipodystrophy

University of Hamburg - Staufen 1 ribonucleoprotein complexes characterized

University of Kassel -  Dictyostelium discoideum thioredocin targets shown, properties revealed

University of Kentucky - TEM techniques revealed microcharacteristics of PM2.5 particles

University of Lecce - Dietary fatty acids have dissimilar effects on genes in the rodent liver

University of Maastricht - Whisky reduces tryptophan availability to brain

University of Manchester - Amplitude of systolic Ca²⁺ transient is increased in aging ovine myocardium

University of Maryland - DNA ligase analyzed, influence of replicative clamp loader revealed

University of Miami, Coral Gables - Mathematical model studies the dynamics of HIV-1 infection of CD4+ cells

University of Oxford - Molecular basis neonatal diabetes explored

University of Sheffield - S100A11 may play role in prostate tumor development

University of Technology, Sydney - British conservatives should beware of Australian health service reforms

University of Texas, Austin - Reform proposals in U.S. raise concerns for older women

University of Tsukuba - Endothelin-1 eyedrops produce retinal vasculopathy models

University of Veracruzana, Veracruz - Ketoconazole synergizes with allopregnanolone treatments in rat study

Yale University - Middle-age U.S. women who think their risk is low tend not to get mammograms

Yale University - Prior cesarean delivery not linked to increased risk of stillbirth

Yokohama City University, Kanagawa - BLM gene interactions are detected in human cells

Zynx Health Incorporated - Zynx Health agrees to use clinical knowledge system for critical care patients