Health Business Week

Med-Emerg International Inc. - Health services company announces 11% decrease in year-end results

MedMira Inc. - Diagnostic technology announces closing of new debenture issue

Medical Makeover Corporation of America - Makeover company announces first quarter update

Mercy Hospital - Hospital reports participant savings in preventive care program

Mitralign, Inc. - Catheter-based mitral valve repair system offers alternative to heart surgery

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company advances compound for diagnosis of acute cardiac ischemia

Mylan Laboratories Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces approval for generic drugs

National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo - Gene expression in MS lymphocytes characterized

Nexia Biotechnologies Inc. - Biotech company announces financial results

Nihon University, Tokyo - Paper reviews natriuretic peptides and their receptors

Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine - Footshock alters effects of subsequent organophosphate exposure

Northwestern University, Chicago - Possible link to sleep disturbances found

Novartis - Compugen announces pilot systems biology research project

Operat Research HIV TB, Luxembourg - HIV/TB patients have difficulty accessing ART outside Malawi hospital setting

Orebro University Hospital - Findings in oncology provide new insights

Oregon Health & Science University School - Ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms; many patients already take herbal supplement

Oregon Health Science University - Trafficking of ion channels studied, novel mechanism of regulation revealed

Ortec International, Inc. - Wound healing products company appoints medical director

Osteotech, Inc. - Human tissues provider introduces new product

Personnel - David Donn Consulting promotes Court Orsborn to director of research

Pfizer Global R&D - Pregabalin effective for treatment

PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. - Therapeutics company enters into a patent agreement with cancer center

PhytoMedical Technologies, Inc. - Biopharma company announces plans to expand scientific research team

QIAGEN N.V.Peer - Nucleic acids and proteins company enters manufacturing and supply agreement

Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham - Safety and efficacy of triple antiplatelet therapy evaluated

Radiologix, Inc. - Imaging service provider launches new information technology solution

Reproductive Genetics Institute - Outlook and ethics of preimplantation genetic diagnosis discussed

Resolve: The National Infertility Association - Patient advocacy group comments on FDA restrictions on egg, embryo screening

Roche Diagnostics - Self-management with CoaguChek S system can save lives, company says

Royal Natl. Throat, Nose, & Ear Hospital, London - Subglottic jet ventilation effective for suspension microlaryngoscopy

Rush University - Antigen-specific B cells needed to induce severe autoimmune arthritis

San Francisco VA Medical Center - Natural glucose by-product may prevent brain damage after diabetic coma

Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome - Significantly higher plasma DHEA levels seen in patients

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc - Drug therapy for manic and mixed episodes in bipolar disorder available in U.S.

St. Bartholomew's University - Sleep nasendoscopy predicts outcome of mandibular advancement splint therapy

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Oncology-focused pharmaceutical company presents data on anti-cancer therapy

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Study investigated role of osteoprotegerin in atherosclerosis

Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control - New findings in the area of tuberculosis vaccines described

Sysmex America, Inc. - Hematology analyzer used to test cyclists for blood doping, erythropoietin abuse

TRANS-BIG Network of Excellence - European funding boosts research

Taratec - Life sciences consultancy name Jim Macdonnel, Kathleen Warner to top posts

Third Military Medical Univ., Chongqing - Plasmid DNA and neutralized cytokine induce antitumor immunity

Transgenomic, Inc. - Cancer research efforts promoted at meeting

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Method to extract Cryptosporidium DNA from water concentrates developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC releases first national violent death reporting system data

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas have high risk of second cancers

U.S. VA Medical Center, New Orleans - Growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonist induced apoptosis in prostate cancer

U.S. VA Medical Center, Portland - Dopamine D1 receptor studied, interaction with arrestin3 defined

Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo - Mucosal sandy patches help identify genital S. hematobium infection

University of Alabama - Asians, Pacific Islanders have highest blood iron levels

University of Arizona, Tucson - External trials offer alternatives in revising resuscitation protocol guidelines

University of Barcelona - Key features of hepatitis C-related Sjogren syndrome resemble the primary form

University of Bologna - Demoralization should not be confused with depression

University of Bologna - High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence

University of Bologna - Research add new data to transplant medicine body of knowledge

University of California Los Angeles - Rb and p130 suppress cell cycle activators in postnatal cardiac muscle

University of California, San Francisco - RAS mutation associated with hyperdiploidy/parental characteristics in ALL

University of Cambridge - Mcm-2 predicts fibrosis progression after HCV-related liver transplantation

University of Chicago - Novel approach enables image reconstruction from truncated fan-beam data

University of Coimbra - Neuropeptide Y examined, regulation and modulation in epilepsy defined

University of Gottingen - Interventions aim at reducing distress and slowing down the disease process

University of Ioannina - VEGF exhibits autocrine functions in squamous cell carcinomas

University of Jena - Proteome analysis of maternal serum is sensitive, specific for trisomy 21

University of Massachusetts - Study examined mechanisms of positive benefits of phenolic phytochemicals

University of Nebraska - Trend towards peripheral blood progenitor cell use rather than BM for SCT

University of Porto - Isoproterenol oxidation may be involved in toxicity induced by catecholamines

University of Salford, Lancs - Load carriage biomechanics analyzed during level walking

University of Sao Paulo - Clozapine shows promise for long-term tardive dyskinesia treatment

University of Sheffield, U.K. - A&E time targets may be affecting patient care

University of Surrey - Carbon-limited M bovis BCG cells subject to growth rate-dependent control

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Researchers measuring enzymes to predict effectiveness of cancer treatment

University of Texas, Dallas - P2X receptors studied, novel role in cholangiocyte secretion identified

University of Toronto - Researchers' findings advance endocrinology research

University of Utah, Salt Lake City - Acid-labile linkages reduce the toxicity of polyethylenimine gene carriers

University of Vermont - Upregulation of aquaporin 4 in brain may be involved in pathology

University of Washington, Seattle - Chitosan-alginate hybrid scaffolds developed for bone tissue engineering

Valeant Pharmaceuticals - Final analyses of drug for chronic hepatitis C in phase 2 trial presented

Vancouver Island Center, Victoria - Impact of mammography screening intervals compared for women ages 50-74

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Veterans' Pittsburgh Healthcare Systems - Low-molecular-weight heparin used for secondary prophylaxis of thromboembolism

Washington University, St. Louis - USCAP Specialty Conference held

Xiamen University -  E coli strain could be used for remediation of contaminated wastes

Zagazig University-Benha Branch - Data advance knowledge in diabetes therapy research

diaDexus, Inc. - Richard B. Lanman, MD, named exec VP, chief medical officer by biotech company