Health Business Week

MicroTest Laboratories Inc. - MicroTest Laboratories announces it will manufacture two commercial pharma products in 2006

Montreal General Hospital -  Mycobacterium avium complex species and subspecies distinguished by hsp65 sequencing

Nagasaki University Hospital - HIV-1 infection is inhibited by norepinephrine through NF-kappa B inactivation

Nagoya University - Low birth weight is associated with adult hypertension in Japanese workplace population

National University of Ireland Galway - Collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrix developed for heart valve tissue engineering

New York-Presbyterian Hospital - From ancient Egypt to the dinner plate, garlic is good for you

NicOx S.A. - NicOx S.A. and Merck & Co., Inc. sign exclusive agreement in antihypertensive field

Norwood Abbey Ltd - Norwood licenses additional significant Epi-Lasik patent portfolio

Personnel - Health Net hires Thomas F. Carrato as program officer, business development

Pfizer Global Research & Development - Homogeneous embryonic stem-derived cell types isolated from heterogeneous populations

Pharmaceutical Research - Pharma companies see need for special copromotion training for sales staff but most do not offer

Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse - Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse invests $100,000 in Proteopure to speed up protein research

Product Licensing - Genetic testing company Tm Bioscience acquires sepsis biomarkers from Sirius Genomics

Product Licensing - Ranbaxy purchases rights and assets to Senetek's autoinjector device

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Quintiles Transnational Corp. announces $100,000 donation to Seattle Vaccine Research Fund

Research & Markets - Failure to modulate protein-protein interactions as druggable targets is new report topic

Research & Markets - Manufacture of medical devices and supplies is $50B industry in the U.S.

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. - Rockwood Holdings appoints Timothy McKenna as vice president, investor relations and communications

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - Reports describe recent advances in drug development research

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London - Sudden death syndrome and other nonischemic causes of sudden cardiac death are examined

San Francisco General Hospital - Kaposi sarcoma incidence has decreased in HIV/AIDS with advent of antiretroviral therapy

San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Crush stenting of bifurcation lesions is associated with reduced side branch restenosis

Servier - New 5-year efficacy data of strontium ranelate in treating osteoporotic women presented

Shimoshizu National Hospital, Chiba - Changes in pain behavior and histology are caused by tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins - Outcome of solid tumors treated by bortezomib in combination with docetaxel assessed

Siemens Medical Solutions - Siemens Medical Solutions introduces workflow ultrasound system at national meeting

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - St. Jude Medical launches vascular closure device for diagnostic, interventional procedures

Stanford University School of Medicine - Data advance knowledge in obesity therapy research

Surgical Technology - Omni-Tract Surgical introduces surgical retractor designed to aid standardization

Taichung Veterans General Hospital - Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma risk linked to p53 codon 72 polymorphism

Taiwan National Central University - Antiobesity and antidiabetic effects of tea catechins reviewed

The Medical House - Needle-free device for delivery of human growth hormone receives CE Mark approval

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Enrollment completed in phase 2 dose study of treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Tohoku University, Miyagi - Studies describe new findings in oncology research

Trinity Center of Health Science, Dublin - Hepatitis C envelope 2 protein inhibits signaling for T-lymphocyte migration

Tulane University, New Orleans - Food insecurity is less important than low activity and television viewing in youth obesity

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of virology

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Bacterial and yeast antagonists control food-borne pathogens on fresh-cut apples

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Prostate cancer mortality linked to crop patterns in U.S. Northern Plain states

Uganda Virus Research Institute - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS behavioral medicine

Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil - Combining alcohol and Red Bull reduces sleepiness, but not impairment

Universita di Pisa - Treatment of superficial cancer by endoscopic mucosal resection evaluated

University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege - Topical ketanserin is effective therapy for leg ulcers in patients with diabetes

University of Alexandria - New data illuminates research in prostate cancer

University of Barcelona - New findings in the area of adipose tissue described

University of Calcutta - Dietary CLnA exerts antioxidant activity in chemically induced diabetes mellitus

University of Cambridge - Breast cancer resistance protein and p-glycoprotein modulated by corticosteroids

University of Connecticut - Ischemia/reperfusion causes increase in eNOS unavailable to the ischemic heart

University of Georgia - Preharvest contamination prevention minimizes risk of illness from raw produce consumption

University of Kuopio - Stroke risk is increased in men with metabolic syndrome

University of London - T cell epitopes of Sendai virus are not solely responsible for viral clearance

University of Madras -  Aloe vera leaf gel extract appears to improve the lipid profile of diabetic rats

University of Michigan - Autoimmune diseases within individuals and families can increase other autoimmune risk

University of Mississippi - Recent findings in polycystic ovary syndrome described

University of Munich - Metastatic breast cancer received high efficacy treatment from gemcitabine and cisplatin

University of New Mexico - Chronic hepatitis C treatment affects health-related quality of life

University of Pittsburgh - Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture repair has higher mortality rate for women

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers create pigs that produce heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids

University of Pittsburgh - Smoking behavior response to nicotine influence may vary by gender

University of Seoul - Effect of 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) on protein glycosylation investigated

University of Sydney - Ten-year incidence of retinal emboli in an older population is likely underestimated

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Mutations and environmental change make a mild virus deadly

University of Tsukuba - Gata2 plus Sca1 expression defines hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow niche

University of Washington - High serum hepatitis C virus RNA load predicts the presence of HCV RNA in saliva

Valeant Pharmaceuticals - Valeant reports VISER1 trial results confirm safety profile of oral Viramidine

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated - Vertex, cystic fibrosis organization to collaborate to develop oral CF drug candidate

Virginia Commonwealth University - An immunoadjuvant chaperone induces signals upon dendritic cell interaction

Washington University, St. Louis - Retinoid X receptor ligand binding dynamics clarified

WaveLight, Inc. - WaveLight DataLink software-generated data confirms quality of laser eye surgery outcomes

Weston Education Center, London - Eleven common symptoms widely spread among five progressive chronic diseases

Wistar Institute, Philadelphia - Melanoma vaccine strategy shows promise in laboratory experiments

Wockhardt Limited - Wockhardt shareholders approve raising of up to $800 million to fund overseas acquisitions

Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Independent director David D. Stevens named to Wright Medical Group's audit committee

Wyeth Ayerst Research - Fibrin attachment by Staphylococcus aureus is mediated by factor XIIIa

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Zimmer Holdings acquires MedTech S.A.'s intelligent surgical instrument technology

sanofi-aventis - sanofi-aventis reiterates safety of zolpidem tartrate CIV as indicated in U.S. for insomnia