Health Insurance Law Weekly

National Cancer Center - Reports advance knowledge in gastroenterology research

National Cheng Kung University Hospital - Molecular screening detects maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7

National University of La Plata - Islet neogenesis is key for pancreas adaptation to high insulin demand

Neose Technologies, Inc. - Pharmaceutical companies enter agreement to develop therapeutic protein

NeuroSearch - Research firm receives payment from pharmaceutical company

Norgen Biotek Corp. - Biotechnology company launches protein purification kit

Norte Fluminense State University -  Toxoplasma gondii uses macrophages to reach immunoprivileged areas

Northwestern University, Chicago - Auditory test helps identify learning impaired

NovaBone Products LLC - NovaBone stimulates new bone formation on equivalent basis as BMP-2, study shows

Pediatric Obesity - Medcenter One launching child obesity program

Pediatric Obesity - Sweet drinks linked to preschool weight

Pharmaceuticals - Indiana County considers limiting medicine purchases

Pharmexas - Pharma company hires new head of drug development

Pharsight Corporation - Software and strategic services company announces financial results

RIKEN, Kanagawa - Distinctive gene patterns correlate with diabetic kidney disease

RealMed - Web-based revenue cycle management company signs agreement with physician group

Renovis, Inc. - Biopharma company completes trial enrollment for post-herpetic neuralgia

Res Clin Inst Radiation Med & Endocrinol, Minsk - Statistically significant cancer increase in most contaminated Chernobyl region

Roche - Treatment for AIDS-related cytomegalovirus receives positive recommendations

Russian Academy Science, Gatchia - Breast carcinoma cell line is resistant to DNA-damaging drugs

STEN Corporation - Provider of emergency preparedness products, services changes name

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Partial settlement reached in human growth hormone intellectual property dispute

Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla - Hydrogen bonding to beta-sheet folding assessed, thermodynamics clarified

Senetek PLC - Cytokinin-based anti-aging product reviewed at Sundance festival

Siemens Medical Solutions - New York medical center launches closed-loop medication management system

Sleep Solutions - Grant of home-monitoring systems for OSA aids national sleep apnea program

Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Endoscopy group announces grant recipients

Sonic Innovations, Inc. - Hearing aid company announces results for full year and fourth quarter 2004

Soroka University -  Haemophilus influenzae in acute otitis media reviewed

Stockholm University - Multiple antigen peptides induce different antibodies to malaria epitopes

Stratton Vet. Affairs Med Center, Albany - Levofloxacin does not eliminate C. pneumoniae from infected macrophages

Taipei Medical University Hospital - Nitric oxide synthase studied, stimulation by monosodium urate crystals shown

Tanabe Seiyaku Co. - Addendum to license agreement to develop infliximab treatment in Japan signed

Targanta Therapeutics Inc. - Genome-based antibiotics developer names Thomas R. Parr chief scientific officer

Tel Aviv University - Postexposure varicella vaccine reduces risk of severe varicella disease

Texas Technical University, Dallas - Metabolic abnormalities less with atazanavir than with other protease inhibitors

Thoratec Corporation - Maker of devices to treat cardiovascular disease reports record 4Q revenues

Tokai University, Kanagawa - Competitive repopulation assay monitors stem cell progeny after transplantation

TopoTarget, A/S - Companies advance PXD101 into phase II clinical program

Transition Therapeutics - Interferon-focused company begins enrollment for phase 2 trial of MS treatment

Transplant Medicine - 'Little Miracle' loses battle after infection

Tuberculosis - TB cases in South Carolina no cause for alarm say officials

Turku University, Kangasala - Sindbis viruses and other alphaviruses cause arthritic disease

U.S. Agricultural Research Service - Health benefits of citrus limonoids explored

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Campus can be effective site for antismoking efforts

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Hepatitis C virus core protein encoded in hepatocellular carcinomas

U.S. National Institutes of Health - ALOX and COX polymorphisms influence colon cancer risk in Caucasians

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Cidofovir used to provide insight into KSHV replication and pathogenesis

Univ. of California, Irvine - New findings in the area of vaccines development detailed

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of angiology

University of Amsterdam - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

University of Antwerp - Overprescribing causing high rates of antibiotic resistance in Europe

University of California, San Francisco - Teens, parents must assess impact of chronic illness on developmental changes

University of Cincinnati - New research in the area of cardiology detailed

University of Cincinnati - Phosphorylation alters metal ion affinity and inter-subunit interactions

University of Connecticut - Studies add new findings to cancer vaccines body of knowledge

University of Lille II - Role of radiofrequency ablation in treatment reviewed

University of Louisville - NSCs isolated from embryonic forebrain & induced into oligodendrocyte precursors

University of Maryland - Migraine headaches may have stroke risk

University of Melbourne - Recent advances in pneumococcal vaccination of children outlined

University of Minnesota - Probiotics don't boost soy's cholesterol-lowering effect in older women

University of Oxford - CD1d-dependent NK T cells are adjuvants in T cell-mediated immunotherapy

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers' findings advance HIV/AIDS research

University of Putra Malaysia, Selangor - Findings describe new data in carcinogenesis research

University of Sherbrooke - Yeast mRNA-capping enzyme studied, different modes of ligand binding evident

University of Texas - Two-codon cholera toxin mutant is adjuvant for immune responses to peptides

University of Tromso - Recombinant viruses should be included in environmental risk assessments

University of Uppsala - Cerebrospinal fluid protein patterns in neurodegenerative disease revealed

University of Valencia - Early morning surge in blood pressure may contribute to acute CV episodes

University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover - Retinoic acid analyzed, role in Caco-2 cell behavior clarified

University of Western Ontario - Diabetes-related genes identified by expression profiling in type 1 diabetes

Urologix, Inc. - Urological devics company reports fiscal 2Q 2005 results, profitable quarter

VaxGen Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company updates filings of financial statements

Verispan - Informatics company lists IHN 100 most highly integrated healthcare networks

ViroLogic, Inc - Three-year agreement with GSK supports drug discovery and development efforts

Vrije University of Amsterdam - Novel software tool facilitates analysis of array CGH data

Waseda University, Tokyo - Albumin-heme improves circulatory volume following hemorrhage

Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot - GATA6-/laminin-dependent mechanisms regulate endodermal/ectodermal ESC fates

Xenomics, Inc. - DNA-focused molecular diagnostics company closes $2.9 million financing