Health Insurance Law Weekly

National Women's Health Resource Center, Red Bank - Year-long campaign underway to educate women about heart disease

NeuroNutrition, Inc - Supply company created to develop and market clinically tested products

NitroMed, Inc. - U.S. FDA accepts NDA resubmission for BiDil

OSI Systems Inc. - Medical monitoring products company acquires Blease Medical

Ohio State University, Columbus - Celecoxib uses multiple signaling mechanisms to suppress neovascularization

Osaka University - Amyloid formation analyzed, thermodynamic parameters directly measured

Osaka University - Oxidative stress increase in obesity contributes to metabolic syndrome

Osped Pediatrics Bambino Gesu, Rome - IL-16 plus thrombopoietin induces generation of tolerogenic dendritic cells

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Method to monitor zinc and calcium secretion from islet cells developed

Peking University - Expression of plasminogen activator achieved by inducing stress responses

Peplin Limited - Company releases financial results, provides summary of R&D efforts

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc - Biopharmaceutical company adds two virologists to its scientific resource board

Personnel - Courage Center announces new chief executive officer

Pfizer, Inc. - Pharmaceutical deal expanded for multiple developmental projects

Philanthropy - "The Big Walk" to raise $5M for cancer victims

Proteomics - Protein can help doctors predict how dangerous clogged arteries will be

Prous Science - Regadenoson shows promise for myocardial perfusion imaging

Queen Mary University, London - Glucose control in diabetes reviewed

Queens University, Kingston - Apolipoprotein studied, effect on vascular smooth muscle cell clarified

Rovira i Virgili University - Liposomal amphotericin B effective in murine model

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh - Study provides an overview of rib and sternal fractures in non-survivors of CPR

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces agreement to manufacture Raloxifene tablets

Schering-Plough Corporation - Health care company mourns death of former executive

Scripps Research Institute - Recent findings illuminate research in cancer therapy

Seoul National University - Atipamezole dose to achieve reversal is equal to or double medetomidine dose

Serologicals Corporation - Biological company announces new chairman of the board

Shenyang Pharmaceutical University - SLNs improved oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs

Shiga University of Medical Science - Panel of tumor markers may improve diagnostic tests

Specialty Disease Management Services, Inc. - Disease management services company names Brian Vervynck VP of sales

Stanford University Medical Center - Early HIV screening prolongs life and is affordable, Stanford study shows

Sungkyunkwan University - Islet transplantation is realistic for type 1 diabetes treatment

Syneron Medical Ltd. - Medical aesthetic devices maker announces intent to launch secondary offering

Technical University of Dresden - Optimized condition determined for creation of urothelium for large surfaces

Technion Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa - Excretory contribution of ETB receptor was attenuated in congestive HF

Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa - Upregulation of endothelin-A may lead to a decrease in cortical blood flow

The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS - Coalition on HIV/AIDS applauds new study recommendation to test all adults

Transplant Medicine - Alabama boy woos Capitol Hill in marrow transplant campaign

Tufts University - Research add new data to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge

Tzu Chi University, Hualien - Survivin and p53 modulate the influence of quercetin on lung cancer cells

U.S. Army - Tungsten-alloy shrapnel causes tumors, cancer in rats

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Husbands' household authority in rural Guatemala analyzed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC: Influenza vaccine was used for priority groups

U.S. National Eye Institute - Matrix metalloproteinase expression studied, role of oxidative stress revealed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Genetic fingerprints exemplify type 2 Gaucher disease

U.S. Public Library of Science - Library group urges researchers to comply with U.S. NIH public access policy

Univ Autonoma Honduras & Hosp-Escuela, Tegucigalpa - Strong correlation between eosinophilia and helminthiasis in HIV infection

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Ablation success confirmed by pathologic examination

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of hematology

Univ. of Massachusetts, Worcester - Novel sulfide-binding mechanism found in deep-sea tubeworms

University College, London - Endothelin-1 plays a role in vein graft failure via the endothelia-A receptor

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Pro-apoptotic gene therapy destroys prostate cancer

University of Arkansas Medical Science - New SRF cofactor may be important in lifelong regulation of cardiac muscle genes

University of Bath -  Dirofilaria immitis studied, ligand-gated ion polypeptide identified

University of Catanzaro - Carbenoxolone has significant anticonvulsant effects in rats

University of Extremadura, Caceres - Inhibition of gallbladder contractility, role of ions clarified

University of Frankfurt -  Y. lipolytica is useful model for studying pathogenic mutations in complex I

University of Helsinki - Cysteine cathepsins allowed the invasion of AdoMetDC-transformed rodent cells

University of Helsinki - Lactose malabsorption related to bone fractures in old age?

University of Illinois - Research sheds light on why estrogens produce unintended results in women

University of Medical Sciences, Poznan - High maternal hepatitis C virus levels cause transmission to fetuses

University of Miami - Obesity, bariatric surgery, and type 2 diabetes reviewed

University of Oslo - Study examined behavior of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in heart and lung tissue

University of Otago - Radix astragali astragaloside IV studied, properties clarified

University of Saarlandes Kliniken, Homburg - Infected implants studied

University of Salamanca - Calcitriol improves streptozotocin-induced diabetes, recovers BMD in rats

University of Sao Paulo - Sequence diversity of P. falciparum merozoite protein reported

University of Sao Paulo - Socioeconomic status and adult obesity in developing countries reviewed

University of Strathclyde - Beta-cell cyclic adenosine monophosphate targeted diabetes therapy

University of Texas - Transcriptional effects of nicotine determined in five brain regions

University of Washington - Gene methylation analysis has potential as tool in cervical cancer screening

University of Zurich - Study investigated effects of amiodarone on the vascular endothelin system

Varian, Inc. - Scientific instruments company board authorizes stock repurchase program

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. - Diagnostic services company reports Q04, full-year 2004 results, 2:1 stock split

Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology pharmaceutical company announces two senior management changes

Visiomed - William Dolphin appointed CEO by maker of child asthma device

Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences - Genomics provided new insight on microbial food safety

Wakayama University of Medical Science - Erectile dysfunction common in Japanese men with type 2 diabetes

WellGen, Inc. - Biotech company focused on metabolic disorders obtains license to obesity genes

Wuhan University - Lysozyme refolding analyzed, influence of macromolecular crowding clarified