Health Insurance Week

LifePoint, Inc. - Drug test system receives clearance for workplace, insurance, and school use

MDS Pharma Service, St. Geramin sur l'Arbresle - Genital developmental abnormalities reported in Macaca fascicularis

Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn - Estrogen and combined HT for women after genital malignancies reviewed

Max Planck Institute - Neuronal co-expression of EGFP, beta-galactosidase causes pathology, death

Mayo Clinic - Staphylococcal superantigen peptide antagonists evaluated

Medimmune Inc. - Inappropriate antibiotic use for influenza increases drug resistance

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - DNA mismatch repair gene proteins reviewed

Mergers and Acquisitions - AmeriPath acquires Pathology Associates in New York

Nagoya City University - Aerobic and resistance training increases fitness in older adults

Nagoya City University - Cells expressing artificial complementary peptide inhibit HIV-1 infection

Northern California Cancer Center - Breast implants after mastectomy don't reduce patients' long-term survival

Northwestern University, Chicago - Aspirin underused for heart disease risk in diabetic women, young adults

Obstetrics - First midwife class trained in Afghanistan

Optimata, Ltd. - Patients get individualized therapy in Nottingham Trial

Pepscan Systems - Proteomics company enters agreement with Cytos Biotech for vaccine development

Perot Systems Corporation - Information technology companies announce contract signing

Personnel - Ellen Shobe joins SciQuest as VP, professional services and supplier enablement

Pertussis - Booster shots could be needed for whooping cough

Phyton Biotech, Inc. - Charles S. Swindell joins plant cell culture technology company

Plexxikon - Pharma companies select development candidate for inflammation

Provalis plc - Option agreement for development of vaccine candidates announced

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals - Biopharma company raises $31 million in venture capital round

Quidel Corporatin - Diagnostic test provider announces new board member

Russia State Research Ctr., Koltsov - MRNA segment of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus outbreak strains analyzed

S3 Investment company - Investment company announces agreement with Corona Medical

SEQUENOM, Inc. - Intercellular adhesion molecule gene variations discovered

Salesnet - Healthcare system selects technology solution to communicate with physicians

Schering-Plough Corporation - Pharma company appoints vice president, commercial development

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc - U.S. FDA grants approval of drug to treat bipolar disorder

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Stuart M. Krassner, ScD, elected to pharmaceutical company board of directors

St. Mary's Hospital, Montreal - Microsurgical varicocelectomy acceptable by couples with advanced female age

Stanford University - Host response to smallpox in nonhuman primate model explored

Stiefel Laboratories - Dorothy Germino-Greer appointed as manager of medical education by laboratory

Stockholm University - Antisense PNA oligomers target human galanin receptor type 1 messenger RNA

Tartu University - Transient brain ischemia analyzed, antioxidant neuroprotective effect revealed

Trestle Holdings Inc. - Telemedicine company announces intent to acquire Interscope Technologies

U.S. Health and Human Services - United States pledges 20 million doses of smallpox vaccine to global stockpile

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Key proteins in SARS coronavirus are a prerequisite for pseudovirus assembly

University Clinic, Heidelberg - Atypical chest pain or silent myocardial ischemia may obscure diagnosis of CAD

University La Sapienza Rome - Tumor cells don't stimulate telomerase in co-cultivated endothelial cells

University of Alberta - Management of sexually transmitted disease pandemic reviewed

University of Calabria - Vasostatins exert cardiotropic action in fish

University of Dusseldorf - Hypothyroidism's affects on mental health are underestimated

University of Evry - Abnormal liver development studied, deletion of murine Smn exon 7 implicated

University of Florida - Clozapine does not increase diabetes risk in patients with Parkinson disease

University of Heidelberg - Mesothelioma cell lines are susceptible to suicide gene therapy

University of Illinois - Matrix metalloproteinase-9 inhibition discourages tumor invasion

University of Kentucky - Alcoholics can have deficits in cognitive function despite sobriety

University of Louisville - Late preconditioning is a genetic reprogramming of the heart

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Complete gene sequencing revealed novel IFN regulatory factor-1 polymorphisms

University of Melbourne - Synthetic vaccine promotes antibody or cytotoxic T cell responses

University of Miami - Bioengineered cells may treat opioid-sensitive chronic pain

University of Minnesota - Immunization with C5a peptidase enhances clearance of group A streptococci

University of Naples - The T-cell receptor repertoire of CD8+ T cells guides cancer vaccine efficacy

University of North Carolina - Poison and firearms stored in open endanger visiting kids

University of North Carolina - Reversible immunocontraception achieved in male monkeys immunized with Eppin

University of Pennsylvania - Should we use enhancement technologies to make us 'better than well'?

University of Pittsburgh - Nitric oxide and ionizing radiation activate p53 to generate apoptosis

University of Sydney - Effect of design on dry powder inhaler performance elucidated

University of Texas - Prion replication alters synaptophysin and caveolin 1 distribution

University of Texas SW Medical Center - Surface transport not involved in processing of amyloid-beta precursor

University of Toronto - Regular heavy use of cannabis adversely affects health

University of Utrecht - Natural flavones more potent CYP19 inhibitors than flavanones

University of Washington - Bam32 B cell adaptor molecule regulates B cell antigen receptor internalization

Vascular Solutions, Inc. - Medical device company announces $5 million line of credit for general needs

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company updates trial of drug to treat pancreatic cancer

Wakayama Medical University - VEGF expression helps to determine the age of skin wounds

Wake Forest University - Mucosal administration of flagellin induces innate immunity in the mouse lung

Washington University - Some drugstores refuse to sell syringes, despite laws

Weight Loss - Experts say low-carb craze may be over