Health Insurance Week

New York State Psychiatry Institute & Hospital - Study suggests that OCD may be heterogeneous with regard to familial transmission

NovaDel Pharma Inc. - Specialty pharma company reports net loss of $2.6 million

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - EMEA to issue updated positive opinion and recommendation of Macugen for AMD

Ortec International, Inc. - Tissue-engineered therapeutics company executes letter of intent to acquire Hapto Biotech

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase III study of PTI-901 shows favorable safety profile but did not meet primary endpoint

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chaiwan - Studies advance knowledge in Cancer Therapy research

Patient Care Technology Systems - Medical software company completes acquisition of nuMedica's patient tracking solution

Personnel - AMS Health Sciences announces executive changes

Public Health - Report highlights slowing rate of improvement in Americans' health after significant gains in 1990s

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated - Diagnostics company presents data on soon-to-be introduced assay for hematologic diseases

Radius - Drug discovery company licenses BA058 for osteoporosis

Shanghai Medical University - Recent findings in Cancer Therapy provide new insights

St. George Hospital, Sydney - Synchronous liver resection and cryotherapy effective for metastases

Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou - Hepatitis B virus YMDD motif variants genotyped by an improved dot blot method

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Characteristics of synchronous adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma analyzed

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Radioiodine tracks the pharmacokinetics of angiostatin

Tel Aviv University - Temperature-controlled CO₂ laser soldering effective for dura closure in pigs

Toho University, Tokyo - Self-expandable metallic stent placement deemed safe and efficacious procedure

Tokai University, Isehara - Transplanted mesenchymal stem cells regenerate intervertebral discs

Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University - JC virus DNA sequences detected in colorectal cancers in Japan

Tufts University, Medford - Silk implants form trabecular-like bone matrices in bioreactors

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of corn hybrids are reported in Arkansas

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Federal agency acts to seize ephedra-containing dietary supplements

U.S. National Center for Genome Resources - Collaboration receives $3 million grant to obtain DNA sequence of Phytophthora capsici genome

U.S. National Institute for Allergy & Infectious Diseases - Study characterized blood-activated chitinolytic system in sand fly midgut

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Prevalence of hysterectomy among blacks may account for lower endometrial cancer rates

University of Amsterdam - Article reviews ezetimibe/simvastatin (INEGY) treatment of hyperlipidemia

University of Bari - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

University of Copenhagen - MT-I+II-mediated antioxidant defense and its response to exercise are impaired in diabetics

University of Defence, Hradec Kralove - Personal factors associated with global quality of life after stem cell transplantation

University of Dundee - FGF directly required in epiblast cells for spine stem zone specification and maintenance

University of Florida - Adenovirus-mediated transfer of FRNK augments drug-induced cytotoxicity

University of Florida - Hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin gene delivery ameliorates obesity

University of Glasgow -  Plasmodium falciparum's separate organelle-specific pathways are both potential targets for drug development

University of Insubria, Varese - Expression of androgens and androgen receptors linked to risk of breast cancer

University of Maryland - Human beta-defensins suppress HIV-1 infection

University of Mediterranee, Marseille - Data predicts reduction in cardiovascular disease risk with the low-fat diet

University of Minnesota - Researchers' data advance Cancer Therapy research

University of Minnesota - Viral proteins provide protection against virulent avian metapneumovirus

University of Navarra, Pamplona - Immunity induced by injection of dendritic cells expressing interleukin-15

University of North Carolina - Calmodulin binding region exists in ryanodine receptor channel

University of North Carolina - Long-term breast cancer survivors benefit from uncertainty management intervention

University of Oxford - Parental beliefs toward childhood vaccines identify barriers to vaccination

University of Pisa - Interleukin-8 is strongest predictor of CV mortality in dialytic patients

University of Porto - Mitochondrial D-Loop instability in thyroid tumors does not indicate malignancy

University of Queensland - Novel diaroylhydrazine ligands show promise as iron chelators

University of Saskatchewan - Chronic HU210 treatment produces anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects

University of Sydney - NF-kappa B activation mediates hepatic inflammation in steatohepatitis model

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Reduction in intramuscular LCFA-CoAs is linked to high insulin sensitivity

University of Texas, Austin - Retinol inhibited growth of colon cancer cells

University of Tokyo - Billroth I and Roux-en-Y procedures compared in gastric carcinoma

University of Turin - Pemetrexed used to treat non-small cell lung cancer

University of Ulm - G-protein-coupled receptor kinase contains an accessorial autoregulatory domain

University of Utrecht - Health-risk behavior in patients with head and neck cancer analyzed

University of Utrecht Medical Center - Olanzapine reduces physical activity in hyperactive patients

University of Utrecht Medical Center - Precoagulation minimizes blood loss in pig model

University of Virginia - Optimum management of patients with low-grade gliomas investigated

University of Washington - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may be linked to weight maintenance in elderly

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - PCR at 6 weeks of age increases diagnosis of HIV infection in low resource settings

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - New findings in the area of virology detailed

Velindre Cancer Center, Cardiff - Greater awareness needed for adverse impact of anemia on cancer patients

Walter & Eliza Hall Inst. for Medical Research, Parkville - Study of merozoite surfaces provides insight into erythrocyte invasion, anti-parasite immunity