Health Insurance Week

Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston - Bivalirudin and eptifibatide plus heparin reduced total thrombus formation and fibrin deposition

Monsanto Company - Monsanto announces $1 million leadership gift

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Ketogenic diet may prevent the progression of ALS

Nanjing University - Acute liver injury following T cell-mediated immune response modeled in mice

Nanoprobes Inc. - Gold nanoparticles delineate angiogenesis in murine models

Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo - Photochemical internalization augments EGF-saporin affinity toxin

Novartis Institute Biomedical Research Vienna - A novel low molecular weight inhibitor of dendritic cells, B cells blocks allergic inflammation

Obstetrics - Pregnancy care advocates challenge traditional methods of care for women during pregnancy and labor

Oita Prefectural Hospital - Lung cancer treated by modified intrapleural cisplatin therapy

Ophthalmology - Cuttlefish are masters of disguise despite colorblindness

Ophthalmology - Eye patches are not necessary after most corneal abrasions

Ophthalmology - Lasik and PRK surgeries for nearsightedness are found equally effective at restoring vision

OptiNose AS - Nasal spray pump that is breath actuated improves delivery to target sites

Osaka Medical College - Breast cancer fine needle aspiration cytology specimens contain overexpressed genes

Palatin Technologies, Inc. - Palatin Technologies, Inc. to raise $27 million in offering

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chaiwan - Rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic sphincter-preserving total mesorectal excision

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Pennsylvania Governor Rendell stresses importance of bioscience research

Personnel - Cigna appoints Rebekah Whitehouse as chief marketing officer

Personnel - MedQuest appoints Todd E. Andrews as chief financial officer

Pfizer Inc - Pfizer to expand neuroscience research with acquisition of Rinat Neuroscience

Phytomedics Inc. - G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, joins Phytomedics Inc. board of directors

Pioneer Valley Private Hospital, Bucasia - Mirtazapine does not have serotonergic effects in humans

Quality Assurance - Thomson Micromedex, Geisenger Health team to develop evidence-based decision support products

Research and Markets - Continence nurses in the U.S. aid patients in management of urinary incontinence

Research and Markets - Report suggests promotional costs are higher than R&D yet receive less attention

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo - Head and neck cancer is controlled by therapy combining tetrathiomolybdate and radiation

Royal Veterinary College, London - Bovine noroviruses share cross-reactive epitope with human noroviruses

SPO Medical Inc. - SPO Medical reports 2005 gross revenues of $1,825,000, Q4 revenues up 24.7%

Sahlgrens University Hospital, Gothenburg - Findings from Sweden, Germany and the United States advance knowledge in radiotherapy research

San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Researchers from Italy, Israel and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Seattle Genetics receives notice of patents granted on anti-CD30 antibodies for Hodgkin

Shanghai Jiao Tong University - New data from the People's Republic of China, Canada and Sweden lluminates research in angiology

Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus - New research from Denmark, Russia and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Spectrum presents data from intravesical instillation trial of apaziquone in bladder cancer

St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst - Patent foramen ovale risk in mouse is based on multiple processes under separate genetic control

Stanford University - Research from the United States, Brazil and France in virology provides new insights

Stanford University Medical Center - U.S. lags in rate of publishing embryonic stem cell studies, Stanford researcher finds

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore - Wasting in tuberculosis associated with depletion of whole-body lean and fat tissue

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia - Limb-lead reversal axes are predictable within an average of 5 degrees

Tokushima Bunri University, Shido - Endonuclease G participates in nucleosomal DNA fragmentation

Tokyo Medical University - Reports from Japan and the United States describe recent advances in imaging research

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Researchers' findings from Japan, Israel and the United States advance biomedical engineering research

Trinity Biotech plc - Trinity Biotech announces registered offering of $25 million of American depositary shares

Tufts University, Boston - Diabetic endothelial progenitor cells deliver delayed reendothelialization due to thrombospondin-1

Tufts University, Boston - Mega-brands have mega influence on dietary behavior

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - HIV-infected adolescents unlikely to initiate HIV testing

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers from the United States, France and People's Republic of China detail new studies and findings in the area of proteins

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Violence prevention agenda is established at U.S. CDC

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Signal transduction in epithelial cell invasion by Campylobacter is examined

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Suicidality is slightly increased in children taking antidepressant drugs

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA approves methylphenidate patch to treat ADHD in children

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Multidrug resistance in cancer targeted with newly developed drugs

Universidad Catolica de Chile - New data from Chile, Japan and the United States lluminates research in diabetes

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels - Researchers' data from Belgium, the United States and Turkey advance hepatitis B virus research

University College London - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States describe new findings in HIV/AIDS research

University Hospital Hached, Sousse - Tobacco-related health knowledge lacking in medical students in Tunisia

University Hospital, Frankfurt - In patients with low, moderate Ca scores, MDCT coronary angiography is promising technique

University of Bonn - Recent findings from Germany and the United States illuminate research in melanoma

University of California, Irvine - Embryonic stem cell survival mediated by neurotrophins

University of California, Irvine - Researchers from the United States and Japan publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

University of California, Los Angeles - Cortical thickness differences in men and women may influence gender-specific abilities

University of California, San Francisco - Cardiovascular disease risk may be associated with low leukocyte telomerase

University of Grenada - Researchers' data from Spain and the United States advance HIV/AIDS research

University of Helsinki - Microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal tumors differentiated by genome

University of Manchester - Reports from the United Kingdom, Turkey and United States describe recent advances in diabetes research

University of Nebraska - Studies from the United States and Japan describe new findings in hepatitis C virus research

University of Paris 13 - Hepatocellular carcinoma development in cirrhotic patients modulated by genetic polymorphisms

University of Parma - Statins may inhibit ABCA1-mediated lipid efflux only in select conditions

University of Patras - Impact of providing booklets about chemotherapy to newly diagnosed cancer patients studied

University of Pittsburgh - Prostate cancer apoptosis associated with C16 ceramide accumulation

University of Reading - Isolated soy isoflavones show no effect on metabolic cardiovascular biomarkers

University of Regensburg - Studies from Germany, Spain and France advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

University of Sheffield - Role of osteoprotegerin in cancer reviewed

University of Toronto - Insulin therapy protects against most hypoglycemic counterregulatory defects in diabetic rat

University of Vermont College of Medicine - New findings in typhoid fever described from the United States and Israel

University of Yamanashi - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from Switzerland, Israel and the United States

Veteran Research Foundation, Oklahoma City - Gastric electrical stimulation activates gastric-related neurons in paraventricular nucleus

Washington University, St. Louis - Human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal nonkeratinizing squamous cell cancer characterized

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Japan and United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Wyeth Research - During ischemia/reperfusion injury, rotigaptide reduces infarct size and prevents arrhythmias

XDx - XDx announced data validate benefits of molecular testing in transplant patients

Yale University, New Haven - Reports from the United States, Germany and Denmark describe recent advances in obesity research

York University - Researchers' work from Canada, the United States and Sweden adds to diabetes body of knowledge

sanofi-aventis - Dosing study initiated for GLP-1 agonist in metformin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes.