Health and Medicine Week

Gene Research - A small interfering RNA expression vector library defines apoptosis pathways

Gene Research - Interleukin-10 variations influence immune response to hepatitis vaccine

Gene Research - Provider of RNAi research tools offers new format of RNAi library product

Gene Research - Validation, evaluation testing of U.S. FDA-cleared diagnostic microarray chip

Gene Research - Variations in gene of key brain protein associated with autism, researchers find

Gene Sequencing - Technology is a step toward the $1000 personal genome

Gene Silencing - Positional modifications affect short interfering RNA activity

Gene Silencing - RNA interference elicits tumor response despite hypoxia-induced VEGF-A

Gene Silencing - Researchers target the transcription start site of DNA

Gene Therapy - Adeno-associated virus vectors in central nervous system reviewed

Gene Therapy - Enhanced CD20 expression in tumor B cells controlled by ERK-dependent mechanisms

Gene Transfer - SART-1 gene transduction causes cellular destruction

Generic Drugs - Approval granted to market Glimepiride; Vogseal launched in Japan

Generic Drugs - Private labels making steady inroads into U.S. nonprescription drug market

Generic Drugs - U.S. FDA approves packaging for multi-dose generic Carboplatin

Generic Drugs - U.S. FDA grants tentative approval of tramadol and acetaminophen tablets

Genetics - Novel protocol improves microarray gene marker identification

Genetics & Genomics -  ZNF446 protein may be transcriptional repressor in MAPK signaling

Genetics & Genomics - CisMols Analyzer identifies similar cis-clusters in gene sets

Genetics & Genomics - Filtering methods for time course microarray data compared

Genetics & Genomics - John West, CEO of Solexa, talks to The Wall Street Transcript

Genetics & Genomics - Microfluidic device detects single-nucleotide polymorphisms

Genetics & Genomics - Technology company to collaborate with hospital in gene analysis

Genital Herpesvirus Infection - Topical microbicides needed for prevention of genital herpes infections

Genomics - Genomics company to provide physicians on patient's genetic profile

Geriatrics - Assisted living and in-home care increase as nursing home beds decline

Geriatrics - Multivitamins don't prevent infections in older people

Gerontology - Obesity has effect on disability, not life expectancy, for adults 70+

Glioblastoma - Radiotherapy found effective in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Glycemic Control - Three multiple injection regimens for type 1 diabetes compared

Gout - End-of-phase 2 U.S. FDA review on gout therapy complete, phase 3 trial to begin

Grants - Company awarded SBIR grant for cardiac modeling

Grants - Scientists Invited to apply for new Alzheimer drug discovery grant program

HAM/TSP Pathogenesis - Interferon-beta 1a affects immune mechanisms central to HAM/TSP pathogenesis

HIV/AIDS - Pharma firm reaches agreement with Brazilian government for AIDS drug

HIV/AIDS Coinfection -  Neisseria gonorrhoeae enhances infection of dendritic cells by HIV-1

HIV/AIDS Disease Progression Risk Factors - Pattern/type of non-injection drug use associated with progression to AIDS

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Amino acid Asn136 of HIV-1 RT enables rational design of RT inhibitors

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Mesuol inhibits HIV-1 replication by targeting NF-kappa B pathway

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Short hairpin RNAs targeting human cyclin T1 suppresses HIV-1 replication

HIV/AIDS Education - Low health literacy associated with HIV test acceptance

HIV/AIDS Education - Peer education or lecture increases HIV/AIDS knowledge among college students

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Differential susceptibility important determinant of steady-state HIV prevalence

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Majority of HIV-1 cases among Africa-born patients in Minnesota are non-B

HIV/AIDS Needlestick Injury - Postexposure practice inadequate in medical students with needlestick injury

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Calciviruses may be important opportunistic pathogen in HIV-infected children

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - CD4+ cells have impaired base excision repair/oxidative base lesion accumulation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Cultured myeloid dendritic cells from HIV patients fail to differentiate

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV Tat induction of IL-10 dysregulation associated with PKR activation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Infectivity of CXCR4-using isolates depends on CD4 expression

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Peripheral S-phase T cells in HIV disease have a central memory phenotype

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

HIV/AIDS Perinatal Transmission - Nevirapine resistance after single NVP dose higher in women with HIV-1 subtype C

HIV/AIDS Pharmacokinetics - Body weight/female gender affects enfuvirtide clearance but not safety/efficacy

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV prevention program increases willingness to reduce adolescent risk behaviors

HIV/AIDS Prognostic Marker - Early HIV-1 PBMC DNA level predicts disease progression independent of RNA/CD4+

HIV/AIDS Research - CHMP offers positive opinion in Europe for Tipranavir

HIV/AIDS Research - Enrollment complete in phase 1 trial of PRO 140

HIV/AIDS Research - Phase 1/2a study results indicate maraviroc is well tolerated

HIV/AIDS Research - Phase IIb sudy shows Reverset trial results reported

HIV/AIDS Research - Single-chain antibody against HIV-1 external glycoprotein gp120 developed

HIV/AIDS Research - Soluble HIV trimeric Env fragment adopting prefusion gp41 structure developed

HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior - Adults with severe mental illness engage in risky sexual behaviors

HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior - Sexual risk behavior is high among youths in psychiatric care

HIV/AIDS Susceptibility - Screening test may be developed to determine susceptibility to HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Company begins phase III trials with aplaviroc (873140) for HIV treatment

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Company provides update of HIV/AIDS drug candidate

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Findings describe new data in HIV/AIDS therapy research

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV therapy success rates similar in developing and developed world

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Highly active antiretrovirals for HIV can substantially reduce AIDS rates

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Long-term safety data of antiretroviral in HIV patients with hepatitis reported

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Pharmacokinetics study results presented on once-daily HIV combination therapy

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Phorbol derivative shows promise as anti-HIV agent

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Study shows effectiveness of protease inhibitor in AIDS treatment

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Trial data on HIV antiviral therapy presented at international AIDS meeting

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Incorporation of ABO antigens by HIV-1 may affect viral transmission

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Data on PA-457 drug activity after oral dose in HIV-infected patients presented

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Invirase boosted with ritonavir not associated with development of resistance

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Patients more satisfied with once-daily dosing of EPZICOM

HIV/AIDS Treatment Failure - Prevalence of virologic response disappears after 96 weeks on HAART

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV-1 glycoprotein inhibits B cell chemotaxis to chemokine ligands

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - SHIV-specific T cell responses in vaccinated macaques analyzed

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - New findings in HIV/AIDS vaccines described

HIV/AIDS-Related Drug Use - Methadone treatment decreases heroin overdose-related mortality in HIV patients

HIV/AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma - HAART plus liposomal doxorubicin induces tumor remission in HIV-related KS

Haemonchus Vaccines - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of haemonchus vaccines

Head & Neck Cancer - Paclitaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil and radiotherapy managed SCC

Headache - Acupuncture cuts tension headache rates by almost half

Health Insurance - Humana adds health savings account option to its Smart products

Health Needs Assessment - Health needs assessment is reliable means of identifying patients' needs

Health Promotion - Avoid risks of summer heat to diabetic feet

Healthcare Access - Outreach initiative provides safe return for older adults who wander

Healthcare Access - Survey examines Americans' beliefs on government intervention in healthcare

Healthcare Costs - Web tool developer introduces e-mail autoresponder for health insurance quotes

Healthcare Coverage - Bank of America to deliver health savings accounts

Healthcare Coverage - Consumers paying an average of $348 less this year for HSA-eligible plans

Healthcare Coverage - Elderplan expands into the Bronx

Healthcare Coverage - Guardian announces free Maximum Rollover and reduced rates for dental insurance

Healthcare Coverage - HealthNow New York selects MEDai's predictive modeling solution

Healthcare Coverage - Private sector group to help uninsured with prescription medicines

Heart Disease - Neuropathy is important predictor of baroreflex sensitivity in diabetes

Heart Disease - Response to oral bacteria may be more relevant to HD than periodontic signs

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Cardiac dysfunction linked to altered myocardial insulin signaling

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Researchers find differences in a predictor of heart disease among sexes, races

Heart Failure - Data supports advancement of cardiac myosin activator

Heart Failure - Distribution agreement to expand access to automated BNP assay

Heart Failure - Novel immunoassay detects B-type natriuretic peptide at picomolar levels

Heart Failure - Recent studies add new data to heart failure research

Heart Failure - Spironolactone prescriptions increased after study publication

Heartburn - U.S. FDA accepts filing of NDA for ZEGERID Chewable Tablets

Heatstroke - Three high school football players died from heatstroke last year

Hematology - Genetically modified natural killer cells overcome HLA-mediated resistance

Hematology - Hematologic follow-up recommended for patients treated with radioiodine

Hematology - Researchers describe findings in hematology studies

Hematopoietic - ESCs grown without embryonic fibroblasts/conditioned media undergo hematopoiesis

Hemolytic Uremia -  Streptococcus pneumoniae plus hemolytic uremia is rare in Canada

Henoch-Schonlein Nephritis - Azathioprine improves efficacy of steroid treatment in children

Heparin - Homer-1a studied, roles in pyramidal cell homeostatic regulation revealed

Hepatic Resection - Novel ultrasound-directed technique used in major hepatic resections

Hepatitis B Epidemiology - Human saliva is a vehicle for hepatitis B virus transmission

Hepatitis B Prevention - School-based factors predict the success of hepatitis B immunization programs

Hepatitis B Therapy - HIV therapy tenofovir battles hepatitis B infection

Hepatitis B Therapy - Oral tenofovir stops woodchuck hepatitis virus infection in woodchucks

Hepatitis B Therapy - Peginterferon is superior therapy for hepatitis B e antigen-positive infection

Hepatitis C Therapy - Findings advance knowledge in hepatitis c therapy research

Hepatitis C Therapy - First demonstration of systemic siRNA efficacy at therapeutic doses published

Hepatitis C Therapy - Ursodeoxycholic acid normalizes lipid peroxides in patients with hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Treatment - Development of nucleoside analog for treating hepatitis C initiated in Japan

Hepatitis C Virus - Antivirals defeat hepatitis C in cirrhotic patients after liver transplants

Hepatitis C Virus - CD8+ T cell response to hepatitis C infection wanes over time

Hepatitis C Virus - Company initiates phase Ib study of GI-5005 for chronic hepatitis C infection

Hepatocellular Cancer - Sirolimus improves the survival of patients transplanted for liver cancer

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Interferon prevents liver cancer in chronic hepatitis C non-responders

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Lipogenic enzymes proliferate in primary liver cancer

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Risk factors associated with bile leakage after hepatic resection

Hepatoma - Transforming growth factor beta mediated apoptosis in human hepatoma cells

Herpesvirus - Data advance knowledge in herpesvirus research

Herpesvirus - Varicella-zoster virus prevalence in day-care workers in Lyon reported

Hip Replacement - Acetabular augmentation ring doesn't prevent redislocation

Hip Replacement - Aprotinin and EACA treatment reduces post-THA blood loss

Hip Replacement - Hypersensitivity may cause osteolysis in patients with metal prosthesis

Hippocampus - Hippcampal synaptic transmission analyzed, modulation revealed

Hodgkin Lymphoma - An unusual presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma reported

Home Healthcare - Iowa home care providers make union selection

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Research add new data to hormone replacement therapy body of knowledge

Hormones - Researchers' data advance hormones research

Human Papillomavirus - Anti-sera against L2 neutralized papillomavirus types

Human Papillomavirus - HPV produced independently of viral replication

Human Papillomavirus - HPV-like particles stabilized by non-ionic surfactants

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Anti-papillomavirus vaccines and prevention of cervical cancer reviewed

Hyperaldosteronism - BK channel dysfunction may underlie forms of hyperaldosteronism

Hyperlipidemia - Clinicians must be aggressive about hyperlipidemia in transplant patients

Hypertension - ACE I/D polymorphism is not useful to predict anti-HT treatment response

Hypertension - Ambulatory monitoring identifies patients missed by office blood pressure checks

Hypertension - Children operated for aortal coarctation have more arterial rigidity

Hypertension - Hypertension examined, role of exercise in myocardial function clarified

Hypertension - TGF beta 1 overproduction linked to heart abnormalities in obesity

Hypoglycemia - CYP2C9 slow metabolizer genotypes increase severe hypoglycemia risk

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Ductal anatomy plays key role in stenting outcome

Imaging - Electronics company and RaySearch Laboratories expand strategic relationship

Imaging - Entities plan cooperative efforts in medical imaging, diagnostics, therapy

Imaging - Estimation of pulmonary artery pressure by MRI was not feasible

Imaging - MDCT arthrography good for assessing hip dysplasia

Imaging - MR spectroscopy helps identify cancerous breast tumors, study authors report

Imaging - Nevada radiologists add Open Bore MRI

Imaging - Quantum dots programmed to glow in presence of enzyme activity

Imaging - Study shows relationship between fMRI signals and cell activity in brain

Imidazole - Iodinated nitroimidazoles used as radiosensitizers

Immunity - Chemerin examined, neutrophil-mediated maturation demonstrated

Immunodeficiency - Defective gene linked to two inherited immune deficiencies

Immunogenetics - Immunoglobulin KV genes isolated by PCR from macaque genomic DNA

Immunotherapy - GCAN 101 trial underway

Infant Mortality - Georgia WalkAmerica Campaign raises over $6 million to prevent birth defects

Infection - Gonococci studied, effect on carcinoembryonic antigen-expressing B cells shown

Infection Control - Data: Pathogen inactivation process improves ACL reconstructive surgery results

Infectious Diseases - Galectin-1 examined, effect on Nipah virus and dendritic cells defined

Infectious Diseases - Risk to community of exposure to bacteria from previously hospitalized patients

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for IBD patients

Influenza - Genotyper could diagnose patients, identify new flu strains quickly

Influenza Vaccine - Loneliness reduces immune response to influenza vaccine in students

Influenza Vaccine - Two influenza vaccine doses do not improve response in cancer patients

Influenza Virus - Perforin and Fas cytolytic pathways select escape variants of influenza

Information Technology - Baylor Health Care System uses IT portfolio management

Information Technology - Beta-blocker therapy trial included in journal used information from database

Information Technology - California medical center signs agreement for remote coding technology, services

Information Technology - Columbus Children's Hospital uses Galvanon's MediKiosk

Information Technology - Company delivers security compliance management product to CHS

Information Technology - Duke University Hospital selects Compliance 360 Solution

Information Technology - Electronic health record management software now available to outpatient clients

Information Technology - FDA clears donor room management system

Information Technology - Government gave 100 grants to state, local agencies for HIT efforts, report says

Information Technology - Health insurer initiates secure electronic prescribing program

Information Technology - Hospitals company to launch remote monitoring critical care software system

Information Technology - IT company introduces new version of radiotherapy treatment planning software

Information Technology - Information technology provider announces Medicare Part D functionality

Information Technology - Institute for Transfusion Medicine turns to Quovadx for data integration

Information Technology - Insurance company subsidiary invests in Optical Image Technology Inc.

Information Technology - Journal features article on human implantable identification microchip

Information Technology - Lab automation provider announces availability of Vision Verification System

Information Technology - Maker of patient monitoring equipment to install quote management software

Information Technology - Medical publisher releases emergency medicine study guide online

Information Technology - Medical transaction company reaccredited by electronic healthcare organization

Information Technology - Michael Reese Hospital selects revenue cycle outsourcing solution

Information Technology - New technology makes blood gas testing safer and faster

Information Technology - OPTIMIZE-HF registry selected for heart failure program

Information Technology - Platform automates extraction and reaction setup for molecular diagnostic labs

Information Technology - Research and advisory services company releases Internet pharma technology tool

Information Technology - Sunrise advanced clinical solutions deployed at Milwaukee Children's Hospital

Information Technology - TV systems company launches interactive media division for healthcare facilities

Information Technology - U.K. MHRA licenses pharmacovigilance detection and management software system

Information Technology - Upgrade for electronic lab notebook software released

Information Technology - Vancouver Coastal Health selects secure electronic identity and access system

Information Technology - Web-based programs help ease parents' fears about myringotomy and tonsillectomy

Information Technology - eArray 3.5 launched to enable online microarray design collaboration

Information Technology - mdEssential combines speech recognition and natural language processing

Infusion Pump - U.S. FDA issues notice classifying infusion pump as Class I recall

Injury Prevention - Injuries sustained at home a leading cause of death for children, teens

Insomnia - FDA approves ROZEREM (ramelteon), sleep medication

Insomnia - New drug application accepted for insomnia treatment

Insomnia - U.S. FDA grants approval for ramelteon therapeutic for treatment of insomnia

Insulin Resistance - Atherosclerosis linked to insulin resistance

Insulin Resistance - High fat diets modulate genes required for mitochondrial function

Insulin Resistance - PPAR-gamma-activating angiotensin receptor blockers induce adiponectin

Insulin Resistance - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of insulin resistance

Interneurons - Opioid receptors studied, functional expression clarified

Intimal Hyperplasia - Patient enrolment in study of therapy to prevent blood vessel blockage complete

Intraocular Lens - Impact of IOL design on high-order aberrations determined

Ischemia - Glomerular epithelial cell injury studied, role of ER protein shown

Ischemia - Recent findings illuminate research in ischemia

Kidney Cancer - Distance to normal renal parenchyma in NSS did not affect survival

Kidney Cancer - Gene therapy designed to seek VHL mutations may benefit renal cancer patients

Kidney Disease - Company reports positive results from DCOR trial favoring use of Renagel

Kidney Disease - Dialysis treatment choice affects risk of death in end-stage kidney disease

Kidney Disease - Many with chronic kidney disease don't receive recommended medical care

Knee Replacement - Epidural analgesia improves early post-TKA rehabilitation

Knee Replacement - Epinephrine-augmented hypotensive epidural anesthesia lowers blood loss

Knee Replacement - Modular patellofemoral prosthesis produces excellent results

Knee Replacement - NexGen cruciate-retaining implant has good long-term outcome

Laboratory Methods - Faster sequencing of DNA possible

Laboratory Methods - Gene-silencing technique offers new strategy for treating, curing disease

Learning - Humans can learn without remembering

Legal Issues - Biomaterials company to settle shareholder suits

Legal Issues - Court grants motion to dismiss class-action complaint against NDCHealth

Leptin Studies - Perigestational weight gain suppression lowers F1 generation weight

Leptospirosis - Blood monocyte glycolipoprotein studied, Leptospira activation demonstrated

Leptospirosis Vaccine - DNA vaccine protects against Leptospira interrogans challenge

Leukemia - Amino acid concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid measured in ALL children

Leukemia - Blood stem cell transplant from a relative better option for children

Leukemia - Children do not show increased susceptibility for developing secondary AML

Leukemia - Fecal fungal flora of immunosuppressed patients studied

Leukemia - Glycated fibrinogen-methotrexate conjugates showed antileukemic activity

Leukemia - Intrathecal chemotherapy evaluated in children with acute leukemia

Leukemia - MLL fusion proteins suppressed p53-mediated response to DNA damage

Leukemia - Master regulatory gene guides fate of blood-producing stem cells

Leukemia - Study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark

Lice - Wet combing 4x more effective than chemical treatments for head lice

Listeriosis Vaccine -  Listeria-infected myeloid dendritic cells activate T cells

Liver Cancer - Dynamin 2 interactions let radiation send adenoviruses into liver cells

Liver Cancer - Microwave tissue coagulation yields acceptable results in resected livers

Liver Cancer - New findings in liver cancer described

Liver Cancer - Researchers discover link between viral infection and liver cancer

Liver Neoplasm - Bilirubin level fluctuation after hepatectomies justified drain maintenance

Liver Transplant - Causes of early acute graft failure elucidated

Liver Transplantation - Artificial neural network and genotyping predict liver cancer recurrence

Longevity - Family of life-extending genes discovered

Longevity - Gene expression in the aging brain

Lung Cancer - Accelerated radiotherapy scheme used to treat NSCLC

Lung Cancer - Acute esophageal toxicity detected in NSCLC cancer patients after radiotherapy

Lung Cancer - Building a better mouse model of lung cancer: Fhit counts

Lung Cancer - Current approaches in chemotherapy of advanced and metastatic NSCLC detailed

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer diagnosed with low-dose helical CT

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer incidence increasing in Sardinia

Lung Cancer - Novel human tRNA-dihydrouridine synthase involved in pulmonary carcinogenesis

Lung Cancer - Relationship between charcoal cigarette filters and lung cancer risk evaluated

Lung Transplant - BLT1-mediated T-cell trafficking plays key role in rejection

Lung Transplant - Oxygenation ratio shows promise as early graft dysfunction marker

Lyme Disease - Bacteria hijack tick proteins to spread Lyme disease

Lyme Disease Vaccine - Vaccine based on a C-terminal fragment of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA examined

Lymphoma - MTAP gene silenced by promoter hypermethylation in lymphoma cells

Lymphoma - Researchers confirm existence of a second protection system for cells

Lymphoma Vaccine - Intratumoral injection of naive dendritic cells effective for lymphoma

MALT Lymphoma - Clinical features of Helicobacter heilmannii infection studied

MMR Vaccines - Recent findings in MMR vaccines provide new insights

Malaria -  P. falciparum malaria occurred in visitors to E. Coast of Dominican Republic

Malaria -  Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR peptides studied, RBC binding defined

Malaria - Findings in malaria provide new insights

Malaria - Parasite-specific IgM plays role in immune response to malaria

Malaria Transmission - Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria

Malaria Vaccine -  A. nancymaae is an animal model for malaria subunit vaccine development

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium falciparum protein localizes to parasitophorous vacuole

Malnutrition - Arm circumference works well as mortality predictor in sub-Saharan Africa

Market Analysis - Biological and silver dressings lead growth in $1.5B burn market

Market Analysis - Pharma companies rate life cycle management functions as adequate

Marketing - Allergan to co-promote ophthalmic solution through multiple client sales force

Marketing - Genomics company launches new corporate marketing and product branding campaign

Marketing - Hospital products supplier adds new medical technologies to market line

Marketing - Market report indicates makers of lung cancer drugs spend $38 million on launch

Measles Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in measles vaccines studies

Medical Devices - Company reports first U.S. sale of cardiac output monitor to Florida clinic site

Medical Devices - Deproteinised natural rubber latex gloves introduced

Medical Devices - Immunicon announces quality system certification

Medical Devices - Ingen Technologies introduces OxyView

Medical Devices - Scientific instrument supplier debuts superconducting magnets

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA grants clearance for marketing spinal systems in the U.S.

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA grants fast track designation for emphysema therapy

Medical Devices - Vortex EX and Vortex EX Max infusion ports introduced

Medical Imaging - Novel system enables automated micro PET-CT-SPECT image fusion

Medical Malpractice - Washington roundtable business executives endorse I-330 liability reform

Medicare - Aetna and MHA forge alliance to serve long term care pharmacy needs

Medicare - Grocery chain, CMS launch program to help give seniors access to drug benefits

Melanoma - Outcomes after cervical lymph node dissection evaluated

Melanoma - Relation of cutaneous, ocular, and visceral melanoma to ethnicity analyzed

Melanoma - Saponins exhibited cytotoxic effect on human tumor cell lines

Melanoma Vaccine - Autoimmune toxicities linked to antitumor vaccines and low-dose IL-2

Melanoma Vaccine - Hybrid peptide enhances CD4+ T-cell response in DR4-transgenic mice

Melanoma Vaccine - Melanoma patients do not respond to plasmid DNA vaccine encoding MART-1

Melanoma Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in melanoma vaccines research

Melasma - FRAXEL laser technology for melasama treatment cleared by U.S. FDA

Meningitis Vaccine -  Haemophilus influenzae vaccine eliminates Hib infection in Gambia

Meningitis Vaccine - Antibiotic exposure impedes pneumococcal meningitis vaccine protection

Meningitis Vaccine - Outer membrane vesicles from N. meningitidis for vaccines characterized

Meningitis Vaccine - Vaccine program does not cause modifications in Hib meningitis strains

Meningitis Vaccines - Studies add new findings to meningitis vaccines body of knowledge

Menopause - Book provides advice on menopause, symptom relief

Mental Health - Coalition cites crisis in mental health system

Mental Health - Depression in Croatian type 2 diabetic patients examined

Mental Health - Dr. Ed Knight receives psychiatric rehab association Chairperson's Award

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of Primus Corporation by Ireland-based biotech company complete

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of aaaiPharma Products by branded pharmaceutical company complete

Mergers & Acquisitions - Agreement signed to purchase Kirk Pharmaceuticals

Mergers & Acquisitions - Berkshire Partners to acquire National Vision for $7.25 per share

Mergers & Acquisitions - Healthcare Technologies signs agreement for the acquisition of Immvarx, Inc.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Healthcare supply chain company acquires Med-Data Management

Mergers & Acquisitions - Hematech, LLC becomes subsidiary of collaborating antibody production company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Home healthcare provider executes agreement to acquire Home Care Plus W Virginia

Mergers & Acquisitions - Invitrogen signs definitive agreement to acquire BioSource International

Mergers & Acquisitions - Israeli generic drug company to acquire IVAX Corporation for $7.4 billion

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical software company completes acquisition of nuMedica's paper charting

Mergers & Acquisitions - Operator of assisted living community acquires additional senior living business

Mergers & Acquisitions - Orthopedic rehabilitation company to acquire PSHS Beta Partners, Ltd.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Pharma company shareholders vote for acquisition by Hospira

Mergers & Acquisitions - Pharmaceutical provider for the elderly expands by acquisition

Mergers & Acquisitions - Protein therapeutics firm acquires LemnaGene S.A.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Specialty pharmacy and distribution company to be acquired by Express Scripts

Mergers & Acquisitions - Stockholders of protein deficiency-focused company approve acquisition by Shire

Mesothelioma - Cases of localized malignant mesothelioma discussed

Metabolic Syndrome - Insulin receptor activator and PPAR agonist used for metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome - Mortality and diabetes risks linked to metabolic syndrome reviewed

Metabolic Syndrome - Signs of atherosclerosis seen in apparently healthy young adults

Metabolic Syndrome - Tobacco smoke raises risk of metabolic syndrome in teens

Metabolic Syndrome - Visfatin gene expression in isolated adipocytes investigated

Metastasis - Cornell researcher uncovers details of how cancer spreads

Metastasis - New understanding of cell movement may yield ways to brake cancer's spread

Microbiology -  Lactobacillus acidophilus by-products stimulate embryo cell proliferation

Molecular Biology - Molecular partners required for appropriate neuronal gene repression

Molecular Chaperones - ER/Golgi SNARE complex formation examined, chaperone regulation revealed

Morbid Obesity - Perineal prostatectomy useful for prostate cancer in morbid obesity

Mucin - Gastric mucin secretion analyzed, growth factor receptor mediation clarified

Multidrug Resistant - Carbapenem use {{>=}}7 days risks multidrug resistant to P. aeruginosa

Multiple Myeloma - COX-2 is an independent predictor of poor outcome in multiple myeloma

Multiple Myeloma - Cancer-testis antigens correlate with plasma-cell proliferation

Multiple Sclerosis - Modulation of blood vessels is affected by baroreflex dysfunction in MS

Muscular Dystrophy - Muscle side population cells reveal myogenic potential

Muscular Dystrophy - Research casts doubt on circulating stem cells

Muscular Dystrophy - Safety and efficacy of creatine and glutamine evaluated

Musculoskeletal Tumors - Usefulness and limitations of ultrasound-guided core biopsy assessed

Mycobacterium Avium - High-temperature/short-time pasteurization inactivates M. avium in milk

Mycobacterium Kansasii - High phenotypic variability of M. kansassi may complicate identification

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Early treatment improves MTB-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Inducible promoter generates conditional Mycobacerium tuberculosis auxotroph

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Pyrosequencing assay rapidly detects rifampin-resistant M. tuberculosis

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Virulence of MTB isolates dependent on phenolic glycolipid produced by bacilli

Mycoplasma Bovis -  Mycoplasma bovis analyzed, new adhesin in low-passaged strain identified

Mycosis Fungoides - Therapeutic approach to mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome addressed

Myeloma - Case of reactive plasmacytosis mimicking multiple myeloma found in pSS patient

Myocardial Infarction - Conditioning technique mitigates ischemic injury, improves perfusion

Myocardial Infarction - Early EPS/ICD treatment doesn't improve outcome for high-risk patients

Myocardial Infarction - NT-proBNP and renin are predictors of MI risk after stroke or ischemic attack

Myocardial Infarction - Research links poor aspirin response to increased risk of heart attack or stroke

Myocardial Infarction - Researchers use ultrasound to describe subtle heart muscle motions

Myocardial Infarction - Seeded scaffolds intervene to aid the infarcted heart

Myocardial Infarction - Study compared protein expression after ischemia and I/R

Myocardial Infarction - Tissue regeneration operates differently than expected

Myocardial Infarction - Treatment with captopril and valsartan produced similar cardiac changes

Nasal Cancer - Dosimetric and clinical results of 3D CRT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma revealed

Natriuretic Peptides - Natriuretic peptides analyzed, effect on gallbladder muscle defined

Neonatal Mortality - Babies born at night have greater risk of death

Neural Development - Medial cortical development studied, Frizzled protein expression clarified

Neuroblastoma - Customized gene chip rapidly detects genetic changes in childhood cancer

Neurodegenerative Diseases - Nerve cells' power plants caught in a traffic jam

Neurodegenerative Diseases - Neurodegenerative diseases examined, protein aggregation behavior predicted

Neurodegenerative Diseases - Study examined decreased uptake of MIBG in Lewy body disease

Neurology - Ganglion vanilloid receptor expression studied, afferent roles clarified

Neurology - New findings in neurology described

Neurology - Prostaglandin effect analyzed, role of EP2 and EP4 receptors defined

Neurology - Serotonin receptor expression analyzed, hippocampal ontogeny clarified

Neurology - Vestibular nuclear complex examined, subregions defined

Neuropathic Pain - Lacosamide data positive in Phase III trial

Neuropathy - Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy studied, electrodiagnosis clarified

Neuropathy - ND6 gene mutations cause Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Neuroscience - A single molecule - Nova - helps control proteins that control synapses

Neuroscience - Age-related changes in white matter microstructure characterized via DTI

Neuroscience - Amperometry used to monitor PC12 cell exocytotic events

Neuroscience - Calpain inhibitors may play a therapeutic role in NMDA-related disease

Neuroscience - Cochlear Ca²⁺ signaling analyzed, role of nitric oxide clarified

Neuroscience - Findings in neuroscience provide new insights

Neuroscience - GGA proteins examined, retrograde beta-secretase transport revealed

Neuroscience - Glutamate receptors analyzed, synapse formation dynamics clarified

Neuroscience - Mouse retinal nuclear elements favor endogenous gene repair activity

Neuroscience - Nab proteins examined, role in peripheral nervous system myelination revealed

Neuroscience - Operating systems developer powers application to measure vision and movement

Neurosteroids - Neurosteroid receptor studied, sensitivity to endocrine disruption reported

Neurotoxins - Neonatal MSG treatment has deleterious effects on rat behavior

Neurotransmitters - Blood-retinal barrier studied, nature of Leu transport defined

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Data safety monitoring board recommends continuation of MyVax phase III trial

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with occupational exposure

Norovirus - Multiplex real time RT-PCR assay quantitates norovirus genogroups I and II

Nosocomial Infections - Healthcare system starts MRSA screening program

Nosocomial Infections - Hospital buying group contracts to supply infection control products

Nosocomial Infections - Molecular epidemiology traces hepatitis C outbreaks in a hemodialysis unit

Nutrition - Malnutrition and obesity increasingly co-exist in global community

Obesity Epidemiology - Global patterns of nutritional risk and economic development estimated

Obesity Pathogenesis - New data illuminates research in obesity pathogenesis

Obesity Pathogenesis - Obesity-related gene expression in visceral adipose tissue discussed

Obesity Surgery - Effects of weight loss after biliopancreatic diversion examined

Obesity Surgery - Gastric banding using two different band types compared

Obesity Surgery - Inpatient pain medication after laparoscopic gastric bypass examined

Obesity Surgery - Jejuno-jejunal anastomosis perforation after gastric bypass described

Obesity Surgery - Laparoscopic obesity surgery in super-obese patients safe and effective

Obesity Surgery - Recent findings illuminate research in obesity surgery

Obesity Surgery - Strategies to prevent rhabdomyolysis in bariatric surgery presented

Obesity Surgery - Symptomatic pneumoperitoneum after gastric band removal reported

Obesity Therapy - New medically supervised weight-loss program introduced

Obesity Therapy - Reports add new data to obesity therapy research

Obesity and Diabetes - Adipose tissue metabolism and CD11b expression in obesity examined

Obesity and Diabetes - C-reactive protein linked to body fat and diabetes in Asian Indians

Obesity and Diabetes - Data advance knowledge in obesity and diabetes research

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Medication eases obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Streptococcal infection linked to OCD, Tourette's, and tic disorder

Obstetrics - Findings describe new data in obstetrics research

Obstetrics - Study reveals effective way for women to breathe easier during labor

Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Alternative therapy proposed for mild sleep-disordered breathing in children

Occupational Health - Occupational deaths among healthcare workers reported

Ocular Cancer - New treatment for ocular tumors using membrane FasL vesicles developed

Oligodendrocytes - NG2-positive cells examined, roles in CNS and demyelinating diseases clarified

Oncogenesis - New findings in oncogenesis described

Oncology - Heparanase helps establish cancer metastasis to the bone

Oncology - Low VEGF levels may indicate lung cancer's response to gefitinib

Oncology - Mathematical model predicts effect of acidity on tumor growth

Oncology - Microvascular density predicts the survival of bladder cancer patients

Oncology - Oblimersen enhances the antitumor effects of gimatecan in melanoma xenografts

Oncology - Recent findings illuminate research in oncology

Oncology - Securin is a biomarker for breast cancer invasion

Ophthalmic Contact Dermatitis - Sodium lauryl sulfate improves patch test sensitivity

Ophthalmology - Choroidal neovascularization resolves after laser beam injury to the eye

Ophthalmology - High-grade myopia is linked to regions of chromosome 2

Ophthalmology - Plasmid DNA encoding interleukin-18 attacks herpetic stromal keratitis

Ophthalmology - Scientists characterize proteome of human cornea

Ophthalmology - Scientists propose method to score outcomes in corneal replacement surgery

Opiates - Novel chromatography system efficiently separates opiate alkaloids

Oral Cancers - Chemiluminescence aided in detection of oral cancer and epithelial lesions

Oral Health - Salivary pleomorphic adenomas produce a number of VEGF splicing forms

Oral Radiology - Extraoral radiographs often over-prescribed

Organochlorine Toxicity - Fat substitute decreased Arochlor contamination in obese diabetic man

Orthodontics - Fixation type doesn't affect osseointegrated implant anchorage

Orthodontics - Novel stainless steel bracket provides improved performance

Orthopedics - A new SOST gene mutation associates with skeletal hyperostosis in siblings

Orthopedics - Surgical site infection surveillance of orthopedic procedures reported

Osteomyelitis - Novel goat model facilitates research

Osteoporosis - Bone mineral density test helps determine osteoporosis treatment strategy

Osteoporosis - Indo-Danish collaboration for osteoporosis research

Osteoporosis - New findings in osteoporosis described

Otorhinolaryngology - Use of anterolateral thigh flaps to reconstruct head and neck defects evaluated

Ovarian Cancer - Chemotherapy affected mutation frequency of ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian Cancer - Relation of androgens and receptors to ovarian cancer risk analyzed

Pain Management - Colorectal distension-induced visceral pain studied, role of sauvagine defined

Pain Management - I-Flow announces new managed care contracts for InfuSystem's oncology services

Pain Management - Role of NMDA receptors in neuropathic pain clarified

Pain Medicine - Novel approach prevents baclofen pump catheter migration

Pamidronate - Pamidronate and 1,24(S)-dihydroxyvitamin D-2 inhibited growth of cancer cells

Pancreatic Cancer - Current diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in China reported

Pancreatic Cancer - New treatment modalities for pancreatic adenocarcinoma needed

Pancreatic Cancer - Older Americans with new-onset diabetes have high risk of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer - Osteoclast-like giant cell tumor of pancreas with ductal adenocarcinoma examined

Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma - Factors predicting recurrence after pancreatic ductal carcinoma resection listed

Panduratin A - Panduratin A induced apoptosis in human colon cancer HT-29 cells

Paralysis - Electrical exercise system gives paralysis sufferers power to recover strength

Parkinson Disease - Amphetamine-related drugs effective in treating a mouse model of Parkinson

Parkinson Disease - MPP+-induced BimEL expression underlies dopaminergic cell death

Parkinson Disease - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of Parkinson disease

Patellofemoral Arthritis - Alternatives to patellofemoral arthroplasty reviewed

Patents - Biopharmaceutical firm awarded U.S. patent for AVR118

Patents - Company files U.S. patent application for family of DNA antimicrobial agents

Patents - Company receives notice of allowance for key U.S. EVLT patent

Patents - European patent granted for DNA technology to detect fetal genetic abnormalities

Patents - Medical devices company files patent infringement lawsuit against Diomed

Patents - Patent to be issued for new device to optimize radiation treatments

Patents - U.S. patent issued for use of line scanning in virtual microscopy

Patient Education - English proficiency a major hurdle in patient comprehension

Patient Education - Many discharged patients do not know diagnoses, medications, side effects

Patient Follow-Up - Telephone follow-up experiences at Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program shared

Pediatric Asthma Therapy - Inhaled corticosteroids don't stunt growth in prepubertal patients

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - Surgery for aortic coarctation has excellent results in children under 1 yr. old

Pediatric Epilepsy Therapy - Vitamin D supplement doesn't prevent treatment-induced osteopenia

Pediatric Obesity - Waist size is associated with metabolic syndrome in children

Pediatric Radiology - Ambient Experience radiology suite opens at Illinois children's hospital

Pediatric Respiratory Medicine - Partial cerebellar resection disrupts respiratory control in children

Perception - Researchers crack the perception code

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - PCI with drug-eluting stents highly cost-effective in Germany

Personnel - Alan M. Solinger, MD, named clinical immunology VP by biopharmaceutical company

Personnel - Arun Chockalingam, PhD, named secretary general of World Hypertension League

Personnel - Benefit management company's executive elected to professional association

Personnel - Cancer therapeutics developer names Rotherham, Myers to executive positions

Personnel - Carl Gill named general manager of Florida hospice care program

Personnel - Clinical trial company appoints new CFO: John Hallinan

Personnel - Company focusing on osteoporosis adds member to board

Personnel - Contract research organization appoints global clinical trial management

Personnel - Daniel L. Hartman, MD, named senior VP, product development by genetics company

Personnel - Darren Braccia joins biosciences company as VP of business development

Personnel - David C. Weavil named chief executive officer by clinical reference laboratory

Personnel - David Gury appointed to board of directors at cardiology firm

Personnel - David M. Cordani named president of CIGNA HealthCare

Personnel - Dean Blechman, Twinlab founding family member, named to nutrition company board

Personnel - Diagnostic imaging systems company names Joseph Cooper senior radiology manager

Personnel - Diagnostic test company names experienced U.S. diagnostics executive to head R&D

Personnel - Diagnostics company adds biomedical veterans to management team

Personnel - Diagnostics company elects Beverly A. Huss to board of directors

Personnel - Diagnostics company names Monte W. Wiltse vice president of sales and marketing

Personnel - Dr. James Koziarz joins advisory board of diagnostics company

Personnel - Genomics-based drug-discovery company names Ian D. Malcolm VP

Personnel - Health Net of California names marketing and product development officer

Personnel - Health services company forms physician advisory committee for clinical quality

Personnel - HealthFocus International names Rohit Vaidya VP for research and analysis

Personnel - Horizon Health announces appointment of C. Thomas Smith as a director

Personnel - IQ Medical announces new officers and directors

Personnel - Icoria adds Anna Mae Diehl, MD, to its scientific advisory board

Personnel - Information technology company adds member to advisory board

Personnel - IntraLase stockholders elect board members

Personnel - IntraPace announces Chuck Brynelsen as new CEO

Personnel - James Smith named COO by manufacturer of biopsy, tissue excision products

Personnel - Jay B. Langner added to board at diagnostics firm

Personnel - John F. Cogan joins Gilead Sciences board of directors

Personnel - John O'Mullane named group VP, R&D, consumer health care, by healthcare company

Personnel - Jonathan Stein, PhD joins SpectraCell's scientific staff

Personnel - Leo Albert named VP of finance by acute care hospitals, medical centers company

Personnel - Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, named to pharmaceuticals scientific advisory board

Personnel - Life sciences commercialization firm adds Glass, McElligott to management team

Personnel - Medical imaging systems company announces new senior management team

Personnel - On-site diagnostic tests producer appoints member to board of directors

Personnel - Pharma company adds member to scientific advisory board

Personnel - Pharmaceutical developer names Dan McKay VP, intellectual property

Personnel - Physical therapy management services company elects member to board of directors

Personnel - Santa Jeremy Ono, PhD, named chief scientific officer by therapeutics developer

Personnel - Simon, Schroff named to executive board of German DNA-focused biotech company

Personnel - Thomas A. Davis, MD named chief medical officer; to lead clinical development

Personnel - Vaccine organization appoints M. M. Sharma to board of directors

Pertussis - G protein signaling analyzed, nature of functional selectivity defined

Pharmaceutical Research - Improved RNA amplification garners more cells for cancer vaccines

Pharmaceutical Research - Report focuses on outsourcing trends released

Pharmaceutical Research - Research examines pharma competitive intelligence strategies

Pharmaceutical Research - Research examines role of medical affairs in pharma companies

Pharmacology - Effects of bisphosphonates on ion channels characterized

Pheromones - Olfactory-like receptor cDNAs examined, human lingual cDNA libraries identified

Philanthropy - Circus to fund research on endotheliotropic herpes viruses

Philanthropy - Companies partner to send medical supplies to needy hospitals in Latin America

Phosphorylation - Cone visual pigment examined, kinase phosphorylation revealed

Photomedicine - Hypericin enacts a multifocal attack on angiogenesis when kept in the dark

Physiology -  Candida albicans examined, histatin-induced effects described

Physiology - Actin cytoskeleton examined, role of ezrin phosphorylation defined

Physiology - Nesprin localization, role of lamin revealed

Physiology - Researchers describe findings in physiology studies

Pituitary Gland - Pituitary secretory granule proteins examined, retrieval and reuse clarified

Plague Vaccine - Mutant of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis protects against plague

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Safety of pneumococcal vaccine in organ transplant recipients examined

Pneumococcal Vaccines - Data advance knowledge in pneumococcal vaccines research

Pneumonia -  C. pneumoniae kills cells by a caspase-independent pathway

Pneumonia - Pneumococcal pneumonia examined, nature of innate immune defense clarified

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Cambodian war refugees experience psychiatric disorders after resettlement

Predictive Modeling - Health Dialog brings predictive modeling expertise to UK healthcare initiative

Presenilin - Researchers' work adds to presenilin body of knowledge

Privacy - CMS ending contingency for non-HIPAA-compliant Medicare claims

Product Licensing - California university expands licenses of data mining systems biology software

Product Licensing - Company licenses additional patent to Melanotan Corp., gets shares of Epitan

Product Licensing - Disposable glove patent licensed to Microflex

Product Licensing - Florida medical school signs license agreement for coenzyme with holding company

Product Licensing - Genentech has licensed rights to use ImmunoGen's TAP technology

Product Licensing - Hythiam adds HANDS licensee in San Francisco Bay area

Product Licensing - License agreement for homocysteine assay inked

Product Licensing - Pharma company enters license agreement with Lavipharm Laboratories

Product Licensing - Roche Diagnostics grants rights to commercialize NT-proBNP

Product Recall - Agency announces Class I recall of Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps

Progenitor Cells - Epithelial lung cell differentiation studied, protein interactions revealed

Prognostics - CT scans predicted weight of Wilms tumor

Prostate Cancer - AMACR expression altered in prostatic adenocarcinoma following hormone therapy

Prostate Cancer - AMACR expression is significantly associated with prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Adenocarcinoma of the prostate discussed

Prostate Cancer - Anticancer mechanism arrests early prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Concept of hormone therapy in metastatic prostate cancer reappraised

Prostate Cancer - Coping strategies for prostate cancer reviewed

Prostate Cancer - External beam radiotherapy used as curative treatment of prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Findings describe new data in prostate cancer research

Prostate Cancer - Maintaining lifestyle top of men's list when choosing a prostate cancer therapy

Prostate Cancer - Omega-6 fatty acids cause prostate tumor cell growth in culture

Prostate Cancer - PSA level measured after high-dose radiotherapy of localized prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Phase III Trial: Provenge extends survival in advanced prostate cancer patients

Prostate Cancer - Predictors of prostate cancer screening among health fair participants assessed

Prostate Cancer - Predictors of response in patients to salvage radiotherapy assessed

Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer incidence in Guadeloupe estimated

Prostate Cancer - Reasonable delay of surgical treatment in men did not impact prognosis

Prostate Cancer - Trial of ozarelix in patients with hormone-dependent prostate cancer initiated

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - CTL-directed peptides spread immune response to PSA protein

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Monitoring in trial of prostate-specific antigen DNA vaccine reported

Prostatitis - Diagnosis of nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis analyzed

Protease Inhibitors - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes analyzed, regulatory aspects clarified

Protein Expression - Vascular smooth muscle cells studied, p27 expression clarified

Protein Import -  Saccharomyces cerevisiae studied, PTS1 protein import process clarified

Protein Kinase - Muscle sodium channels examined, effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor defined

Proteomics - CD105 erases the effects of transforming growth factor on vessel growth

Proteomics - Hepatitis C N-linked glycans are instrumental to cell entry and protein folding

Proteomics - Kinase functional diversity analyzed, role of residue variation defined

Proteomics - Leukocyte diapedesis analyzed, effect at the blood-retina barrier clarified

Proteomics - Protein-protein interactions in cancer detailed

Proteomics - Research in proteomics provides new insights

Proteomics - Researchers determine protein structure of electrical signals in the brain

Proteomics - Six new phosphorylation-site profiling services announced

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei - New surgical strategy examined for treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei

Public Health - Association between primary care and health outcomes in cities is complex

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Increased ADMA plasma levels are associated with poor outcome in IPAH

Pulmonary Hypertension - Assessment of cardiopulmonary function reviewed

Quadriceps Tendon Rupture - Repair technique based on transpatellar PDS cerclage effective

Radiation Mutagenesis - NBS1 deficiency increased ionizing radiation mutagenesis

Radiation Therapy - DNA repair genes make lung cancer cells resist radiotherapy

Radiation Therapy - Data: Electronic brachytherapy accurately delivers nonradioactive radiation

Radiation Therapy - Novel algorithm reduces CT metal artifacts during treatment planning

Radiation Therapy - Risk of CV mortality after irradiation for childhood cancer is increased

Receptors -  Amaranthus leucocarpus lectin studied, T lymphocyte receptor identified

Receptors - Adenosine receptor studied, functional importance of surfactant revealed

Receptors - Galanin receptor analyzed, important pharmacophores for binding identified

Receptors - Galanin receptors analyzed, gastrointestinal content quantified

Receptors - Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor studied, conformational changes clarified

Receptors - Myocyte oscillatory currents studied, sodium nitroprusside inhibition revealed

Receptors - Neuropeptide receptors examined, expression in neuroblastoma cells clarified

Reconstructive Surgery - Calf augmentation with silicone implants safe and effective

Reconstructive Surgery - Novel approach ensures intracranial nasofrontal dermoid sinus resection

Reconstructive Surgery - Researchers describe findings in reconstructive surgery studies

Rectal Cancer - Digital fusion imaging diagnosed local recurrence of rectal cancer

Rectal Cancer - Hydronephrosis used as prognostic factor in pelvic recurrence from rectal cancer

Rectal Cancer - Local staging of rectal carcinoma discussed

Rectal Cancer - Long-term anorectal dysfunction occurred after postoperative radiotherapy

Rectal Cancer - Role of CEA and CA 19-9 in adjuvant radiochemotherapy assessed

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome - Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome association publishes brochure

Renal Cell Cancer - Renal cell carcinoma reported secondary to tuberculous nephritis

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Platelet-derived growth factor blockade stops kidney cancer progression

Renal Physiology - Vasonatrin peptide analyzed, renal glomeruli and arterial receptors clarified

Reproduction - Reproductive receptor potential ion channels studied, localization reported

Reproductive Medicine - Progesterone is a major mediator of endometrial angiogenesis

Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Nitric oxide added to CPAP treatment improves oxygenation

Respiratory Medicine - Expanded development agreement for asthma, other respiratory therapies signed

Respiratory Medicine - Inhaled corticosteroid delivery devices reviewed

Respiratory Medicine - Positive final results of in vitro antiviral efficacy studies released

Restorative Dentistry - Antibiotic-loaded membranes enhance guided tissue regeneration

Retinal Dystrophy - Advances in visual prosthesis technology reviewed

Retinoblastoma - Neurokinin-1-receptor antagonist acted as antitumoral agent on retinoblastoma

Retinopathy - Adeno-associated viral vectors transport therapeutic genes into the retina

Retinoschisis - Gene therapy works in mice to prevent blindness that strikes boys

Rosacea - Phase 3 trial examinig Oracea for rosacea presented at conference

Rotavirus Vaccine - IgA levels induced by rotavirus vaccine not correlated with protection

SARS - Anti-SARS-coronavirus drugs are crucial for control of future outbreaks

SARS - Inhibitors of cellular enzymes could be developed for SARS treatment

SARS - Novel macaque model developed

SARS - Protective mask usefulness during SARS outbreak varies among healthcare workers

SARS - Quarantine is cost saving and effective in containing emerging infections

SARS Vaccines - Researchers' findings advance SARS vaccines research

Salivary Glands - Intraoral minor salivary gland tumors characterized

Salivary Glands - Pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands analyzed

Salivary Glands - Salivary gland tumors studied in a Brazilian population

Sarcomas - Mechanisms of sarcomagenesis analyzed

Sarcomas - Sarcoma management in adolescents and young adults reported

Schizophrenia - Potential diagnostic tool offers new hope for schizophrenia sufferers

Schizophrenia - Prenatal exposure to famine increases risk of schizophrenia

Sexual & Reproductive Health -  N. gonorrhoeae transferrin binding proteins induce antibodies

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Fertility center offers egg banking

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Newly researched infertility treatment comes to western U.S.

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Survey reveals personal sacrifices take a toll on infertile women

Sinonasal Tumors - Endoscopic management of sinonasal tumors discussed

Sinusitis - Chronic sinus infection thought to be tissue issue, but it's snot

Skin Cancer - Indoor UV tanning facilities encouraged to provide health risks information

Skin Cancer - Is melanoma being overdiagnosed in the United States?

Skin Cancer - Primitive nonneural granular cell tumors of skin analyzed clinicopathologically

Skin Grafting - Principles of plastic reconstruction for advanced carcinoma of eyelids discussed

Sleep Disorders - Sleep disorders are often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed

Smallpox Vaccine - Bacteria act as delivery system for vaccines against bioterrorism agent

Smallpox Vaccine - Researchers predict effects of behavioral changes in a smallpox attack model

Smallpox Vaccine - Stable/effective smallpox vaccine constructed from highly attenuated vaccinia

Sociology - People with severe mental illness at high risk to be crime victims

Soft Tissue Infection - Bedside sonography useful for ER diagnosis

Spermatogenesis - Spermatogenesis analyzed, nuclear envelope remodeling elucidated

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Factors affecting survival in patients with oral cancer described

Staphylococcus Aureus - Common food preservative may have antibiotic properties

Statins - Rosuvastatin may be an option for patients requiring 50% LDL reduction

Stem Cell Research - BMSCs have limited plasticity to transdifferentiate into cardiac cells in vitro

Stem Cell Research - Bone graft clinical trial expanded to include Nebraska Medical Center

Stem Cell Research - Collaboration to isolate stem cell-specific differentiation markers

Stem Cell Research - Dopamine specifically inhibits forebrain neural stem cell proliferation

Stem Cell Research - Physician's research indicates new source for stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Postnatal muscle-derived stem cells have extra capacity for self-renewal

Stem Cell Research - Provider of stem cell transplantation, therapy passes 200 cord blood transplants

Stem Cell Research - TGF-beta 1 tightly regulates intestinal mast cell growth/phenotype/function

Stem Cell Research - TGF-beta-1-2-3 & IFN-beta induce hepatocyte growth factor secretion by microglia

Stem Cell Transplantation - CD133+ SCs used for haploidentically mismatched peripheral blood SCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - Fibrinolytic test findings may facilitate early VOD diagnosis in pediatric HSCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - HLH patients with NK-cell deficiency type 3 will probably require SCT to survive

Stem Cell Transplantation - High-dose cyclophosphamide effective for refractory MM after SCT relapse

Stem Cell Transplantation - Mesenchymal stem cell transplants can improve heart function

Stem Cell Transplantation - Most HLH patients using matched related or unrelated donor survive SCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - New research in the area of stem cell transplantation detailed

Stem Cell Transplantation - Nonmyeloablative SCT corrects disease phenotype in leukocyte adhesion deficiency

Stem Cell Transplantation - Reduced-intensity SCT successful in malignant lymphoma/ileostomy patient

Stomach Cancer - Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase implicated in risk of stomach cancer

Stroke - Angiopoietin-2 supports VEGF-induced brain angiogenesis

Stroke - Atherosclerosis and cervical artery dissection are not well examined

Stroke - Black people more likely to survive a stroke than white people

Stroke - Expansion of SAINT II phase III trial with CEROVIVE announced

Stroke - Protein array helps assess outcomes in human stroke

Stroke - Right-brain stroke could be underdiagnosed

Stroke - Study analyzed outcomes of stroke patients requiring ventilation

Stroke - Study examined predictors of reocclusion in stroke patients treated with tPA

Stroke - Transthoracic ECG should be performed for all stroke patients in sinus rhythm

Stroke Risk Factors - Influenza vaccination associated with reduced risk of stroke

Surgery - Australian-based researchers perform real-time cell surgery in California

Surgical Technology - Device company reports first fiscal quarter revenue increases 30%

Surgical Technology - First animal implant of new ventricular assist pulsatile pump announced

Surgical Technology - Innocoll, Inc. enters into agreement with Surgical-IOC

Surgical Technology - Orthopedic products company reports second quarter financial results

Surgical Technology - Texas clinic to offer computer-assisted surgery for total knee replacement

Surgical Technology - U.S. FDA clears disposable spacer molds for knee revision surgery

Surgical Units - Graphic scores, analyses enable assessment of pediatric cardiac surgical unit

Synapses - Findings in synapses provide new insights

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - First patient treated in pivotal phase III lupus nephritis study

TIssue Injury - Tissue and nerve injury studied, analgesic effects clarified

Technology - Expensive IT investment for the NHS at risk without staff backing

Tetanus - ADACEL vaccine begins shipping in the U.S.

Thalassemia - Single-tube osmotic fragility test suitable for diagnosis

Thyroid Gland - MIB-1 compared with topoisomerase II-alpha immunostaining

Thyroid Gland - Minimum follow-up time required for estimation of cure rate of cancer patients

Tissue Engineering - Autologous blood vessels engineered from human cells

Tissue Engineering - BMP-2 induces chondrocyte-specific gene expression in synovium-derived SCs

Tissue Engineering - Cultured porcine cartilage pellets used to study rheumatoid arthritis

Tissue Engineering - Keratocan examined, regulation by lumican revealed

Tissue Engineering - Tissue engineering for airway reconstruction avoids tracheotomy

Tissue Engineering - Tissue-engineered vascular autografts seeded with autologous bone marrow cells

Toxoplasma Gondii - Stage-specificity of SRS Ags determines immunogenicity in T. gondi infection

Toxoplasmosis Vaccines - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of toxoplasmosis vaccines

Transcription Factors - Transcription factor ERM studied, inhibitory role of SUMO clarified

Transplant Medicine - Contrast agent allows better MRI screening of living liver donors

Transplant Medicine - Lower lung function scores prior to transplant signal respiratory failure, death

Transplant Medicine - Recent findings illuminate research in transplant medicine

Tuberculosis - Beijing genotype is a major cause of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Kazakhstan

Tuberculosis - Differential regulation of local immune response crucial for containment of MTB

Tuberculosis - ELISA more sensitive than immunoblotting for detection of tuberculosis antibody

Tuberculosis - High prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in Kampala

Tuberculosis - Low sunlight/vegetarian diet cause of vitamin D deficiency in foreigners with TB

Tuberculosis - Pharma company joins consortium to develop tuberculosis drugs

Tuberculosis - Short-course chemotherapy safe/effective in pediatric respiratory tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Targeted screening strategies for pulmonary tuberculosis in prisons unreliable

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis drugs not handled properly in lower southern Thailand

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis risk patterns determined for recent immigrants to Ontario

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Detection of TB in refugee communities leads to screening changes

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Order of BCG and DNA vaccines not critical to protect against bovine TB

Tuberculous Meningitis - Isoniazid + rifampicin resistance strongly predictive of death in TB meningitis

Tularemia Vaccine - Vaccination strategies for Francisella tularensis reviewed

Tularemia Vaccines - Studies describe new findings in tularemia vaccines research

Tumor Suppression - Interleukin-12 immunotherapy hastens the demise of solid tumors

Type 1 Diabetes - Pancreatic islet transplantation stabilizes diabetes-related pathologies

Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes center makes recommendations on diet fat content for type 2 patients

Urology - Preoperative chlormadinone reduces blood loss during prostate surgery

Vaccine Adjuvant - Nontoxic E. coli toxins promote antigen-specific immune responses

Vaccine Development - DNA vaccines for biodefense reviewed

Vaccine Development - Development progress of particulate vaccines for biowarfare reviewed

Vaccine Development - Method to rapidly assess antigen-specific T-cell response developed

Vaccine Safety - Yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease causes fatality

Vaccine Vector - EIAV-based lentiviral vectors efficient for corneal transduction

Vaccine Vector - Immune responses to adeno-associated virus vectors reviewed

Vaccine Vector - New recombinant serotypes of AAV vectors reviewed

Vaccine Vector - Viral vectors for use in development of biodefense vaccines reviewed

Vaccines Adjuvant - Recent findings in vaccines adjuvant described

Vaccinia Virus Vaccine - Human vaccinia immune globulin preparation has biological activity

Vascular Disease - Heritable deficiency of antioxidant enzymes favors ROS accumulation

Vasculitis - Persisting endothelial dysfunction in vasculitis may have consequences

Venous Leg Ulcer - Low-level laser therapy doesn't enhance wound healing

Viral Vectors - Adeno-associated viral vectors for clinical gene transfer studies

Virology - Data advance knowledge in virology research

Virology - GB virus C protects patients coinfected with HIV

Virology - Mosquito densonucleosis viruses studied, different infection phenotypes revealed

Virology - NESI protein is essential for the assembly of hepatitis delta virus

Virology - Positive results reported on five projects using Neugene antisense drugs

Virology Vaccines - Studies describe new findings in virology vaccines research

Visceral Leishmaniasis - Novel triphenyl tin complex active against Leishmania donovani

Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate measurements in serum compared

Water-borne Illness - Lasers key to handheld gas and liquid sensors

Weight Control - Internet approach may aid long-term weight gain prevention

Weight Loss - Orlistat-induced weight loss reduces IL-6 and C-reactive protein levels

Weight Loss - Outpatient weight management in African-Americans discussed

Weight Loss - Power of suggestion may help dieters avoid specific foods

West Nile Fever - WNF encephalitis may present with functional/intellectual impairment in elderly

Wound Care - Stress slows wound healing; oxygen helps

Yersinia - MAPK/NF-kappa B inhibition needed for rapid apoptosis in infected cells