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INSERM U556, Lyon - Vibroacoustography holds promise for brachytherapy metal seed imaging

IVAX Corp. - Company receives final approval on benazepril HCl/HCTZ tablets

Infant Care - Contact lenses could help some infants

Innovative Cos., Inc. - Heath-products company reports positive third quarter earnings

Interpore Cross International - Implant company's 2003 revenues increase by 20% over 2002

JohnsonDiversey, Inc. - Infection-control company launches fight against avian flu

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome - Gene for rare vascular disorder identified

Legal Issues - Attorney given prison sentence for City of Hope theft case

Legal Issues - Restrictions pursued for OTC cold medications containing meth ingredient

Lumenos - Survey: Programs encourage behavior changes that lead to healthier outcomes

Mahidol University -  P. vivax heightens erythrocyte deformability

Mahidol University - Factors affecting vector competence of dengue virus mosquitoes studied

Marshall Edwards, Inc. - Anticancer drug Phenoxodiol produces promising results

Metabolon, Inc. - Metabolomics company awarded biomarker study collaboration

National Cancer Institute, Bari - VEGF might be a predictor of gastric cancer transformation

National Dentex Corp. - Dental lab company reports increased sales for fourth quarter and full year 2003

Natl. Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science, Hyogo - Cultured alumina ceramics could prevent aseptic loosening of joint implants

Natl. Inst. of Pharm. Ed. & Research, Nagar - Amino acid-conjugated quinolinamines are potent antimalarials

Neurochem Inc. - FDA grants fast track approval for Fibrillex

Novo Nordisk - Diabetes company names Michael Mawby as chief government affairs officer

Ovarian Cancer - Guidelines help ovarian cancer patients receive proper treatment referrals

Patents - Ruling invalidating University of Rochester pain-drug is upheld

Personnel - Hythiam names David Smith, MD, as senior vice president of medical affairs

Postpartum Depression - Magellan identifies barriers to diagnosis, treatment of postpartum depression

Procter & Gamble - Few women regard spinal fractures as a sign of bone thinning

Quality Partners of Rhode Island - Signed consent requirement for influenza vaccination should be eliminated

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Benazepril Hydrochloride Tablets approved for marketing

Rockefeller University - A new cis-acting replication element will provide insight into HCV RNA action

Royal Hallamshire Hospital - Celiac disease can impair TB therapy

Sarnoff Corp. - Locus Pharmaceuticals wins drug-design patents

Serenex, Inc. - Drug discovery and pharmaceutical companies sign research agreement

Stanford University - Having an outlet for stress may lower patients' mortality risk

State Medicaid - Massachusetts governor to propose new way to care for elderly

Turku University - Myocardial perfusion not linked to peripheral endothelial function

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Breastfeeding longer is beneficial

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Medical examiner database useful for fatal infectious disease surveillance

U.S. National Inst. of Standards & Technology - Laser method identifies, counts toxic molecules

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Database on blood and marrow stem cell transplants now available online

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Troglitazone prevents increased activity of 11-beta-HSD-1 in diabetic islets

University Hospital, Tours - Rapid preoxygenation is more effective for women with acute obstetric emergency

University of Cambridge - Glycoprotein M need in herpes morphogenesis varies among virus family members

University of Chicago - GATA1 mutations are common children with Down syndrome

University of Connecticut - COX-2-derived prostaglandin E-2 is a potent breast cancer stimulant

University of Malawi - Food tastes stronger when you're hungry

University of Maryland - Entropic switch regulates myristate exposure in HIV matrix protein

University of Utah - The macular pigment Raman detector assesses carotenoid status in the retina

University of Washington - Exposure to low-level magnetic fields causes DNA damage in rat brain cells

University of the Mediterranean - Platelets reorient endothelial adhesion of infected RBC

Veteran Care - Staffing at Mississippi veterans' homes questioned

Washington University - Targeted molecular autofluoresence can detect murine intestinal adenomas

Wayne State University - Effusions from patients with cancer harbor high levels of angiostatin