Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly

Lipid Sciences, Inc. - Company focused on lipids announces sale of real estate assets totaling $5.4M

Louisiana State University - Intravaginal live challenge leads to new immunopathogenesis hypothesis

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital - Bleomycin resistance stems from faulty transport mechanisms

Mayo Clinic - Hepatitis C contributes to persistent ascites after liver transplantation

Mayo Clinic - Steatosis isn't linked to recurrent HCV in the year after liver transplantation

McMaster University - Antitumor immunity determined by the tumor not vaccine

Medicare Fraud - West Virginia prosecutors say chiropractor case shows fraud won't be tolerated

Medrad, Inc. - Consorta inks supply agreement for vascular injection system, related products

Meharry Medical College - Food restriction reduces age-related sensitivity to oxidized lipids

National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin - MRI scans could be "acceptable alternative" to X-rays

Natl. Jewish Medicine & Research Center, Denver - Cytosolic phospholipase A₂ alpha targets the phagosome membrane

Oregon Health Science University - Melanocortin-4 receptor agonist effect on energy homeostasis assessed

Oxford Health Plan - Managed care plan expands to include beneficiaries in two New York counties

Pennsylvania State University - Exercise more critical than calcium for adolescent bones

Personnel - LifeRamp senior vice president for advocacy and public relations announced

PharmaNet - Duu-Gong Wu joins drug development firm as senior director

Pharmion Corporation - Thalidomide Pharmion approved in Turkey for multiple myeloma

Polish Academy of Sciences - Human antisperm antibody response in SCID mice is complex

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong - Psychiatric morbidity, marital maladjustment affect Chinese menopausal women

QLT Inc. - Study will investigate safety, efficacy of PFTA as adjunct to Visudyne therapy

Quality Assurance - Toolkit available to help hospitals improve care and safety in ICUs

Radcliffe Infirmary - U.K. study shows substantial reduction in stroke over past 20 years

Russian Academy of Sciences - Novel assay provides rapid detection of 2,4-D and simazine pesticides

Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. - Eloxatin study demonstrates benefit over standard colon cancer therapy

Science Applications International - David Hardison joins IT firm's life sciences practice

Silverlink Communications - Voice applications provider announces new board member

Spinal Concepts, Inc. - Nex-Link Implant system launched for posterior cervicothoracic spinal fixation

St. Louis University - Transvaginal tape causes greater postoperative changes

Staffing - U.S. physician shortage are expected to peak by 2020

Stanford University - Stress-induced cellular gene expression characterized

SuperGen, Inc. - First component of Dacogen New Drug Application submitted to FDA

Templeton Imaging Medical Corp., Inc. - Molecular Imaging signs imaging services agreement

The GELITA Group - Osteoarthritis patients report improved function in collagen hydrolysate study

Tobacco Use - British health secretary sets off storm with comments on smoking

Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company names vice president, process development

Trestle Holdings, Inc. - Harborview adopts new technology to facilitate intraoperative consultations

Trimeris, Inc. - Research agreement renewed for development of novel HIV entry inhibitors

U.S. National Cancer Institute - New models offer insight into the mechanics of thalidomide analogues

Univ. Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio De Janeiro - Epidemiology and prognosis of fusarium infection in HSCT recipients elucidated

Univ. Louis Pasteur Strasbourg - Impaired IL-18 release activated with protein I/II

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Dendritic cells made to overexpress CCL21 stimulate tumor immunity

Univ. of Texas Southwestern - Patients with traumatic bone injuries have unrecognized anxiety

Univ. of Western Australia - Maternal age and complications in pregnancy or birth may be risk factors

University of Arizona - Aurora-2 is a potential target for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

University of British Columbia - Peripheral olfactory ensheathing cells augment healing after spinal cord injury

University of Florida - Lowly weeds may hold promise for curing host of common health woes

University of Hamburg - Neurodegeneration and amyloid plaques occur in transgenic Drosophila

University of Minnesota - Naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal increases thalamic mast cells

University of New S. Wales - Clofazimine in lipiodol diminishes liver tumors in rodent cancer models

University of Pennsylvania - Olfactory dysfunction occurs in mice overexpressing human tau protein

University of Porto - Downregulated Bcl-2 or xIAP enhances the efficacy of breast cancer chemotherapy

University of South Carolina - Preschool policies and practices affect children's physical activity

University of Utah - Unusual ''senseless'' 2',5'-oligoribonucleotide has potent anti-HIV activity

University of Western Ontario - Diabetes prevention using transgenic plants requires GAD and IL-4

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - 60% of surveyed RNs say ICUs don't have oral care protocol to reduce VAP risk

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Phase II trial to study Cloretazine in adult patients with recurrent gliomas

Yale University - Yale professor receives Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving award