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Mater Medical Research Institute - Dendritic cell subpopulations in inflammatory bowel disease characterized

Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry - Placental development and mouse survival requires a specific ubiquitin ligase

Mayo Clinic - Painful legs in children linked to family history, iron deficiency

Merck KGaA - Schott AG Lumitec OLED research and development project acquired

Military Medical College II, Shanghai - Small interfering RNA silences the SARS coronavirus spike gene

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company announces management changes

Minrad, Inc. - Technology company and pharma company merge, announce U.S. pharma division

Monsanto company - Agriculture technology company provides financial guidance

Morphotek, Inc. - Biotechnology company appoints senior vice president of clinical development

Municipal Institute for Investigative Medicine, Ba - Mortality rates were higher in women with first Q-wave myocardial infarction

NEC America, Inc. - Mobile phone offers fitness solution

NY State Inst. for Basic Res. in Devlopmtl. Dis. - Proteomic studies detect aberrant gene expression in autistic brains

Nagoya University - Novel microtubule-associated protein identified in mice

Neoprobe Corporation - Surgical technology company announces issuance of financing

Nippon Dent. University of Tokyo - Structure of a cytolethal distending toxin elucidated

Northern General Hospital - Major factors improve angiogenesis in tissue-engineered skin

NovaDel Pharma Inc. - Pharma company names chief financial officer

NuVasive, Inc. - Medical device company announces management changes

Oklahoma State University - Heritability of gene expression measured in human cell lines

PDI, Inc. - Outsourced sales and marketing services company announces financial estimates

Pain Management - U.S. government approves new drug by Irish-based manufacturer for severe pain

Peak 10 - Clinical trial-focused data management company picks services provider

Ramp Corp. - HealthRamp announces Medicare e-prescribing rule-compliance status

Rovira i Virgili University - Humans exposed to polybrominated diphenyl ethers through diet

Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville - People working in public health and genetics need to collaborate

Royal Veterinary College - What makes a fast racehorse?

Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk - Lipid imbalances in patients with tick-borne encephalitis reported

Seoul National University - Microchip device facilitates chiral analysis of amine

Smoking-Related Cancers - Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes may affect smoking-related cancer proneness

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - New treatment guidelines for reducing death from childhood cancers published

Stanford University - Genes with prognostic value identified in childhood AML with FLT3 mutations

Stem Cell Research - Britain opens national stem cell bank

Technical University of Munich - Effects of varicella vaccination on herpes zoster incidence studied

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries - Israeli pharmaceutical company releases generic antihypertensive drug

The College Network - Educational publisher announces alliance with National League for Nursing

Theratechnologies - Company gets $12 million for Macroflux projects, requests U.S. FDA meeting

Thomson BioWorld - Information source to biotechnology industry releases RNAi report

ThyroTec, Inc. - New U.S. FDA-approved test detects thyroid disease in minutes

Tufts-New England Medical Center - Adherence to diet, not type of diet, more important factor for losing weight

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Enhancing ceramide levels inhibits HIV infection

U.S. Surgical - Novation contracts awarded for wound closure, surgical stapling, other products

UCB Pharma, Inc. - Pharma company submits applications for antiepileptic and intravenous Keppra

URAC - Accreditation company appoints health IT professional Kathryn Creech to board

Univ. of Occupational & Env. Health, Kitakyushu - Ventricular pacing improved sleep in apnea patient with ICD

University Hospital, Maastricht - Report describes connexin disorders that feature skin abnormalities

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Animal study shows grape seed may protect brain

University of Alberta - Drug may hinder recovery from heart attacks

University of Arkansas - Staphylococcal thermostability studied, nuclease residue packing implicated

University of Athens - Quantity of collagen type I and III mRNA less in women with SUI

University of Birmingham - Tumor necrosis factor or insulin affects sulfotransferase activity in colon

University of Bologna - A newly identified mtDNA transition causes Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

University of Calgary - Cell cycle kinetics important when expanding populations of neural stem cells

University of California Berkeley - Mechanical strain regulates expression of smooth muscle cell markers in MSCs

University of Colorado - Role of NK3 receptors in supraoptic vasopressin and oxytocin neurons clarified

University of Erlangen Nurnberg - SIVmac239/HIV-2ROD Vpx proteins interact with alpha-actinin 1

University of Glasgow - Preeclampsia and IUGR appear to impact fetal lipid levels

University of Guelph - Fatty acids and exercise affect glucose transport but not tumor growth

University of Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca - Dot-blot EIA rapidly detects RSV antigen from pediatric nasopharyngeal aspirates

University of Louisville - Equine papillomavirus virus-like particles characterized

University of Manitoba - Cirrhosis heightens metastasis risk in murine model

University of Marburg - Disease-linked A beta aggregation prevented by nonpeptidic beta-sheet ligands

University of Mediterranee - Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase reduction studied, charge redistribution revealed

University of Michigan - Healthy mix of GI tract microbes key to preventing allergies and asthma

University of Michigan - Study investigates value of "center of excellence" designation

University of Milan - Biologically active bovine pituitary FSH isolated and characterized

University of Otago, Dunedin - Neurointermediate lobe of pituitary has regulatory role in prolactin secretion

University of Pennsylvania - University of Pittsburgh researcher gets U.S. CDC grant to study youth violence

University of Saarland - Findings support role of genes at 15q, 20q in prostate cancer brain metastases

University of South Paris - Myocardial injury could be caused by enhanced effects of isoproterenol by TNFa

University of Texas Southwestern - Calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones

University of Toronto - Emergency outbreak planning lacking in Canada during 2003 SARS outbreak

University of Wageningen & Research Center - Real-time PCR quickly/accurately detects S. enterica and E. coli O157:H7

Washington University, St. Louis - Appearance alone is insufficient to diagnose velocardiofacial syndrome

WellPoint, Inc. - Health benefits company expands central region

Zhejiang University - Diazoxide affects regulation of transporter genes and proteins in hippocampus