Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly

Novoste Corporation - Medical device company to close vascular bracytherapy business

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Protein preconcentration technique improves microfluidic analysis

Obesity - Virginia hearings to seek public thoughts on obesity prevention

Ohio State University - Nature of Anaplasma phagocytophilum neutrophil apoptosis inhibition revealed

Oita University - Research in diabetes therapy provides new insights

Osaka City University - L-carnitine prevents liver cancer formation in laboratory models

Osaka University - Endoplasmic reticulum stress contributes to insulin resistance and diabetes

Pancreatic Cancer - New mother dies of cancer that she never knew she had

Paoli-Calmettes Institute - TCL1A overexpression linked to poor outcome in DLCL patients

Pepperdine University, Malibu - Mitochondria-dependent apoptosis studied, blockage by cypermethrin documented

Personnel - Health Integrated names Charles Gustafson senior VP, sales and marketing

Pharming Group N.V. - Pharma company announces financial results

PowderMed Ltd - Immunotherapeutics company appoints board chairman

Prison Health - Dallas County, Texas, says it lacks resources to battle jail infections

Pusan National University -  Porphyromonas gingivalis protein antisera causes phagocytosis

Queens University, Kingston - Dictyostelium PakB studied, properties of constitutively activated form revealed

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland - Distinct recovery phases of innate cellular-mediated immunity after BMT

Roche - Oral chemotherapy gets positive EU review for colon cancer after surgery

Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. - Hemodialysis concentrate manufacturer opens new facility

SRI International - Genome sequence of tularemia bacterium analyzed

Scandius BioMedical, Inc. - Orthopedic sports device company closes $8 million in series C financing

SeeBeyond, U.S. - E-systems developer, Capgemini to provide systems for Swedish healthcare sector

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Fertility Centers of Illinois opens new office

Sigma-Tau Research Department, Pomezia - Modified heparin antagonizes angiogenesis without affecting coagulation

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. - RNA-focused company granted 2 RNAi technology patents by U.K. Patent Office

Soar Technology, Inc. - James D. Price named to board of intelligent software and cognitive systems firm

Spectranetics Corporation - Cardio-focused medical devices company reports Q4, year ended December 31, 2004

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm acquires license to endothelinB agonists for chemo delivery

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Study finds hematopoietic stem cells depend on a single protein Mcl-1

St. Vincent a'Paulo Hospital, Gdynia - Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesive suitable for use in Lichtenstein hernioplasty

State Medicaid - New Hampshire Governor says state won't get Medicaid reform money

Sunnybrook & Women's College, Toronto - Circulating blood endothelial cells mark the efforts of antiangiogenic drugs

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Science-based healthcare company reports Q4, full year 2004 financial results

The Plastic Surgery Group - Plastic surgery group offers skin protection tips

Tohoku University - Cutaneous tuberculosis evoked by BGG vaccination in healthy baby

Transplant Medicine - Transplant officials worry about backlash from brain-collection reports

Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company names Leander Lauffer senior VP of business development

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Antibody response elicited by trimeric HIV glycoproteins analyzed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - High rate of abnormal BMD found in women with pulmonary disease

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Obese and tall women have increased incidence of fraternal twins

Unilens Vision inc. - Contact lens company acquires Aquaflex, Softcon EW lines from CIBA Vision

Unisys Corporation - IT companies sign agreement to manage healthcare, life-sciences supply chains

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Increased hepatocyte protein expression promotes diabetes phenotype

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles - More research is needed before nitroglycerin can be a standard therapy for ADHF

Univ. of Texas Southwestern, Dallas - Mutated genes involved in lung cancer; one affects nonsmokers

University of Alberta - Lipids modify age-associated changes in intestinal uptake of fructose

University of Alberta - Vaccinia virus protein functions at mitochondria to inhibit apoptosis

University of Basel, Switzerland - Ankle sprains show link to development of osteoarthritis

University of Buenos Aires - Normal platelets possess the soluble form of IL-6 receptor

University of California, San Francisco - Pregnancy weight gain guidelines are not being followed in U.S.

University of Copenhagen - Mammography screening nonattenders in Denmark don't seek screening elsewhere

University of Louisville - Efficacy of impaction component grafting for femoral revision evaluated

University of Massachusetts - BPA increases serum thyroxine, alters gene expression in developing rat brain

University of Massachusetts - Drug events in nursing homes far more common than previously identified

University of Nebraska, Omaha - Macrophage-secreted MMP 9 is down-regulated following HIV-1 infection

University of Nevada - Mechanism of slow wave propagation in gastric antrum determined

University of Oulu - Arabidopsis prolyl 4-hydroxylase studied, substrate specificity clarified

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Diabetes increases mortality in HCV-infected patients awaiting renal transplant

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Recent advances generate interest in PET to evaluate an array of CV diseases

University of Pittsburgh - Adenoviral vectors deliver genes to fetal murine muscle in utero

University of Sheffield - Levels of chlamydial lipopolysaccharide in semen may affect semen quality

University of Shizuoka - Red blood cells studied, low-temperature transcriptional arrest clarified

University of Shizuoka - Role of nitric oxide in stroke elucidated

University of Tennessee - Cell migration inhbited, nature of MEK1-mediated restoration clarified

University of Tokyo - Gene profiling can predict gefitinib susceptibility of NSCLC cells

University of Washington - Renal clearance of atenolol and creatinine is increased during pregnancy

University of Washington - Tiny flies could help reveal potential for nonembryonic stem cells

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Blood-brain barrier compromise has role in pathogenesis of HIV-related dementia

Virginia Commonwealth University - Smooth muscle Y receptors and signaling pathways studied, expression clarified

Warnex Inc. - Pathogen detection technology developer signs up with Canada lab group

Xechem International, Inc. - Spinoff company Ceptor Corp. completes private offering, becomes independent

Zila, Inc. - Healthcare company names Gary Klinefelter VP, general counsel, 3 others to team

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Company reports first electromagnetic navigation knee replacement procedure

phase Forward - Eyetech uses InForm EDC for Macugen trials; Macugen launched in January