Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly

Maas BiolAB, LLC - Walter Reed Army institute, pharmaceutical company sign research agreement

Magic Smiles Dental Care For Kids - Phoenix dental clinic opens to serve at-need children

Market Strategies, Inc. - Study of oncologists' use of cancer treatments, correlation with perceptions set

Marketing - Indiana's struggling HMOs challenged by new competition

MediVas LLC - Licensing agreement signed for drug delivery technology for drug eluting stents

Medical College of Georgia - Both DKA and its treatment produce varying degrees of immunologic stress

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston - Prx1 homeobox gene isoforms play opposing roles in chondrogenesis

Medical University of Vienna -  Plasmodium falciparum cytokine responses are age dependent

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Chance of achieving optimal outcomes after radical prostatectomy described

Mie University - Tenascin-C recruits myofibroblasts to healing hearts after myocardial injury

Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco - Minnesota tobacco organization board approves new stop-smoking center grants

New York Presbyterian Medical Center - ¹⁸FDG-PET used to define cartilage neoplasms

Obihiro University of Agricul & Vet. Med, Hokkaido - Cross-reactive antigens from N. caninum & T. gondii used for vaccines

Omni Medical Holdings Inc. - Back office products company reports financial results

Oregon Health & Science University - End-tidal CO₂ monitoring underused in endotracheal intubation

Osaka City University - Rbx1 examined, multiple roles in ubiquitin ligase complex revealed

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Pharma company transitions board chair position

Ottawa General Hospital - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of proteomics

PAREXEL International Corporation - Pharma company acquires QdotPharma

Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge - Researchers' work adds to cardiology body of knowledge

Perlegen Sciences - Research collaboration to study genetic causes of disease

Personnel - APS Healthcare appoints new CEO

Personnel - Former OSHA Administrator John Henshaw to affiliate with BST

Royal College of Surgeons of England - Outcomes of radical nephrectomy practice in England from 1995-2002 described

Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal - Sperm capacitation studied, nature of protein modulation defined

Safe4Hours - Safe4Hours lotion rolled out to school systems

Somnia Inc. - Pennsylvania surgery centers sign agreement for anesthesia services

Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok - Monoclonal antibodies developed for Vibrio harveyi detection

SureScripts - Pharmacy franchisor to provide discounts on electronic prescribing transactions

TB Research Center, Tamil Nadu - Serum neopterin highly elevated in HIV/TB coinfection + CD4 <200/mm³

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Epidemiological study of mumps deafness in Japan performed

Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai - Widespread tuberculosis preventive therapy would impact morbidity and mortality

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Adverse events reported by participants in CDC anthrax program reviewed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Methods for capture-recapture analysis without identifiers developed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Influence of erythromycin A on aquaculture microbes examined

U.S. National Institutes of Health - G-protein-dependent signaling studied, chemokine receptor partitioning revealed

U.S. Natl. Cancer Inst. - Combination hormone/vaccine therapy may benefit patients whose disease returns

Umea University - NK-1 receptor expression affects islet cells in diabetic mice

Univ. of California, San Diego - CD4 T cells in tumor immunity reviewed

University Hospital, Aachen - Late-enhancement MSCT is reliable in assessing MI infarct size

University Medical Center, Utrecht - Cardiac death is increased on Monday, more manifest in nonhospitalized patients

University of Alabama - Condom slip-ups invite STD infection

University of Alberta - Diffusion tensor images shed new light on neurodevelopment

University of Alberta - Study explores plant phenotypic plasticity belowground

University of Autonoma Madrid - Thymidine analogue derivatives suppress multidrug-resistant HIV-1 RT

University of Chicago - Dopamine transporter genotype affects methylphenidate efficacy

University of Colorado, Denver - Liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C require lower doses of tacrolimus

University of Dundee - Impact of inhaler on budesonide efficacy clarified

University of Dundee - New system could treat middle ear problems

University of Halle-Wittenberg - Tumor genes with aberrant promoter methylation identified

University of Heidelberg - Uremia examined, impaired norepinephrine release revealed

University of Hong Kong - DD2R gene TaqI polymorphism associated with obesity and hypertension

University of Hong Kong - Findings in oncology provide new insights

University of Kuopio - HIV-1 TAT protein transduction domain constructs enhance ganciclovir toxicity

University of London Kings College - Intracellular cytokines may model immunoregulation of abacavir hypersensitivity

University of Michigan - Patients learn more facts from videos but need contact with doctor

University of Montreal - T-cells generated by lymph node resident progenitor cells

University of Pittsburgh - Renal glomerular podocytes examined, importance of kinase-parvin complex shown

University of Pittsburgh - Reports advance knowledge in pneumococcal vaccines research

University of Regensburg - Retinoids promote lipid efflux from stimulated macrophages

University of Rochester - Scientists offer new understanding of how immune system targets disease

University of South Florida - Benzodiazepines and anxiety disorders reviewed

University of Southern California - Data advance knowledge in apoptosis research

University of Sussex - Neoadjuvant hormone therapy for early prostate cancer affected cognition

University of Verona - Contrast agent B22956/1 reveals the effects of tamoxifen on tumor vessels

Vascular Solutions, Inc. - Vascular device company announces profitability and record Q2 2005 results

Ventracor, Ltd. - Company announces first U.S. implant of VentrAssist

Vical Incorporated - Human trial of gene-based interleukin-2 with electroporation technology begun

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Agreement reached for acquiring Greenwich Therapeutics, anti-cancer compounds

Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories - Pointers for malaria treatment from cancer chemotherapy detailed

Westlakes Research Institute, Cumbria - Chromosome analysis performed in childhood cancer survivors and their offspring

Whatman - Bioscience company offers Protran nitrocellulose membranes for protein research

Women's & Infants Hospital of RI, Providence - Studies add new findings to obstetrics body of knowledge

Xian Jiaotong University - Transfected p16 rebuffs salivary cancer cell proliferation

ZLB Behring GmbH, Marburg - Fibrin sealant accomplishes hemostasis following partial liver resection

sanofi pasteur - Drug manufacturer to increase U.S. influenza vaccine capacity with new plant

vasamed - U.S. distribution partner for heart, blood vessel assessment device announced