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Nagoya City University -  H. pylori oral vaccine elicits systemic and mucosal immunity

National Center for Genome Resources - Genome resource organization releases open source software platform

National Institute of Blood Transfusion, Paris - The hepatitis B virus antigenic loop fosters hepatitis delta virus infectivity

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam - Neurotrophic receptor TrkB involved in anoikis resistance and metastasis

Neurobiological Technologies - Drug development company reports net loss of $5,208,000

Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems - Medical products company closes $950,000 private financing, names CEO

North Carolina C8 Working Group - North Carolina environmental group finds contaminated groundwater

Omni Medical Holdings - Back office solutions provider secures credit line financing

Origen Therapeutics - Chicken-produced better than conventionally produced antibodies

Osaka Prefecture University - Eucalyptus leaf extract suppresses adiposity due to dietary sucrose

Osaka University - PEGylated adenovirus vectors possess antibody evasion ability

Oxigene - Biopharma company presented updated data on Combretastatin A4 Prodrug

Pacific Sunset Investments - Gen-ID Lab Services completes first full cycle of testing on its SNP test

Peking University, Beijing - Monoclonal side population progenitors isolated from fetal pancreas

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Pennsylvania receives grant to enhance injury prevention program

Pennsylvania State University - Toasty oat aroma influenced by presence of health-linked polyphenols

Personnel - Hooper Holmes announces departure of CEO

ProlX Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Pharma company awarded small business grants totaling over $1.2 million

Quality Health Foundation - Health foundation awards $250,000 in local grants

Quigley Corp. - Natural health products company Quigley Corporation selects advertising agency

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals - Angiopoietin 1 can enlarge vessels without producing angiogenic sprouting

Renal Care Group - Dialysis services company approves merger with Fresenius Medical Care

ResMed - Sleep medical equipment provider announced revenues of $125 million

Rosetta Biosoftware - U.S. FDA's CDER to use and evaluate Resolver System

Senetek PLC - Dermatology, anti-aging products company reports improved quarterly results

Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences Univ., Tehran - Congenital thyroid hypofunction studied, morphological effect on CGRP defined

Shanghai Institute - Camptothecin derivatives synthesized

Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer - Pathologic processes may be better depicted on digital chest X-rays

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group - Pharmaceutical company announces reinstatement of ADHD medicine in Canada

Sinclair Pharma - Specialty pharma company signs agreement for three Aloclair products

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - New ways to prevent stroke and reduce excess iron in sickle cell anemia studied

St. Olav University of Hospital, Trondheim - MRSA outbreaks occurred in two nursing homes in central Norway

State University of Ghent - Hemodynamics in punctured vascular access grafts characterized

State University of New York, Buffalo - Cocaine modulates DC-SIGN expression by dendritic cells in HIV-1 patients

StorageTek - Data storage, management systems provider announces service enhancements

Symphogen A/S - Biotech company enters license agreement with Cambridge Antibody Technology

Technical University of Munich - NIPA examined, role in regulation of mitotic entry clarified

Technical University of Munich - Researchers give photochemistry a hand

Trimedyne - Maker of equipment for surgical procedures reports results to June 30, 2005

U.S. Army - New method detects anthrax proteins at ultra-low concentrations

U.S. Brookhaven National Laboratory - CR bolus-tracking shows evidence for shutter-speed variation in human pathology

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Semicarbazide in bread products measured by LC-MS

U.S. National Institutes of Health - DNA prime and adenovirus boost enhance immunity to HIV immunogens

U.S. National Institutes of Health - HIV-1 inhibitory protein studied, crystal structures revealed

Ulleval University of Hospital, Oslo - Lipoatrophic men 44 months post diagnosis less lipoatrophic, more hypertensive

United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health - Glucose intolerance in United Arab Emirates investigated

Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - Embryonic PAR proteins studied, chronology of asymmetric distribution detailed

Universite du Quebec - Endothelin receptors analyzed, binding of PTHrP fragments clarified

University Hospital Aarhus - Outcome of capitellocondylar total elbow replacement evaluated

University of Arkansas - Leaving central vein catheters in place does not increase SCT-related morbidity

University of Bern - Recent findings in virology described

University of California, Los Angeles - Anticancer drugs may hold promise for premature aging disorder

University of California, Los Angeles - Bioactive Matrix coils can improve postembolization healing

University of California, Santa Cruz - Physicists describe a new mechanism for metallic magnetism

University of Cologne - Free radical-scavenging protects renal function in cardiac surgery

University of Colorado School of Medicine - Low accelerating doses of antiviral therapy treat advanced hepatitis C

University of Florida - Novel tandem protein separation platform developed

University of Grenoble - Study examined influence sleep apnea on myocardial I/R tolerance

University of Guilan, Rasht - Hydrocephalic and normal CSF examined, nerve growth factor expression measured

University of Hawaii - Research add new data to breast cancer body of knowledge

University of Houston - Quicker, cheaper DNA sequencing goal gets boost with $4.2 million NIH grant

University of Ioannina - Benzodiazepines effective against alcohol withdrawal seizures

University of Leicester - City-scale air pollution measured for the first time

University of Maryland - Intention to use condoms increased in theory-based HIV risk reduction program

University of Minnesota - Yeast genomic DNA library constructed on geneticin-resistance vector

University of Munich - Cerebral gene expression profiles in sporadic disease characterized

University of Newcastle - Effectiveness of nutrition counseling by Australian GPs examined

University of Perugia - Protein synthesis regulation examined, novel shuttling protein described

University of Rome - Transcriptional response of HUVEC to ionizing radiation reported

University of Sheffield - Mechanisms underlying regulation in kidney tubule cells defined

University of Tokushima - Candidate genes in type 2 diabetes modifier locus identified

University of Ulsan, Seoul - Comparative genomic hybridization in extramammary Paget disease discussed

University of Utah - Fatigue patterns studied in liver cancer patients receiving chemoembolization

University of Wisconsin - Brain structures contribute to asthma

VUB, Brussels - KIR genotype protects against leukemic relapse after related HLA-identical HSCT

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville - Studies advance knowledge in cardiology research

Vistakon - New contact for dry environment introduced

Warsaw University - Activation of platelets by high shear rate is possible within grafts

Westmead Hospital, Sydney - CD34+ cell recovery from cryopreserved autologous stem cell products variable

World Health Alternatives - Healthcare staffing services company announces resignation of CEO R.E. McDonald

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou - Microcystin-LR examined, effect on p53, Bcl-2 and Bax expression defined