Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Teens and young adults the new frontier in cancer, says U.S. specialist

MOCON, Inc. - Lab instrumentation/consulting company reports slight drop in sales

Maastricht University - Smoking cigarettes increases risk of bladder cancer substantially

Mayne Group, Ltd. - IVAX enters marketing/distribution agreement for injectable paclitaxel in EU

Mayo Clinic - Harvey W. Cushing developed posterior fossa surgery for children's brain tumors

Medicaid Funding - Pennsylvania Senate committee worried about getting enough Medicaid dollars

Medical College of Georgia - Transporter's function provides support for eating vegetables, limiting antibiotics

Medical Malpractice - Doctors, attorneys debate malpractice insurance issues

Medical Services International, Inc. - Company completes specialized dyes for the VScan rapid test kits

National University of Singapore Hospital - Asymptomatic SARS case with normal chest radiographs reported

New York Medical College - New study distinguishes drug-induced from apoptosis-associated DNA damage

Novo Nordisk - Repaglinide plus pioglitazone improves blood glucose control, study shows

Pennsylvania State University - Study suggests better use of web could improve epidemiological tracking

Quidel Corp. - FDA grants CLIA-waived status to QuickVue Influenza A+B Test

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Trap clinical trial scheduled for second half of 2004

Research Funding - Medical research money approved by Florida House budget panel

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Study of families with multiple cases of RA reveals clustering of characteristics

SHPS Holdings Inc. - Healthcare management firm and a software company subsidiary join

Steno Diabetes Center - Application of proteomics in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis reviewed

Temple University, Philadelphia - The antimetastatic gene NM23 controls several functional pathways

Tissera, Inc. - Biotechnology company completes $1.6M equity private placement

Tohoku University, Miyagi - Endothelium-derived NO regulates vascular action of aldosterone

U.S. Army Medical Res. Inst. of Infectious Disease - Serological correlate of protection in rabbits for anthrax vaccine identified

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC awards $4.2 million for diabetes care research

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - NeuC protein of E. coli K1 is UDP N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase

U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse - Adenosine, dopamine receptors not involved in CGS 21680 cardiovascular effects

United Surgical Partners Intl., Inc. - Surgical facilities operator announces new chief executive officer

Univ. of Chicago Medical Center - Widely used antinausea drug may interfere with chemotherapy

Univ. of Naples Federico II - Combined drug regimen shows promise in treating recurrent malignant brain tumors

University of Bonn - Pharmacists make new contributions to multidisciplinary cancer care

University of Dortmund IfADo - Occupational chemical exposure is a major cause of urological cancer

University of Ferrara - PBD hybrids disrupt HIV RNA activity

University of Florida - Researchers find national kidney transplant failure rate is rising

University of Frankfurt - Catheter ablation feasible in structural heart disease patients

University of Georgia - Real-time PCR quantifies uncoupling protein expression in fat tissue

University of Michigan - New drugs limit deadly effects of graft-vs.-host disease

University of Michigan - Resveratrol induces cell death in ovarian cancer cells

University of Munich - VEGF levels rise in the serum of patients with HIV-linked neurological disease

University of New Mexico -  M. tuberculosis PIM triggers early endosomal fusion

University of Portsmouth - Insight into lupus antigen protein offered

University of Reading - Parabens are found in human breast tumors

University of Vienna - Angiogenesis inhibitors stop hemangioblastoma progression

University of Washington - Novel blood test aids field evaluation of iron deficiency

University of Washington - Pilot project begins to enable easier access to birth control

University of Wisconsin - Gamma interferon neutralization of augments severe Lyme arthritis

Uppsala University - Children and young adults with myelomeningocele have reaching difficulties

VA Palo Alto Healthcare Systems - Lentivectors delivered through the skin regulate gene transfer

Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center - JAK2-STAT5 signaling needed for microglia activation by IL-3

Varian, Inc. - More sensitive diphenyl column added to laboratory consumable products line

Verispan - Study analyzes promotional focus drug companies place on MCO personnel

Weill Cornell Medical College - Foundation grant to support clinical and laboratory studies

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot - Longitudinal MRIs track the angiogenic response to ischemic injury in mice

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - Alliance to develop oral treatment for IgA-nephropathy

Xechem International Inc. - Multiple sclerosis symptoms suppressed in vivo with Neurodur, research shows

iBX Group, Inc. - Florida HealthSource acquires Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinic