Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

MGI Pharma, Inc. - Aloxi injection 2004 sales results expected to exceed previous guidance

Mahidol University - Platelet-mediated RBC autoagglutination linked to severe and/or cerebral malaria

Martek Biosciences Corp. - Microalgae company announces board and executive changes

McKesson Corp. - Baptist Medical Center expands contract for supply services

McMaster University, Hamilton - Eosinophil progenitors can migrate to airways

Medical Marijuana - Hawaii bill stalls on control of medical marijuana program

Mental Health - U.S. soldier suicide rate in Iraq jumped sharply last year

Minority Health - Lesbian healthcare improved but still lagging

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Nonunion still common after spinal fusion treatment

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine - Magnetic resonance microscopy detects embryo resorption due to gene defects

Nat'l Cancer Center, Tokyo - Grade 1 or 2 lung cancers are minimally invasive

Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research - Increased use of antidepressants in children reported, despite worries

Obesity - Arizona Lawmakers move to make it harder to sue over obesity

Oldchurch Hospital, London - Pathogenesis of mid-dermal elastolysis elucidated

Oxford University - Climate keeps tick-borne diseases in check

Patient Safety - Institute becomes sponsor of Continuity of Care Record

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center - E-selectin adhesion inhibits CD34 cells independently of PSGL-1

Prematurity - Lung treatments for premature infants can cause brain damage

ProCyte Corporation - GHK Copper Peptide Complex plus Retinol introduced for wrinkles

QualiLife Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Zestra female arousal fluid receives Notice of Allowance

Regulatory Issues - Report finds problems with regulated premiums proposal in California

Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital, Paris - Potential benefits of G-CSF treatment for critically ill reviewed

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Special team fights sharp increase in syphilis in South Carolina county

Shire BioChem, Inc. - Maxim Pharmaceuticals reacquires rights to MX2105, cancer drug candidate

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. - Biotech company and Chinese CDC provide update on vaccine development

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - CRT and ICD therapy trial results announced

Statens Serum Institute -  Mycoplasma genitalium causes urogenital problems in both men and women

Sung Kyun Kwan University - Hypertransfusion does not improve outcome of major ABO-disparate SCT

Synthon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Pexeva launched for depression, OCD, panic disorder

Tuberculosis - Scientists at University of Notre Dame develop TB-fighting molecule

Unit of Cognitive Neuroimaging, Orsay - The human brain and comparative judgments

UnitedHealth Group - Network issues seven millionth electronic benefits card

Univ. of Massachusetts - Serum levels of sex hormones are not associated with breast cancer risk

Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of New Jersey - Cough-generated M. tuberculosis aerosols may aid TB study

Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, Houston - Stress reducers help women hospitalized for prolonged antepartum care

Univ. of Texas, Dallas - Researchers identify pattern of gene-expression changes for TB in a living host

University of Cincinnati - Rimonabant helps smokers quit while limiting post-cessation weight gain

University of Oxford - Effects of HIV/TB coinfection of mothers in poor areas clarified

University of Ryukyus - PZase-negative TB strains with wild-type pncA reported

University of Washington - Anti-HHV-8 therapy effective against multicentric Castleman disease

Vascular Solutions, Inc. - Vari-Lase laser console and kit receives CE Mark approval

Velindre Hospital, Whitchurch - Treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer is often palliative

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company licenses Melasyn rights

Water Contamination - Washington officials claim decontamination change is not lead related

Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. - Medical technology company completes acquisition

Yamaguchi University - Liver interferon 1 receptors predict response in chronic hepatitis C patients

ZymoGenetics, Inc. - FGF18 reduces cartilage degeneration in preclinical model of osteoarthritis