Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

MIT - NMR imaging used to elucidate mechanics of rhodopsin activation

Marmara University - Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone improves acute pancreatitis

McGill University - Endotoxin exposures may cause behavioral disorders such as schizophrenia

Mergers and Acquisitions - Curative Health Services reports more terms related acquisition

Millennium Pharmaceutical Inc. - Melanocortin 4 receptor antagonist reduces tumor-induced weight loss

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Biopharmaceutical company reports strong first-quarter sales

Neose Technologies, Inc. - Company updates timing for GlycoPEG-EPO IND filing

Northwestern University - Study explores controlling pain with your brain

Ohio State University - High-throughput method developed for microRNA expression monitoring

Otology Group, Nashville - Surgery remains a safe, viable option for treatment of Meniere disease

Paradigm Genetics, Inc. - Second U.S. patent issued for Fungicide Target Pathway

Personnel - Medical Makeover Corp. names Leonard I. Weinstein CEO

Pharmessen Scientific, Inc. - Nutraceutical company announces trading on the OTC and new stock symbol

Quality Assurance - First New Jersey hospital awarded National Disease-Specific Care Certification

Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Immunosuppressant choice influences risk of post-transplant PBC recurrence

Queensland Cancer Fund - Researchers evaluate radiation therapy patient education materials

Reimbursement - Conseco receives order from Florida office of insurance regulation

Schering-Plough - Pharmaceutical company and faith-based investors announce agreement

Singapore General Hospital - Solitary tumefactive demyelinating lesions are atypical by imaging

Southwest Oncology Group - Clinical trial to study Advexin administration in oropharynx cancers

Texas A&M University - Microtubule depolymerization collapses vascular networks rapidly

Tissera, Inc. - Biotechnology company names transplantation expert to scientific advisory board

Tissera, Inc. - Giuseppe Remuzzi joins SAB of transplantation-therapy company

U.K. Institute of Food Research - Helping tomatoes cope with stress may be good for us

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Levels of aristolochic acids in Chinese herbs determined by NMR

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA requires pancreatic extract manufacturers to submit marketing applications

U.S. National Cancer Institute - No link found between IGF or IGF-binding protein and pancreatic cancer

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Unique gene sets distinguish cirrhosis patients with a risk for liver cancer

United Nations - Landmark agreement reached in fight against AIDS

Univ. of California, Davis - Maternal dioxin harms neural tube development in nonhuman primates

Univ. of California, San Diego - Annexin II is gene involved in insulin-induced glucose transport

Univ. of California, San Diego - Long-term data show heart disease risk factors predict erectile dysfunction

Univ. of California, San Diego - T cell immunity achieved using transgenic B lymphocytes

Universidad Complutense - Protein restriction affects fetal and adult rat pancreas differently

University of Glasgow - ST2 inhibits IL-1R/TLR4 signaling and maintains endotoxin tolerance

University of Goteborg - Staphylococcal protease does not affect outcome of infectious arthritis

University of Hamburg - Drug resistant hepatitis B virus genotypes have different mutational patterns

University of London, Surrey - Brk protein tyrosine kinase therapeutic cancer target

University of Maryland - Rhesus monkeys exposed to cocaine in utero have neurobehavioral deficits

University of Michigan - Aerobic exercise may attenuate age-related decline in protein synthesis

University of Michigan - Why it's never too late to lose weight

University of North Carolina - Hurricane Floyd boosted abuse and nonabuse brain injuries in children

University of Rochester - Muscle gene expression profiles change as women age

University of Santiago de Compostela - Cardiovascular effects of +-nantenine characterized

University of Tokyo - Expression profile clarified using laser-purified tumor cells

University of Ulster - Palmitate-derivatized GLP-1 analogues exhibit antihyperglycemic action

University of Uppsala - Oral diphtheria vaccine with microparticle adjuvant is immunogenic

World Health Organization - Deaths drop dramatically as vaccine reaches world's poorest children

Yale University - Apoptosis of vasopressinergic hypothalamic neurons occurs in diabetes

Yale University - Chemotherapy agent transmits "death signal" to other cells