Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

Personnel - InterSystems names new director, healthcare technology

Pohang University of Science & Technology - Human CC chemokine CCL15 exhibits proangiogenic activity

Prasco Laboratories - Marketing distribution company and Organon ink generic supply agreement

Prescription Drugs - Common antibiotic can trigger cardiac deaths when used with other drugs

ProMetic Life Sciences - Biopharma company confirms evidence of PBI-1402's positive effect

ProxyMed, Inc. - Transaction processing and e-commerce company adds pharmacy chains to network

Purdue University - Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat

Rand Corp. - More PE time may fight obesity in girls

Regina Elena Institute Cancer Research - Pet models are a valuable part of cancer research

Risk Factors - Two studies look at fitness vs. fatness as indicators of diabetes, CHD in women

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - TACC proteins interact with nuclear histone acetyltransferases

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - David Taylor named VP, chief medical, safety officer of pharmaceutical company

San Francisco General Hospital - Bayer Versant bDNA HIV and HCV assays run together for improved workflow

Schering-Plough Corp. - FDA approves Clarinex syrup for allergies and hives in children

Seattle Systems, Inc. - Orthopedic devices maker release postoperative knee brace

Security Inc. - Security vendor installs products at Chicago hospitals

Service Employees International Union - Healthcare union planned to shut down Highland Hospital

Sexual & Reproductive Health - San Antonio's first freestanding birthing center delivered on Labor Day

Sheffield Children's Hospital - Utility of asthma drug delivery devices compared in young children

Shinshu University - SigD-regulated genes identified in Bacillus subtilis

Smoking Ban - New York theater faces fines for allowing smoking on stage

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - Study shows established anithypertensive drug also reduces future stroke risk

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharmaceuticals announces phase 1/2 trial of combination lung cancer drug

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London - Rosiglitazone did not affect flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery

Stanford University - Confocal, dual-axis fluorescence microscope is an effective design

Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen - Mutations influencing mRNA could play a role in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Strategic Healthcare Programs, LLC - Stanley Chamallas named pharmacy product manager by healthcare services company

Surgical Information Systems - OR-focused information systems company lists clients among 'America's Best'

Synegene International - Research group, biomedical company sign research agreement for drug development

Tampere Univ. Hospital, Pitkaniemi - Electroconvulsive therapy does not improve physical symptoms of fibromyalgia

Teikyo University - Captopril works without affecting cardiac sympathetic neurotransmission

The Women Helping Others Foundation - Foundation distributes information for women on cancer treatment

Tufts University - Ventilation in bars, casinos doesn't control health risk for hospitality workers

U.S. Bronx VA Medical Center - Oxandrolone blocks glucocorticoid signaling in androgen receptor-dependent way

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -  Anopheles quadrimaculatus distribution and role in malaria reported

U.S. Department of Agriculture - ZIP1 is a potential biomarker of zinc status in humans

U.S. MedSys Corp. - Ultrasound scan systems placed in New York home healthcare equipment network

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Rare deficit maps thinking circuitry

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Fission yeast bear mammalian-like properties

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Immunotherapy of ovarian cancer with antibodies reviewed

Univ. of Texas Health Science Ctr. San Antonio - Melatonin should be considered for use against free radical-based diseases

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Adaptive mutations favor the replication of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - New treatments for cancer lower radiation damage

University Hospital Center Rijeka - Croatian experience with sibutramine for obesity treatment described

University Hospital, Mannheim - Effect of moisture absorption on bone cement fatigue resistance determined

University of Aberdeen - Patients with COPD may be missing out on appropriate treatment

University of Alberta - L surface antigen regulates superinfection exclusion in hepadnavirus infections

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Endothelium mediates effects of homocysteine

University of California, Irvine - Dinitroanilines disrupt protozoan microtubules by binding alpha-tubulin

University of Canterbury - New model reduces agitation in critically ill patients

University of Crete - Mixed strains of L. infantum lead to treatment failure in HIV-1-infected patient

University of Giessen - ECG and histological evaluation are essential in diagnosing cardiomyopathies

University of Giessen - Structure of glycans in hepatitis B virus surface proteins determined

University of Milan - Relation found between dietary habits and plasma fatty acids levels

University of Ottawa Heart Institute - Canadian cardiac care provider installs Xplorer 1800

University of Padua - Chemokines drive migration of malignant B cells in non-Hodgkin lymphomas

University of Padua - Serum leptin levels decrease during prolonged high altitude exposure

University of Rochester - Doctor's patent covers new device to detect a leading cause of blindness

University of South Florida - Injury-induced hippocampal NF-kappa B activation characterized

University of Texas - Far-red fluorescent contrast agent devised for EGFR expression imaging

University of Texas SW Medical Center - A new inducible knock-out system expands genetic exploration of the brain

University of Virginia - Method to assess pancreatic islets after transportation reported

University of Washington - Biosurgery and robotics require surgeons to understand systems integration

University of Western Ontario, London - RNA interference is a potent tool for gene-specific therapeutics

Vapotherm, Inc. - Company gets additional U.S. FDA clearance for neonatal, pediatric nasal device

Vignette Corp. - Pierre Fabre Laboratories deploys information technology solutions

Waterpik Technologies - Water filter maker introduces new end-of-faucet carbon-activated system

West Nile Virus - Another human case of West Nile Virus reported in Arkansas

West Nile Virus - Fifteenth cases of West Nile virus reported in North Dakota

Wilson Greatbatch Technologies - Thomas J. Hook appointed of chief operating officer of technologies company

ZARS, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company raises $19 million in Series C financing

Zhejiang University - The antimalarial drug artesunate obstructs new vessel growth