Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

Johns Hopkins University - Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk

Karolinska Hospital and Institute - Thrombospondin-1 does not correlate with breast cancer p53 or VEGF status

Leiden University Hospital - Sperm donor identification gaining acceptance in Europe

Lifeway Foods, Inc. - Health food company announces share repurchase authorized by board

Lymphoma - New test detects lymphoma in dogs before appearance of clinical signs

Martek Biosciences Corporation - U.S. 2005 Dietary Guidelines recognize importance of omega-3 fatty acid DHA

McMaster University - Researchers' data advance SARS research

Measles - ASU posting measles warning on its 3 campuses

MedImmune, Inc. - Pharma company files IND with U.S. FDA for RSV vaccine

Medtech Insight - Cardiac arrhythmia devices lead growth in $9 billion U.S. market, report says

Medtech Insight - Circulatory system early-stage investment conference announced

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - A mutant fusion gene protects hematopoietic stem cells from chemotherapy

Merit Medical Systems Inc. - Disposable products developer announces release of prep kit

Middlesex Hospital, London - Echocardiography and MRI compared in cardiovascular screening of adults with TS

Mie University - VEGF and prostaglandin E-2 are a source of carpal tunnel syndrome pathology

Model N - Revenue management company reports growing demand in life science industry

NOVASCREEN Biosciences Corporation - Research company awarded biodefense contract

National Taiwan University Hospital - Hearts infected with viral hepatitis can be used in transplant surgeries

Natl. Assoc. for Female Executives, USA - Female executives group launches educational healthcare initiative

New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces resignation from board of directors

North Carolina Dental Society - North Carolina dental professionals team up to treat needy children

Northfield Laboratories Inc. - Blood substitute developer announces offering of common stock

Omedix - Internet-based solutions provider to add patient education content to site

Osteotech, Inc. - Human tissue provider enters termination agreement with American Red Cross

Otto Von Guericke University of Magdeburg - Method determines of arginine and asymmetric dimethylarginine in human plasma

Patents - Court dissolves Mykrolis' injunction

Peking University - Oxysterols analyzed, role in smooth muscle cell calcification revealed

Personnel - Senate doctors share passion for medicine, but not political approach

Polio - Gates Foundation gives $10 million for polio

Purpan Hospital, Toulouse - HLA-G*0105N null allele induces cell surface expression of HLA-E molecule

Regency Hospital company - Hospital appoints VP of physician and executive recruitment

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society - Regulatory summit panel addresses U.S. FDA process with combination products

Research Center Borstel - Putative Theileria annulata membrane protein characterized

Saga Medical School - GERD in Japan tends to be mild, affects <17% of population and older women

Seoul National University - Recent findings illuminate research in urinary incontinence

Siperian - Data integration and management provider announces two new customers

Southern Research Institute - Research network launches drug delivery company Brookwood Pharmaceuticals

Spectrum Health - Bariatric program collaborates with Michigan Medical to offer new band procedure

State University Campinas, Sao Paulo - Paper shows how oxidative stress occurs in LDL receptor defective cells

Taipei Veterans General Hospital - Progression is low in select liver cancer patients given locoregional therapy

Temple University - Drug shows promise in overriding all Gleevec resistance

Tobacco Use - Healthcare company fires employees for refusing smoking test

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Immature ticks controlled on rodent reservoirs of B. burgdorferi

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Lung cancer risk from hexavalent chromium exposure assessed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - More babies born at very low birth weight linked to rise in infant mortality

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S. rate of disability from sexual behavior triple other wealthy nations

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Efficacy and safety of vaccines against bioterrorism evaluated

U.S. Navy - Antiplatelet therapy has an essential role in treating acute coronary syndromes

Univ. of California, Davis - Occult infection precedes immune response during vaginal SIV inoculations

University Hospital Geneva - Synapse formation enhances HIV transmission from dendritic to T cells

University Hospital, Essen - Taurolidine effective for treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infections

University of Amsterdam - Researchers' work adds to reproductive medicine body of knowledge

University of Birmingham - Androgens generated in adipose tissue in women with simple obesity

University of California, Irvine - Peripheral digit ischemic syndrome can be manifestation of postoperative TTP

University of California, San Francisco - Plasmacytoid dendritic cells reservoirs for HIV dissemination

University of Cincinnati - Complement killing of Bordetella pertussis characterized

University of Groningen - Scavenger receptor B-I involved in selective uptake of liposomal rhodamine-PE

University of Groningen - Study explores cardio-renal interaction

University of Illinois - Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery

University of Iowa - Colposuspension and pubovaginal sling are most effective surgical treatments

University of Klinikum Hamburg Eppendorf - Stem-like cells present in hepatoblastoma

University of Louisville - Murine model of diabetic nephropathy developed

University of Michigan - Neutrophils analyzed, novel behavior during sepsis revealed

University of Mysore - Cytosolic alanine aminotransferases studied, effect of starvation clarified

University of Navarra - NOS-deficient mice exhibit reduced adipose tissue and hypoleptinemia

University of Newcastle - CaMKII studied, activity after long-term hippocampal potentiation clarified

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Alterations in the murine GAPDS gene produce infertility in male mice

University of Rome La Sapienza - Raloxifene modulates IL-6 and TNF-alpha synthesis in vivo

University of Santiago - Prion protein studied, hydrogen peroxide-mediated methionine oxidation revealed

University of Texas, Austin - In situ microfabrication allows for alteration of neuronal development

University of Toronto - The role of PINK1 polymorphism in Parkinson disease etiology remains undefined

University of Tubingen - New data illuminates research in cancer vaccines

University of Utrecht - Branching model estimates spread of infectious diseases in varying environments

University of Utrecht - Novel method improves assessment of in vitro free chemical concentrations

University of Wageningen & Research Center -  Clostridium perfringens can adapt to low temperatures

University of Washington - Contextual analysis of breastfeeding duration conducted

University of Wisconsin, Madison -  Salmonella enterica PrpR studied, role in propionate catabolism clarified

University of the West Indies - Energetic determinants of glucose tolerance in Jamaican adults reported

eCardio Diagnostics, LLC - Web-based cardiac arrhythmia monitoring system launched

eMed, Technologies - Medical imaging company announces partnership