Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

Maastricht University - Indoleamine may play a role in interferon-alpha-induced depression

Mannatech, Incorporated - Wellness products provider announces 2005 annual shareholders' meeting results

Marcinkowski University of Medical Science, Poznan - Artificial neural network computer model predicts malignancy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - hTLR4 activation may be signaling mechanism in progression of atherosclerosis

Mayo Clinic - Correlates of responses MMR vaccines in healthy children described

McGill University, Montreal - IFN-gamma-secreting response does not modulate HIV disease progression rate

Medical Nutrition USA, Inc. - Nutrition supplement developer reports 25% 1Q sales increase

Medical University of Vienna - Presence of aromatase mRNA in eutopic endometrium may be prognostic indicator

Medical University, Graz - Study investigated role of angiotensinogen haplotypes in coronary artery disease

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Androgen deprivation used to treat minimal metastatic disease

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company publishes results from clinical trials

Nagpur University, Maharashtra - Anxiety analyzed, role of protein interaction in amygdala clarified

National Hospital Org, Kyoto - GATA-4 acetylation involved in differentiation of ESCs into cardiac myocytes

New Edge Networks - Technology company forms Healthcare Broadband Alliance

New York State Department of Health - Studies describe new findings in virology research

Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz - Blood and tissue selenium concentrations associated with prostate cancer

Novasite Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharmaceutical corporation acquires drug discovery company

Office of National Drug Control Policy - National office alerts parents that teen marijuana use spikes in summer

Osaka University - Findings advance knowledge in virology research

ParAllele BioScience, Inc. - Comprehensive product line for targeted genotyping launched

Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran - Modified gel electrophoresis accurately detects LDL receptor gene mutations

Pennsylvania Dental Association - Pennsylvania association comments on children's dental identification product

PhotoCure ASA - First photodynamic therapy acne study shows promising results

Potomac Center for Medical Education - Medical education center launches osteoporosis education initiative

Procter & Gamble Company - Consumer products company announces management changes

Protein Sciences Corporation - Efficacy results for FluBlOk recombinant influenza vaccine reported

Purdue University - Food viscosity influences caloric intake compensation and body weight

Queen's University of Belfast - Diabetes care and glycemic control in Northern Ireland examined

Remington Health Products, LLC - Over-the-counter cholesterol product now available at club stores

Renovis, Inc. - Phase Ia trial for REN-850 for multiple sclerosis ends

Royal Philips Electronics - Staples office products company to offer home defibrillator for OTC sales

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. - Phamra company offers updates on development of three products

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn - Endothelial progenitor cells can be targeted for treating multiple myeloma

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse - Use of HSV-1 as cancer therapy is limited by replication of the virus

Scripps Research Institute - Immune regulatory mechanisms examined, injury and disease influence clarified

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc - Reminyl XL now available in U.K. and Ireland

Sloan-Kettering Institute - E3 ligase activity analyzed, insights revealed

Society of Nuclear Medicine - PET scans predict development of lung disease following trauma

Solucient - Information products company appoints vice president, product engineering

St. Louis Children's Hospital - Diffusion MRI used to characterize developing primate brain

Staar Surgical - Canadian Therapeutic Products Directorate approves marketing of intraocular lens

Strategic Research Institute - Pharmaceutical R&D Global Summit to Take Place in Shanghai, China in September

Strathmann AG - Tolperisone safe and effective for post-stroke spasticity control

Sunnybrook & Women's College, Toronto - Active surveillance with selective delayed intervention managed prostate cancer

Takeda Pharmaceuticals N. America, Inc. - ACTOS shows anti-inflammatory effects in patients with type 2 diabetes

Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv - Traumatic injury may be a factor underlying risk of coronary artery disease

The Providence Service Corporation - Social services management company acquires Children's Behavioral Health

Transgene SA - Secretomers used as tool for monitoring CTL responses

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston - New findings in breast cancer described

Tzu Chi University, Hualien - New research in the area of enzymology detailed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of SARS

U.S. Department Vet. Affairs Medical Ctr, New York - Quaternary neutralizing epitope on HIV-1 virus particles may be vaccine target

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Azoreductase from Staphylococcus aureus characterized

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Effect of fat, protein on carotene and tocopherol in ferrets reported

U.S. NIST - New gene chip may be early cancer diagnosis tool

USC Fertility - Physicians report nation's first pregnancy with triplets through egg freezing

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Surgical treatment of obesity reviewed

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Chinese patients with cerebral cavernous malformations display CCM1 mutations

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Adenovirus vectors encoding A-beta and GM-CSF induce immune response

University of Birmingham - Gene- and immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma reviewed

University of California, San Francisco - Age may be key factor in opioid dose escalation

University of California, San Francisco - MRI can help predict recurrence

University of California-San Diego Medical Center - Intra-aneurysmal pressure changes characterized in experimental model

University of Kansas - Hippocampal neuron transmission studied, role of Ca²⁺ release defined

University of Marmara, Istanbul - Bacteria in vicinity of sterile parenteral area present risks to systemic health

University of Michigan - Latinas in U.S. have higher disease incidence, but also higher survival rate

University of Michigan Hospital - Human blood platelets analyzed, determinants of ABH expression revealed

University of Minnesota - Beta-amyloid analyzed, binding by specific chaperones shown

University of Modena - Some measures are higher in young MI patients than in older patients

University of Naples Federico II - Next-generation contrast agents improve echographic imaging

University of Pittsburgh - Brain injury studied, enhanced oxidative stress in iNOS-deficiency shown

University of Quebec, Montreal - Organochlorine, mercury exposure affects thyroid status during pregnancy

University of Salamanca - Extracellular signal-regulated kinase examined, multifunctional role revealed

University of Sassari - Case-control study of diabetes and periodontal disease performed

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Potassium citrate plus calcium citrate inhibits bone resorption in older women

University of Texas, Austin - Resistance exercise acutely temporarily decreases central arterial compliance

University of Toronto - Mucosal adaptation analyzed, role of glucagon-like peptide-2 revealed

University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Proton beam therapy treated hepatocellular carcinoma

University of Turin - Melusin overexpression allows prolonged compensatory hypertrophy

University of Wageningen & Research Center -  Fasciola hepatica protein partly protects rats against fasciolosis

University of Washington - Impact of CYP2C9 haplotype on warfarin efficacy clarified

VA Puget Sound Medical Center, Seattle - Researchers' data advance echocardiography research

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. - Norwegian cancer center selects radiotherapy technology equipment for upgrade