Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week

Mayo Clinic - Ovarian cancer survival improves with radical surgical resection

Medical Devices - Taxus stent is more cost effective than bare metal stents for Swedish patients

Medical University of Vienna - Intraocular lens bifocal system effective

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Breast lesion size was examined for association with positive biopsy prediction

Memry Corporation - Memry Corporation announces fiscal year 2006 second quarter revenue of $12.6 million

Mergers & Acquisitions - Centre Partners and DSI to acquire more than 100 dialysis centers

Mergers & Acquisitions - Healthcare technology services provider Masterplan acquires Genesis Technology Partners

Mergers & Acquisitions - Per-Se Technologies purchases eShift product from Flexestaff

Moog Inc. - Moog announces acquisition of Curlin Medical's assets

Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik - DNA vaccine candidates against variety of pathogens are identified by new method

Mount Vernon Cancer Center, Northwood - Recent findings illuminate research in rectal cancer

Mt. Kisco Medical Group - MRI can detect breast disease missed by mammography

Municipal Health Service, Utrecht - Dutch version of CDC Core Healthy Days Measures has been validated

National Institute of Infectious Disease, Rome - Nonspecific T cell activation induces inhibition of subgenomic HCV replication

National University of Ireland - Coronary artery stents can be improved by increasing ductility via optimization of microstructure

National Yang-Ming University - Simvastatin withdrawal in hypercholesterolemic patients leaves MMP levels unchanged or reduced

New York University - BMP7 compromises prostate gland branching morphogenesis and Notch signaling

ONI Medical Systems, Inc. - ONI Medical Systems names Peter Pellerito as president and CEO

OrthoLogic Corp. - OrthoLogic appoints William M. Wardell, MD, PhD, to its board of directors

Ospedale Silestrini, Perugia - Patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer should be evaluated for chemotherapy

Peninsula Medical School, Devon - Glycemic response to metformin and sulphonylureas in nonobese and obese is similar

Personnel - Health Net of California names Diana Gibson Pace regional VP

Piribo - Market for sleeping disorders forecast to triple to $11 billion by 2012

Preventive Medicine - Kidney stone prevention program launched with Litholink

Quality Assurance - NQF releases standardized patient safety classification system for U.S.

Robarts Research Institute, London - Metabolic syndrome prevalence in aboriginal Canadians finds three candidate genes

Royal Free & University College Medical School, London - Diabetics experience less CV events after low-dose statin therapy with atorvastatin

SUNY, Brooklyn - Desflurane-treated brain tissue recovers significantly better than untreated hypoxic tissue

SUNY, Geneseo - Acute pain following breast cancer surgery was focus of study

Secured Financial Network - Secured Financial Network acquires HEB with assets of $12 million

Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Epidermal growth factor receptor ligand targets delivery of therapeutics

Shantou University of Medicine - Genomic changes between esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma compared

Southern Illinois University - Visceral adiposity is a risk factor for pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Sports Medicine - Comprehensive cheerleading safety guidelines unveiled

Synthetech, Inc. - Synthetech board appoints Daniel Fagan sole member of new strategic development committee

Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Researchers' findings advance hematology research

TolerRx, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants orphan drug status to monoclonal antibody for treating type 1 diabetes

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Human coagulation factor VIIa therapy is linked to thromboembolism after unlabeled uses

U.S. National Institutes of Health - High throughput screening assay identifies KSHV DNA synthesis inhibitors

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Live and attenuated tick-borne encephalitis virus vaccines safe and effective in monkeys

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Protein immunization induces vigorous hepatitis C virus T cell responses

Umea University - Web-based self-test for chlamydia, other STDs proposed

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. - Unigene elects financial and pharmaceutical executives Peter Slusser, Bruce Morra to board

United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong - Antibiotic use and survival in advanced cancer patients with infections examined

University Children's Hospital, Basel - Booster vaccinations are lacking in Swiss preschool and school-aged children

University Hospital Heraklion - Angiopoietin-2 may guide the angiogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease

University Medical Center of Utrecht - Cancer screening with computed tomography incites dose controversy

University of Alabama - Combination suicide gene with antibody treatment increases cancer cell cytotoxicity

University of Alabama - T-cell-based reporter system screens antiretroviral drugs

University of Caen - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of colorectal cancer

University of California, San Diego - Laminin gene deficiency produces heart disease and capillary defects in mice

University of California, San Diego - Toll-like receptor 4 protects against lethal leptospirosis

University of California, San Francisco - Integrin alphavbeta3 and cofilin modulate K1735 melanoma cell invasion

University of Delhi - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of tuberculosis vaccines

University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School - PET/CT scans used to predict response in primary lung tumor and lymph nodes

University of Edinburgh - Ischemic neuronal damage reduced by neural stem cell grafts

University of Georgia -  Listeria outbreaks caused by processing equipment and deli meat cross-contamination

University of Glasgow - HER family may have multiple roles in prostate cancer

University of Illinois - 3T MRI in Parkinson disease allows subthalamic nucleus imaging

University of Marburg - Cochlear implant digital volume tomography imaging useful

University of Miami - Optimal treatment parameters for treating intestinal metaplasia assessed

University of Michigan - Leptin corrects host defense defects after acute starvation in pneumococcal pneumonia

University of Michigan - New nanotech drug delivery systems under study for cancer therapy

University of Oslo Ulleval Hospital - CPR for cardiac arrest improved by tracheal intubation

University of Pennsylvania - Attenuated Leishmania major parasites require adjuvant for protection

University of Pittsburgh - Pap test quality is improved by using Toyota production system methods

University of Pittsburgh - Studies add new findings to obesity pathogenesis body of knowledge

University of Sao Paulo Medical School - Regional recurrence rate evaluated in patients with node-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

University of Southern California - Vascular endothelial superoxide production is induced by a lipoprotein

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Neural SCT in stomach rescues gastric function in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficiency

University of Udine - Reports add new data to rectal cancer research

University of Utah - Anaplastic large cell lymphoma linked to incidence of ALK gene rearrangement

University of Utah - New findings in the area of colon cancer detailed

University of Valencia - Moderate aerobic exercise increases insulin sensitivity in nonobese, nondiabetic subjects

University of Western Ontario - Physical performance variables reflect self-efficacy or confidence

VQ OrthoCare - VQ OrthoCare introduces electrotherapy devices for treating postsurgical or chronic pain

Wageningen University - FIAF/angiopoietin-like protein 4 governs plasma lipid levels and adiposity

Wakayama Medical University - Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography used to diagnose hypovascular renal tumors

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis - Radiation therapy may be strengthened by inactivating telomere protein

Wayne State University, Detroit - Predictors of enrollment in lung cancer clinical trials identified

Wright State University, Dayton - Adenovirus-mediated small-interference RNA silences angiotensin AT(1a) receptors

sanofi pasteur - Sanofi pasteur delivers additional H5N1 vaccine for U.S. government pandemic efforts