Hospital and Nursing Home Week

Men's Health Network - Survey finds many men do not recognize the symptoms of enlarged prostate

Mergers & Acquisitions - Equity firm acquires assets of Skin Nuvo; rebrands medical spa company "Lumity"

Model N, Inc. - CoTherix hires firm to manage Medicaid rebate program

Monash University - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of malaria vaccines

Myogen, Inc. - Positive results reported for phase 2b trial in resistant hypertension treatment

Nagoya National Hospital - Continuous 5-FU infusion, weekly paclitaxel evaluated in gastric cancer

National Down's Syndrome Society - National society launches curriculum for students with disabilities

Natrol, Inc. - Dietary supplement company announced net income of $291,000

Neothermia Corporation - Volumetric tissue excision company announces personnel changes

Netherlands Vaccine Institute - Studies add new findings to meningitis vaccines body of knowledge

Niigata University - Irinotecan hydrochloride and mitomycin C treated ovarian adenocarcinoma

North Carolina State University - Novel liquid medium supports growth of 7 Bartonella species

Northeastern Ohio University - Alveolar liquid clearance analyzed, role of protein kinase A defined

Nottingham City Hospital - Temsirolimus, a novel inhibitor of MTOR, studied

Odyssey Thera, Inc. - Biotech company awarded European patent for PCA technology

Okayama Univ. School Medicine and Dent. - Gefitinib: a new option for esophageal squamous cell carcinomas

Okayama University - ZD1839 and TRAIL combine to fight ESCC

Osaka University - Spermatogonial SCT from leukemic mice restores fertility without leukemia

Personnel - Amerinet announces organizational change

Pharming Group N.V. - Japanese patent on recombinant human lactoferrin awarded to biotech company

Planet Technologies, Inc. - Allergy products companies announce completion of merger

Precis Inc. - Affordable healthcare access provider's stock declines in second quarter

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. - Behavioral health management company names member to board of directors

Public Health Service, Vitoria-Gastiez - Socio-economic inequalities in diabetes in Basque Country reported

Rita Medical Systems, Inc. - Medical device company names vice president of operations, general manager

Shantou University, Shantou Guangdong - Patients with CHD have higher expression of HO-1 in heme oxygenase-1

Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo - Hypothalamo-hypophyseal examined, salusin and vasopressin association revealed

Sidmap - University of Utah to use stable isotope-based metabolic phenotyping services

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Proxy assessment of quality of life in pediatric clinical trials performed

St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst - Murine t-box transcription factor TBX20 mutation linked to cardiomyopathies

Stanford University - Blockade of EGFR signaling may be strategy to reverse pulmonary arterial HT

Taipei Medical University - Trilinolein inhibits beta MyHC promoter activity and hypertrophy

Techne Corp. - Biological products, biotechnology company releases unaudited Q4 FY 2005 results

Temple University, Philadelphia - Oligoclonal T cells infiltrate the brains of children with AIDS

Tokyo Gakugei University - A rose by any other color...

TriPath Imaging, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants 510 clearance for image analysis system with HER-2/neu stain

Tutogen Medical, Inc. - Sterile biological implant manufacturer reports Q3 FY 2005 financial results

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Diversity of thymidine resistance genotypes HIV discussed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration -  Campylobacter jejuni vaccine protects ferrets against infection

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Hangover gene helps build alcohol tolerance

Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia - 14-Deoxyandrographolide studied, role as platelet activating factor revealed

University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern - Utility of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy reviewed

University Hospital of Leuven - Quality in surgical treatment of esophageal cancer assessed

University Hospital of Wurzburg - Salt-induced hypertension is not mediated by endothelial dysfunction

University Hospital, Aachen - Researchers' work adds to imaging body of knowledge

University of Aberdeen - Drugs that improve Parkinson symptoms may not slow disease progression

University of Bari - Role of tissue and serum levels of SCCA antigen in liver carcinoma clarified

University of Cambridge - Emerging roles of apelin in biology and medicine reported

University of Copenhagen - Glucagon-related peptide 1 reviewed

University of Dusseldorf - New data illuminates research in virology

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - Findings describe new data in transplant medicine research

University of Groningen - Follow-up in patients with localized primary cutaneous melanoma performed

University of Michigan - Nurses & midwives are backbone of vertical HIV transmission prevention programs

University of Minnesota - Paclitaxel and pegylated-liposomal doxorubicin are both active in angiosarcoma

University of Munich - Recent findings in angiology provide new insights

University of Navarra, Pamplona - Recombinant adenovirus/monoclonal antibody combination useful in HCV strategies

University of North Carolina - Ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors enhance nasopharyngeal carcinoma apoptosis

University of Queensland - Promoters for antigen expression in Salmonella enterica examined

University of Saskatchewan - Hox genes play role in CNS patterning during early development

University of Tennessee - Plasmid-encoded IL-15 sustains anti-herpes virus immunity

University of Toronto - Cancer care performance indicators developed

University of Turin - Insulin sensitivity is impaired in patients with migraine

University of Washington - MCAK tracks with tips of polymerizing microtubules

University of Western Ontario - Metabotropic Glu receptor examined, nature of regulation clarified

University of Wisconsin - Azacitidine is new agent for myelodysplastic syndromes

Vascular Solutions, Inc. - U.S. launch of 2-lumen catheters for measuring arterial pressures announced

Vital Living, Inc. - Neutraceuticals developer reports 71% revenue climb during second quarter 2005

Washington University, St. Louis - Extracellular matrix protein examined, role in shedding of Jagged1 defined

Whale Communications - Group picks secure private network for client access to voice-based information

World Fish Center - Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

World Health Organization - Immunization data quality audit reviewed

Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul - Indoor radon levels in dwellings at Dikili geothermal areas determined

Zynex Medical Holdings, Inc. - Field testing of inferential current device for pain management completed

dj Orthopedics, Inc. - Orthopedics soft goods business of Encore Medical purchased by device company