Lab Business Week

NutriGuard Research - Diets decrease C-reactive protein by affecting adipocyte function

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Protein preconcentration technique improves microfluidic analysis

Omnicell, Inc. - Patient safety solutions provider announces that CFO is stepping down

Oridion Systems Ltd. - Shareholders of respiratory-focused devices company approve all board motions

Orphan Medical, Inc - Pharmaceutical marketer issues Xyrem prescription sales update

Osaka University - Endoplasmic reticulum stress contributes to insulin resistance and diabetes

Oxford University - Radio-tracking associated with "dramatic shift" in water vole sex ratio

Pace Medical, Inc - Pacemaker company appoints new CEO

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. - Pharma company announces record financial results

Pennsylvania State University - Thermodynamic stability of ubiquitin studied, influence of alpha-helix revealed

Pepperdine University, Malibu - Mitochondria-dependent apoptosis studied, blockage by cypermethrin documented

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - Research company awarded grant to study DNA mutations in colorectal cancer

PhDx Systems - Version 2 of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty outcomes measurement software released

Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc. - Drug discovery company announces financial results

Premier, Inc. - Web-based solution offers environmentally friendly disposal of computers

Prison Health - Oklahoma program addresses nonviolent mentally ill inmates

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. - New findings in the area of osteoporosis detailed

QMed, Inc. - John W. Rohfritch named president of disease management services company

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Healthcare services organization adds six physicians

Redi-Mail Direct Marketing - Direct mail company adds health-system pharmacists to database licenses

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company releases financial results showing increase in net income

Regulatory Issues - FDA seeks drug-warning-label authority

Rhytec, Inc. - New skin regeneration technology announced

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway - Proteasome-mediated protein degradation studied, elongation factor revealed

Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. - Hemodialysis concentrate manufacturer opens new facility

Russian Academy of Science, Kazan - Role of actomyosin motor in Elodea canadensis cytoplasmic streaming studied

Salick Health Care - Cancer center developer changes name to Aptium Oncology

San Raffaele Science Institute - Inducing murin CCR5-downregulating antibodies prevents HIV infection

Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc. - Study to show benefit using Hyalgan for osteoarthritis of the ankle

SciGen Limited - Insulin product SciLin receives health care registration in the Philippines

Select Medical Corporation - Hospital company gets stockholder OK, completes merger with EGL Acquisition

Sepragen Corporation - Biotech equipment maker signs supply agreement for chromotography systems

Serologicals Corporation - Life sciences company reports Q4 and full-year results, record sales

Sigma-Tau Research Department, Pomezia - Modified heparin antagonizes angiogenesis without affecting coagulation

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. - RNA-focused biotech company reports Q4 and full-year financial results

SkinMedica, Inc. - Data: Laser Plus VANIQA provides better hair-removal results

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - Norway to be supplied with special vaccines in event of influenza pandemic

Sookmyung Women's University - Recent findings in diabetes therapy provide new insights

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company files ANDA with U.S. FDA for opthalmic product

St. James University Hospital - Researchers' data advance metabolic syndrome research

Stanford University - Cross-species functional screen facilitates analysis of mouse cDNAs

Stanford University - Early postmenopausal HRT may protect against Alzheimer's disease risk

Stanford University - Recombinant viral vectors generate unrestricted liver cell transduction

State University of New York - Socially reared bonnet macaques develop metabolic syndrome

Steno Diabetes Center - Prevalence of mutations of melanocortin 4 receptor variants reported

Stereotaxis, Inc. - Cardiology instrument maker reports Q4 and year end 2004 financial results

Suicide - Suicides outdistance homicides in United States

TGen Foundation - Genomics-focused biomedical company foundation announces new charitable fund

Taichung Veterans General Hospital - Manganese-induced astrocyte stellation studied, role of RhoA inactivation shown

Technical University of Munich - Novel sensor chips enable analysis of drug effects on tumor cell metabolism

Temple University - MAP1b has microtubule-stabilizing activity in growing axons

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - European approval to market rasagiline 1 mg for Parkinson disease granted

Texas Children's Hospital - Real-time 3D Doppler assay devised for pediatric mitral valve flow measurement

The Governance Institute - Survey shows changes in health system governance

The Medical House PLC - Agreement signed for needle-free delivery system for human growth hormone

The Medicines Company - Acute care products provider reports Q4, year 2004 financial results

Tohoku University - Cutaneous tuberculosis evoked by BGG vaccination in healthy baby

Transgene - Vaccine-focused biopharmaceutical company announces FY 2004 financial results

Trinity Biotech plc - Diagnostics product company announces 2004 financial results

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Sequence polymorphism in subspecies B1 human adenoviruses reported

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Life expectancy hits record high; gender gap narrows

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Risk factors differ by age, race among African American and white women

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Genetic typing of porin protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae reported

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Method of detecting Enterobacter sakazakii in infant formula developed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Antibody response elicited by trimeric HIV glycoproteins analyzed

U.S. National Institutes of Health - High rate of abnormal BMD found in women with pulmonary disease

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Obese and tall women have increased incidence of fraternal twins

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Studies add new findings to virology body of knowledge

U.S. Natl. Human Genome Research Inst. - NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing

United Nations - Over 300 Nigerian women's obstetric injuries treated in first week of campaign

Univ. of California, San Diego - Traffic jam on axon highway occurs early in Alzheimer

Univ. of Missouri, Columbia - Doctors use sound to battle skin cancer

Univ. of Texas School of Medicine, Houston -  Enterococcus faecalis lsa locus studied, differences clarified

Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas - Laparoscopic procedure offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery

Univ. of Texas Southwestern, Dallas - Mutated genes involved in lung cancer; one affects nonsmokers

Univer. of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill - MRI safe, accurate for diagnosing pregnant women with abdominal pain

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Scientists discover the origin of a mysterious physical force

University Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome - Class III beta-tubulin overexpression a key mechanism of paclitaxel resistance

University Children's Hospital, Berne - Volume overload and age have combined influence on atrial SERCA2a expression

University College London - Trial results dispute efficacy of standard management strategies

University Federal Rio Grande Norte - Changes in bone turnover are associated with diabetic osteopenia

University Hospital Gasthuisberg - Immunotherapy for malignant gliomas reviewed

University Hospital of Munster - New epidural technique may be applied in prolonged critical illness

University of Alabama - Data advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

University of Alberta - Lipids modify age-associated changes in intestinal uptake of fructose

University of Alberta - School programs help reduce childhood obesity

University of Basel, Switzerland - Ankle sprains show link to development of osteoarthritis

University of Bonn -  Plesiomonas shigelloides is emerging pathogen with unusual features

University of Bordeaux II Victor Segalen - Psychosocial factors shape chronic hepatitis C patients' views of their disease

University of California Los Angeles - Thymectomy disturbs long-term maintenance of lymphocyte populations

University of California, Los Angeles - Novel in-line sample purification method developed for MALDI-MS

University of California, San Diego - Increasing adenylyl cyclase expression could attenuate cardiac fibrosis

University of California, San Francisco - CD14+ macrophage hybrid phenotype circulates in persons with high HIV viral load

University of Cantabria - Adiposity plays role in obesity-related, low-grade inflammation

University of Chicago - CTGF regulated by Wnt and BMP signaling in MSC osteoblast differentiation

University of Colorado - Multifrequency driving can enhance echo particle image velocimetry applications

University of Complutense, Madrid - Extracellular enzymes predict the outcome of colorectal cancer

University of Crete - Amyloid fibril formation analyzed, involvement of adenovirus fiber revealed

University of Dundee -  Trypanosoma brucei glycoproteins analyzed, carbohydrate chains revealed

University of Giessen - Study inventoried immune competent cells in rat cardiac ganglia

University of Illinois, Urbana - Soybean saponins can induce macroautophagy in colon tumor cells

University of Kuopio - More than 300 new hypertension genes discovered

University of Lausanne - Relations among dietary fat, lipogenesis, and energy balance reviewed

University of Louisville - Efficacy of impaction component grafting for femoral revision evaluated

University of Massachusetts - BPA increases serum thyroxine, alters gene expression in developing rat brain

University of Michigan - Effects of Ang II on pericyte-containing retinal microvasculature clarified

University of Michigan - Fear of test result and stigmatization are barriers to HIV testing in Bali

University of Minnesota - CGRP receptors may regulate gene transcription in primary afferent neurons

University of Minnesota - Growth cones studied, movement in a peptide gradient documented

University of Nebraska - Bovine herpesvirus gene promotes virus growth and reactivation

University of Nevada - Mechanism of slow wave propagation in gastric antrum determined

University of New Mexico - Chemoattractant receptor trafficking analyzed, inhibition by arrestins revealed

University of Newcastle, U.K. - Technology revolution is "disappearing" from the NHS

University of North Carolina - Findings may help explain cause of most common movement disorder

University of Ottawa - Nobiletin may prevent atherosclerosis by inhibiting foam-cell formation

University of Oxford - Recent findings illuminate research in cancer genetics

University of Pennsylvania Hospital - Mesothelial marker D2-40 may be useful in differential diagnosis

University of Sao Paulo - Electrolysis-separated capillary electrophoresis system has improved stability

University of South Alabama - Nasally administered siRNA inhibits respiratory viruses

University of South Florida - A-beta immunization protects against cognitive impairment

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Gender a factor in who gets bypass surgery

University of Texas Health Center, Tyler - Inability to type M. abscessus by PFGE assoc. with single clone of organism

University of Tokyo - Enhanced self-renewal of HSC mediated by polycomb gene product Bmi-1

University of Torino - Resveratrol's cancer prevention may result from changes in cell cycle progress

University of Toronto - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of neuroscience

University of Utrecht - Beta-lactam susceptibilities evaluated against Enterobacteriaceae isolates

University of Utrecht - L-type Ca²⁺ channels are regulated by beta-adrenergic stimulation

University of Washington - Renal clearance of atenolol and creatinine is increased during pregnancy

University of Western Ontario, London - Postprocessing tools provide a means for quantifying microcirculation

University of the Witwatersrand - Molecular genetic methods for mycobacterial research reviewed

University of the Witwatersrand - Studies describe new findings in haemophilus vaccines research

V.I. Techologies, Inc. - Anti-infectives focused company gets NASDAQ extension on listing requirements

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International - Pharmaceutical company reports fourth quarter and full year 2004 results

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - IGF-I gene polymorphisms may be risk factor in Chinese women

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Upregulated cardiac ankyrin repeat protein accelerates wound healing

Veritas Medicine - New medicine may help patients with advanced ovarian cancer

Virginia Commonwealth University - Researchers identify networks of genes responding to alcohol in the brain

Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. - Developer, manufacturer of human cell lines reports 2004 results

Wake Forest University - Program takes psychiatric services to frail elderly in their homes

Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Applying fluorouracil cream before cryosurgery reduces AK lesions, study shows

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research -  Shigella flexneri vaccine strains characterized

Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Researchers' findings advance prostate cancer vaccines research

WellPoint, Inc. - Benefits company, state launch $35 million Community Clinics Grant Program

Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia - Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury

World Health Organization - Contraception use not keeping up with conception rates in Latin America

Xechem International, Inc. - Spinoff company Ceptor Corp. completes private offering, becomes independent

ZLB Plasma Services - Haemonetics inks supply contract for plasma collection products

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Company reports first electromagnetic navigation knee replacement procedure