Lab Business Week

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse - Report: Controlled prescription drug abuse at epidemic level

National Detection Clinics - Detection clinic signs letter of intent with skin care company

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases - Stronger recommendations for influenza vaccination of health care workers

National Minority Health Month Foundation - Minority coalition formed to address disparities in access to medications

National Taiwan University, Taipei - Primary PCI with initial thrombosuction achieves earlier reperfusion

Neurochem - FDA agrees to review NDA for Fibrillex, recruitment for Alzhemed trial complete

New York University - Sensory deprivation affects brain's nerve connections

New York University Medical Center - Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI reveals hemodynamic changes

NicOx S.A. - Pharma company completes expansion of R&D organization

Nottingham Trent Univ., U.K. - Video games can be good for your health

Novacea, Inc. - Biopharma company adds management staff

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research - Baculovirus vector system for expression in insect and mammal cells developed

Nu-Tein Companies, Inc. - AMEC partners with company focusing on alfalfa compounds

Ohio State University - Model of deoxycytidine kinase specific for purine nucleosides developed

Okayama University - Caspase 6 implicated as a tumor suppressor gene

Oregon Hlth Science University, Portland - Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

Orthofix International N.V. - U.S. CMS to make coding modifications for external fixation products

Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna-Speising - Recent findings in knee replacement described

PRA International - Clinical research organization announces personnel changes, new strategy

PROCYON BIOPHARMA INC. - Biotech company enthusiastic about progress of ColorectAlert

PainCare Holdings, Inc. - Pain management company announces contract with Physicians' Services, Inc.

Pall Corporation - Purifications company releases research on prior reduction filter system

PaperFree Medical Inc. - Information technology company announces completion of cost-control measures

Partners Imaging - Imaging company formed to help physicians acquire CT scanners

Ped. Clinic & Ped. Surgery Clinic, Belgrade - Cd4+ lymphocytopenia, juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis are associated

Pennsylvania State University - Glycans studied, role in targeting misfolded glycoproteins revealed

Pennsylvania State University - Number of working poor families growing in America

Pharmavite LLC - Vitamin company urges scientists to examine impact of vitamin E on heart disease

Playtex Products, Inc. - Consumer products company appoints member to board of directors

Polish Academy of Sciences - Memantine pharmacology elucidated in mice

Prince Wales Hospital, Hong Kong - New data illuminates research in SARS ouTBreaks

Proton Laboratories, Inc. - Biotech company acquires interest in electrolyzed water patents

QLT Inc. - Aczone Gel is approved for the treatment of acne by U.S. FDA

Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford - Schizophrenia analyzed, calbindin-immunoreactive interneurons reduced

Rizzoli Orthopedic Institutes, Bologna - Recent findings in renal cancer described

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton - Researchers investigate the specificity of a chlamydial effector protein

Royal Surrey County Hospital - Risk factors for surgical site infection in UK identified

Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University - Bioactive food stimulants increase energy expenditure and fat oxidation

Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg - Adjuvant estradiol for treating schizophrenia is not found to prevent relapse.

SUNY Upstate Medical University - Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on orexigenic and anorexigenic modulators studied

Saarland University - Oncogene activation in tumor cells may be the result of secondary factors

Saint Louis University - New research may explain why 2003 outbreak in the U.S. wasn't deadly

Salk Institute - The synapse is a shotgun - new model challenges textbook definition

Sartorius AG - Provider of lab, process technology services structures within biotech division

Scripps Research Institute - Research center gets $52.7 million NIGMS grant for protein structure project

Seoul National University Hospital - Efficacy of platinum-based chemotherapy after cranial radiation evaluated

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences - Bleomycin used to treat complicated hemangiomas

Singleton Hospital, Wales - Lymphoma mimicked thyroglossal duct cyst in an adolescent

Smiths Medical MD, Inc. - Manker of infusion therapy equipment for diabetes settles patent litigation

Sontra Medical Corporation - Transdermal drug delivery company establishes clinical advisory board

Southern Research Institute, Frederick - Group B virus B does not replicate in immortalized cell lines

St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis - Amniotic fluid volume is not a reliable indicator of perinatal outcome

Stanford University School of Medicine - Study investigates adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus

Structural GenomiX, Inc. - Cystic fibrosis organizations announce $15 million drug discovery collaboration

Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals - Japanese company licenses antitumor drug to Conforma Therapeutics Corp.

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou - ACE inhibitors may aid cardiac function by enhancing cardiomyocyte contractility

Symyx Technologies, Inc. - Technologies company expands sales to European pharmaceutical customers

TNO Nutrition and Food Research, AJ Zeist - Oral benzene changes gene expression in rodent livers

TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden - Assay provides valuable information about performance of TAFI isoforms

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. - Data: Candesartan therapy can reduce risk of diabetes in heart failure patients

Techne Corporation - Biological and biotechnology products company announces acquisitions

Technical University of Dresden - VEGF inhibition augments the effects of bladder cancer chemotherapy

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital company renews agreement for Medicare, Medicaid and managed care plans

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries - Copaxone may protect against axonal injury over the long-term

Texas A&M University - Multicomponent Lyme vaccine better than single- or double-component vaccines

Texas Tech University, Lubbock - Ricin adsorption by montmorillonite could minimize toxic effects

The Anna & John J. Sie Foundation - Foundation announced Down Syndrome Research Initiative

The Doctors company - Poll finds many Americans have lost doctors because of liability fears

Translational Genomics Research Inst., Scottsdale - Genomics company opens drug development unit at Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus

Trauma Res & Readiness Inst for Surgery, Bethesda - Hypothermia can preserve neurons and astrocytes during cerebral hypoxia

Tsing Hua University - Researchers' data advance influenza vaccines research

Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston - Combination of anemia and LV hypertrophy identifies high CV risk in CKD patients

Tulane University, New Orleans - Plans needed to manage mental trauma after a terrorist event

U.S. Academy of General Dentistry - Dental research shows effective way to kill odor-causing bacteria

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Complexities in tetracycline analysis reviewed

U.S. Natl. Institutes of Health - NIAID funds Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center - Researchers' work adds to malaria vaccines body of knowledge

URAC - Disease management accreditation standards update released for public comment

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Majority of ALS patients are not depressed

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Most perinatal strokes lead to neurologic disorders

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara - Low-frequency ultrasound acts as transcutaneous immunization adjuvant

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Recent studies add new data to schistosomiasis vaccines research

Universite Laval, Quebec - Insomnia Severity Index validated empirically in cancer patients

University College London - Strategy for treating depression should be reconsidered

University Hospital Antwerp - Studies describe new findings in obesity therapy research

University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich - Study: Botox reduces incontinence in patients with neurogenic overactive bladder

University Hospital Freiburg, Germany - TACI is mutant in common variable immunodeficiency and IgA deficiency

University Hospital Vienna - Lack of death receptor 4 expression encourages ovarian cancer pathogenesis

University Hospital, Aachen - Brain natriuretic peptide monitors cardiac surgery patients for complications

University Hospital, Aachen - FDG-PET reliably distinguishes septic and aseptic loosening

University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main - Bendamustine-plus-rituximab is an effective lymphoma treatment

University Hospital, Maastricht - Study examined whether arterial wall properties improve after therapy conversion

University London Imperial College Sci Tech & Med - Gender difference in HIV-1 RNA viral loads dependent on CD4 cell count

University at Buffalo, New York - Clearance of bacterial strain from the lungs key to potential vaccine

University of Aarhus - Incidence of epilepsy subtypes is found to differ by gender

University of Aberdeen - Androgen receptor examined, intra-domain communication revealed

University of Alabama - Nearly 2 million eye injuries in the U.S. each year

University of Alberta - Long-term effects on dental arch characterized

University of Amsterdam - Study reports genes involved in oxidation of long-chain fatty acids

University of Arizona - Dolastatin 11 conformations, analogues, and pharmacophore studied

University of Arizona, Tucson - Reduced micronutrient intake accentuates premature death in murine AIDS

University of Basel - Reliability of varicella history in children and adolescents examined

University of Bergen - Fc-gammaRIIIA allelic variants are associated with coronary atherosclerosis

University of Birmingham - Study measured the effects of hypocapnia on ECGs

University of British Columbia - Findings advance knowledge in obesity pathogenesis research

University of British Columbia - Sunscreen use in children may lower risk of developing skin cancer

University of Calgary - HIV-related neurological syndromes reduce health-related quality-of-life

University of California, Los Angeles - Epigenetically masked tumor suppressor genes identified in endometrial cancer

University of California, San Francisco - Availability of abortion is evaluated by pregnant women

University of California, San Francisco - Survey-based COPD severity score validated

University of Florence - Prion protein examined, molecular dynamics of misfolding simulated

University of Genoa - Water-soluble amyloid-beta studied, role in Alzheimer disease revealed

University of Helsinki - Dietary fat modifies liver fat in overweight nondiabetic subjects

University of Helsinki Central Hospital -  Neisseria meningitidis examined, complement inhibitor binding revealed

University of Hong Kong - Molecular interactions for adaptation of SARS-CoV to human cells described

University of Iowa - Impediments in awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation identified

University of Liege - Research add new data to herpesvirus body of knowledge

University of Linkoping - Legumain expression related to clinicopathologic variables in colorectal cancer

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur - Flavonoids preserve vascular endothelial functions in hypertensive rats

University of Maryland -  Salmonella Typhi Ty21a elicits oligoclonal expansion of CD8+ T cells

University of Melbourne - Alzheimer disease examined, amyloid-beta implicated in metal homeostasis

University of Miami - Systemic bevacizumab may benefit those with age-related macular degeneration

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Estrogen regulates CCR gene expression and function in T lymphocytes

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - New findings in HIV/AIDS prevention described

University of Minnesota - Two-year outcome of weight loss therapies for type 2 diabetes outlined

University of Nebraska, Kearneysville -  D. melanogaster complementary system to study HIV-1-related genes/proteins

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Report discusses use of antioxidants for preventing CV diseases

University of Nottingham - Costs incurred by families in UK pediatric program determined

University of Oklahoma - Herpetic encephalitis examined, chemokine-mediated resistance clarified

University of Oslo - Data advance knowledge in diabetes pathogenesis research

University of Oslo - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of atherosclerosis

University of Oulu - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes genomics and genetics

University of Padua - Ascites-related cirrhotic vasodilation studied, role of nitric oxide clarified

University of Puerto Real, Cadiz - Transvaginal ultrasound is recommended for assessing cervical ripening

University of Reading - THP monocyte-derived macrophages demonstrate a preference for VLDL-1

University of Rochester, New York - Research uncovers why good cells go bad in progression of MS

University of Sao Paulo - Method to reach bypassed stomach after bypass for obesity developed

University of South Alabama - Ventilator-induced lung injury studied, sources of modulation clarified

University of Southern California - Utility of gastrointestinal transit testing reviewed

University of Teesside, U.K. - Interventions in children have limited effect

University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas - BOP as an essential downstream effector gene of MEF2C in the developing heart

University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas - Tumor suppressor ING4 halts hypoxia inducible factor activation

University of Tokyo - Aberrations of CHK2 gene determined to be rare in pediatric solid tumors

University of Tokyo - Nontoxic Shiga toxin derivatives from E. coli possess adjuvant activity

University of Toronto - Endoscopic Doppler OCT imaging feasible in GI tract

University of Tubingen - Recent findings in atherosclerosis provide new insights

University of Valladolid - Embryonic CSF involved in regulation of neuroepithelial cell behavior

University of Vienna - Chronic hepatitis C therapies have variable effects on hematopoiesis

University of Virginia, Charlottesville - South African medicinal plant extracts inhibit HIV-1 RT/integrase

University of Wurzburg - Particle embolization carries risk of neurologic complications

University of Zurich - Aureobasidin A blocks T. gondii replication w/o affecting host metabolism

Uppsala University - Neuronal axotomy-induced death analyzed, effect of clusterin deficiency revealed

VA Medical Center, San Francisco - Several genes regulated by HOXA9/HOXA10 expressed in normal HSC populations

Velcura Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase II SBIR grant will fund proteomics research

Ventas, Inc. - Healthcare real estate trust enters agreement to sell common stock

Virginia Commonwealth University - Experts report dental X-rays effectively identify stroke risk factors

Washington Hospital Center - Squamous cell carcinoma developed after ileoanal pouch procedure

Washington University School of Medicine - Architecture and adhesive activity of the Haemophilus influenzae Hsf adhesin

Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri - Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia models develop fatty livers

Watson Laboratories, Salt Lake City - Pharmacology of transdermal testosterone therapy characterized

Xechem International, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company completes sale of interest in CepTor Corporation

Yamaguchi University - Reports add new data to liver cancer research

bioMerieux - New ultra-sensitive test for hepatitis B infection launched

dj Orthopedics, Inc. - Orthopedics company partners with Full90 Sports to develop soccer products

invivodata inc. - Company launches clinical data collection software system for electronic diary