Lab Law Weekly

North Texas Uterine Fibroid Institute - Texas center treating uterine fibroids with U.S.FDA-approved thermal ablation system

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Recent findings in hepatocellular carcinoma provide new insights

Northwestern University, Evanston - Keratinocyte growth factor prevents oxidative stress damage in RPE cells

Novavax, Inc. - Drug development company enters license and supply agreement on Estrasorb

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. - Biotechnology company elects Doyle to board, Palmin as chief executive officer

Novoste Corporation - Medical device company and Best Medical restate asset purchase agreement

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Three ORNL technologies earn technology transfer excellence awards

Ohio State University - Regulation method for M. thermautotrophicus tryptophan operon expression is analyzed

Ohio University - Differential expression of proteins in pancreas of diabetic mice examined

Okayama Prefectural Institute of Environmental Science & Public Health - Majority of Norovirus outbreaks transmitted by human contact

Oregon Health Sciences University - Radial forearm osteocutaneous free flap useful in selected reconstructions

OriGene Technologies Inc. - Gene function analysis company enters codevelopment agreement

Ospedale Eugenio, Rome - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of endocrinology

Owens & Minor, Inc. - Healthcare supplies company reports 1.2 billion in third quarter revenue

PalliativZentrum Berlin-Brandenburg - Opioid switch in palliative care suggested according to clinical need

Pfizer Inc - Pharma company reports third-quarter 2005 net income down from last year

Pharmaceutical Institute - Medical education provider launches resource library for pharma industry professionals

Plureon Corporation - Biotech company announces agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company

Precyse Solutions - New web-based workflow engine for medical transcription and coding introduced

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Carbohydrate compound company begins phase II trail of Davanat /5-FU

Provid Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharma company announces agreement for optimization of drug discovery leads

Quigley Corp. - Study demonstrates safety of Cold-Eeze in a geriatric population

Qumas - Product integration effort to link document submission programs to compliance

Refractec, Inc. - Results affirm safety of treatment for post-Lasik presbyopic patients

Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome - New aromatase inhibitors for treatment of metastatic breast cancer examined

Research Center Borstel - Recent findings in allergy medicine provide new insights

Research and Markets Ltd. - Medical device market figures show Finland one of few with positive trade balance

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Study identifies role for Axl in angiogenesis and tumor growth

Roche - "Mirror, Mirror" program empowers women cancer survivors

Roche - Updated HIV guidelines support fusion inhibitor plus protease inhibitor therapy

Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence - BSC safe for surgical wound treatment, but healing time results are inconclusive

Rush University Medical Center - Safety and quality study ranks Rush among the nation's best

SGC Holdings, Inc. - Holding company acquires patent-pending method for expansion of stem cells

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants fast track designation for Troxatyl

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alzheimer disease rat model offers insights into biomarker identification

Sapporo Medical University - Microvascular decompression of trochlear nerve can be effective

Schering-PloughMedia - Analysis shows maintenance therapy with Remicade sustains healing in Crohn patients

Seoul National University - LCC passaged human nasal epithelial culture model developed for antiallergic drug studies

Seoul National University - Novel rat model of VED with generalized atherosclerosis validated

Serologicals Corporation - U.S. patent awarded for UCOE gene expression technology

Sorin Group - Complete clinical, angiographic data confirm patient safety of drug-eluting stent

Southampton General Hospital - Noncontact mapping enables ventricle endocardial electrical restitution

Spacelabs Medical Data - ECG monitoring services provider achieves Mortara Certified Partner status

St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney - Fracture risk predicted by femoral neck bone loss in elderly women

Stanford University - Selective intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dose escalation discussed

Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg - Recurrent tuberculosis in HIV-infected children is common in a high-burden TB setting

Sysmex America, Inc. - Blood Centers of America chooses hematology instrumentation for quality control and donor screening

TMG Health - Business process outsourcing company announces over $180 million in contracts

Teikyo University, Chiba - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Companies extend cost, stock elections deadline in pending acquisition of IVAX

Theragenics Corporation - Agreement with MedAssets to distribute prostate cancer treatment announced

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia - High-dose Botox shows promise as prophylactic treatment

Tm Bioscience - DNA-based diagnostics company to supply ARUP Labs with genetic metabolism tests

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Aldosterone increases osteopontin gene expression in rat endothelial cells

Torrey Pines Inst of Molecular Studies, San Diego - Glutamic acid decarboxylase peptide expands diabetogenic T cell clone

Trigen Holdings AG - Cardiovascular drug discovery company completes $31.9 million financing round

Trinity College Dublin - Reports describe recent advances in smallpox vaccines research

Tzu Chi University, Hualien - Zolpidem exhibits sleep-related vagotonic effect

U.K. National Blood Service - Enhanced detection system screens platelet concentrates for bacteria

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Meningococcal disease rate higher in microbiologists than general U.S. population

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Model system for testing malaria vaccines developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Molecular methods for hepatitis A surveillance improves outbreak detection

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - New study shows measles immunization may prevent fatal brain infection

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Plaque reduction neutralization is sensitive, specific for wild-type mumps virus

U.S. National Cancer Institute - S100-negative melanomas identified by negative workup

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Abnormalities of the brain detected at MR imaging

U.S. National Institutes of Health - New findings in breast cancer described

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Uncoupling proteins augment tolerance to cardiac ischemia

USC Fertility - California physicians report first findings in trial on oocyte cryopreservation

Universite Bordeaux 1 - Serotonin (5-HT) system controls ontogenic changes of spinal GABAergic cell population

University Centre Sint Jozef) - Does aerobic exercise improve well-being?

University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Indices of bone formation increase with teriparatide

University Federico II of Naples - Socioeconomic deprivation increased the incidence of tuberculosis in Naples

University Hospital, Lund - Biomarkers of aromatic diisocyanates found among occupationally unexposed workers

University of Alabama -  Salmonella flagellin component potentiates immune responses

University of Benin Teaching Hospital - Adult lymphomas analyzed in Edo state, Niger Delta region of Nigeria

University of Bern Hospital - Peripheral forearm vasodilatation in CAD is not improved by mild endurance exercise and pravastatin

University of British Columbia - Chondroitin sulfate addition to CD44H negatively regulates hyaluronan binding

University of California, Los Angeles - Impedance monitoring alone is insufficient during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

University of California, Los Angeles - Morbid obesity is linked to cardiovascular survival in hemodialysis patients

University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA study identifies $7 in societal savings for every $1 spent on drug abuse treatment

University of California, San Francisco - Cerebral oxygen balance is impaired during repair of aortic coarctation in infants and children

University of Cincinnati - Liver enzyme flares require scrutiny in HIV-HCV coinfected patients beginning therapy

University of Durham - No differences were found in solid-state NMR spectra of bambuterol hydrochloride samples

University of Edinburgh - Steroid signaling regulates ovarian surface epithelium

University of Erlangen - Researchers' data advance cervical cancer research

University of Essex - Small fiber muscle mechanoreceptors act to inhibit cardiac vagal tone to produce tachycardia

University of Ferrara - G-CSF enhances bone marrow stem cell mobilization during acute myocardial infarction

University of Georgia - Many substance abuse treatment counselors unaware of buprenorphine

University of Gothenburg - Research add new data to oncology body of knowledge

University of Hacettepe, Ankara - Low malignant potential ovarian tumors treated by conservative surgery

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Changes in the brain, not age, determine one's ability to focus on task

University of Kentucky - Proteasome inhibition improved fractionated radiation treatment

University of London Kings College Hospital - Cardiac troponin I predicts adverse events in stable coronary disease

University of Louisville - Increase in wire-crossing angle leads to overall rise in stiffness except medial bending

University of Lyon 1 - Renal sympathetic nerve activity displays differential responses to arterial pressure changes

University of Massachusetts - Childhood asthma affecting more than just breathing

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Benign granular cell tumor differentiated by unique imaging characteristics

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Neovascularization prevails in acute venous thrombosis

University of Miami - Prospects for group A streptococcal vaccine reviewed

University of Michigan - Brachytherapy is replacing other treatment modalities for prostate carcinoma

University of Michigan - Contrast agent dose, ultrasound exposure determine cardiomyocyte injury in rats

University of Minnesota - NK cell migration early after vaccinia infection characterized

University of Montpellier - Spironolactone corrects cardiorenal abnormalities associated with high sodium intake

University of Munich - Ketorolac and prednisolone superior for postoperative inflammation control

University of Nebraska - New research in the area of echocardiography detailed

University of Nigeria - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetes therapy

University of Notre Dame - Guidelines for treating infections in cancer patients receiving hospice care described

University of Pennsylvania - Electrode interaction in children depends on stimulus intensity, probe location

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Researchers describe findings in cardiology studies

University of Rochester - Endothelial cells help recruit immune cells to inflammation site during Rickettsia infection

University of Saskatchewan - Data advance knowledge in vaccines delivery research

University of Shizuoka - Sialidase activity of influenza A virus in an endocytic pathway enhances viral replication

University of Siena - Photoimmobilized micropatterned Hyal surface induced chondrocytes adhesion and alignment

University of St. Andrews - Studies add new findings to neuroscience body of knowledge

University of Strathclyde, Lanark - Review examines enzyme action on immobilized substrates

University of Sydney - Resistin and ghrelin increase adhesion molecule expression on vascular endothelial cells

University of Texas Health Science Center - A new analysis supports starting with VFEND for life-threatening fungal infections

University of Tokyo - Ig superfamily 11 (IGSF11) is target for gastrointestinal and liver cancer

University of Toronto - Mammographic breast density associated with higher breast cancer risk

University of Toronto - Symptom distress reported in patients attending outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic

University of Tubingen - Radiofrequency ablation used to treat renal cell carcinomas under MR-guidance

University of Turin - Hepatitis C virus infection modifies THP-1 monocytoid cell behavior

University of Turin - Receptor engagement drives tumor neovascularization

University of Vermont College of Medicine - Anemia associated with higher risk of death in the elderly

University of Washington - Depression linked to higher death rate for people with type 2 diabetes

University of Washington - Endoderm-derived Fgf3 induces neurogenesis in epibranchial placodes

University of Witten Herdecke - Combination of 3D-modeling and whole genome expression analysis advised

University of Witten/Herdecke, Datteln - Weight loss decreases insulin resistance index in obese children

University of Witwatersrand, Wits - Oral lesions are indicators of infection in HIV/AIDS

University of Zurich Hospital - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of angiography

VA Medical Center, Minneapolis - Study reveals vertebral deformities misdiagnosed as vertebral fractures

VA Medical Center, St. Louis - HIV-1 species barrier does not extend to uptake by the blood-brain barrier

Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Volunteers sought for avian flu vaccine study

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Reports advance knowledge in cancer therapy research

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Topically applied amphibian-derived antimicrobial peptides inhibit HIV infection

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. - Demand for new IGRT-enabled oncology products helps drive strong fourth-quarter growth

Venetec International - Study shows arterial catheter securement device reduces restarts by nearly 49%

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans - AN-238 inhibits growth of experimental, drug resistant endometrial carcinomas

Veterinary Research Institute, Brno -  Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis detected in powdered infant milk

Veterinary Research Institute, Brno - Animal food supplement may be contaminated with Mycobacteria

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company reports 45% increase in revenue for fiscal Q3 2005

Vital Living - Gregg A. Linn appointed chief operating officer of nutritional products company

Volcano Corporation - Collaboration and development agreement signed to develop X-ray angiography

Vrije University of Amsterdam - Reports add new data to neuroscience research

Wakayama Medical University - Trichloroacetic acid peels cause a temporary impairment of skin defense system

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - Research shows that environment is a major factor in addiction recovery

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals company to consolidate solid dosage manufacturing facilities

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot - Stem cell homing is a coordinated and multistep process

Wellington School of Medicine & Health Sciences - Single-stage bilateral TKA may have fewer risks than reported

Westmead Hospital - New findings in the area of liver cancer detailed

York University - Metabolic regulation by leptin has implications for glucose homeostasis

Yuzuncu Yil University, Van - Palmoplantar keratoderma associated with esophagus squamous cell cancer

ZymoGenetics, Inc. - Phase 1 study underway of rFXIII for patients undergoing cardiac surgery