Law and Health Weekly

Mayo Clinic - Insulin receptor substrates play a major role in pancreatic cancer angiogenesis

Mayo Clinic - Lymphocyte dose correlated with survival after auto-SCT in NHL patients

Medical College of Georgia - Transporter's function provides support for eating vegetables, limiting antibiotics

Medical Malpractice - Doctors, attorneys debate malpractice insurance issues

Medical Malpractice - Dutch dentist with criminal charge leaves British practice

Medical Services International, Inc. - Company completes specialized dyes for the VScan rapid test kits

Medical University of Lodz - Polymorphisms within prion genes in Alzheimer disease discussed

Medicure, Inc. - Company receives ninth patent approval for treatment of cardiovascular diseases

Medtronic, Inc. - Endeavor III clinical trial begins

Mental Health - Nebraska mental health proposal carries concerns

Merck & Co. - Johnson & Johnson acquires interest in European joint venture

Merck Research Laboratories - Dose adjustments are not required for elderly patients on ertapenem

Mergers and Acquisitions - Long Term Care Group announces acquisition of competitor's TPA contracts

Michigan State University - Tempol lowers blood pressure but not vascular superoxide in DOCA-salt rats

Millenia Hope, Inc. - Malarex validated again as an antimalarial agent

Mingtai Chemical Co. - ISP, Taiwanese company, form partnership to sell cellulose ingredients

Minnesota Dept. of Public Health - Cough and cold care kits reduce antibiotic use

Molina Healthcare Inc. - Insurer seeks to shift low-income patients to California company

Motion DNA Corp. - Wireless motion-tracking tool to treat biomechanics-related injuries

Mt Sinai School of Medicine - Only selected peripheral arterial aneurysms can be treated endovascularly

NOP World Health - Forecast: Symbyax will take share from antidepressants

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Civacir phase I/II trial completed, preliminary results encouraging

Nara Medical University - Vascularized fibular grafting for MRSA osteomyelitis and infected nonunion

National Institute of Health Science, Tokyo - In vitro farnesoid X receptor ligand sensor assay developed

National Taiwan University - Patients with hepatitis B virus genotype C experience delayed seroconversion

National University of Singapore - Antisense suppression of DENN alters the growth of cancer cells and tumors

National University of Singapore Hospital - Asymptomatic SARS case with normal chest radiographs reported

Natl. Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver - Novel culture enables neutrophil differention of embryonic cells

NeoRx Corp. - Cancer drug company announces $9.7 million common stock financing

New University of Lisbon - Novel SLC5A2 mutations cause autosomal recessive renal glucosuria

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Participants sought for clinical trial of herbal treatments

Novo Nordisk - Repaglinide plus pioglitazone improves blood glucose control, study shows

OmniCorder Technologies, Inc. - Medical imaging developer announces name change and new trading symbol

OraSure Technologies, Inc. - Distribution agreement dispute resolved for OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test

Orchid BioSciences, Inc. - BioSciences company reports 2003 financial results

Osaka University - Bis(Maltolato)zinc(II) complex treats injured livers in mice

Ovarian Cancer - Dietary folate intake may be linked to reduced risk in women who drink alcohol

Oxford Biomedica U.K. Ltd - Pseudotyped lentiviral vectors provide strong nervous system transduction

PamGene International B.V. - Questra device management software designed for drug development market

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. - Megestrol acetate NCD oral suspension NDA planned for third quarter 2004

Pasteur Institute, Paris - Human apolipoprotein A-I expressed in heart

Personnel - C. Thomas Smith elected to the board of directors of IPC

Personnel - Packard Children's Hospital names director of pediatric emergency medicine

Personnel - Society of Gynecologic Oncologists elects new president

Personnel - The Regence Group names new chief marketing executive

Pharmion Corp. - FDA accepts NDA, grants priority review for Vidaza for the treatment of MDS

Physical Fitness - Women-only gym offers comfort for self-conscious

Pre-eclampsia - Hypertension condition during pregnancy linked to increased cancer risk

Prescription Drugs - Missouri Senate OKs bill to take back unused prescription drugs

Privacy Rights - U.S. federal judge denies request for abortion records

Public Health - Book examines health and the "income inequality" hypothesis

Public Health - Major agreement reached at heart health conference

QRS Diagnostic - FDA issues 510K approval for PC card digital blood pressure monitor

Quality Assurance - Baptist Memorial Health Care named among top healthcare networks

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology - "Rich" genes travel more

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Regeneron reports 2003 financial results

Research Funding - Medical research money approved by Florida House budget panel

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Study of families with multiple cases of RA reveals clustering of characteristics

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Conjugated linoleic acid isomers have unique effects on angiogenesis

Royal Free & University College Medical School - Retroviral constructs directed against CEA foster tumor cell transduction

Royal Newcastle Hospital - Chronic low back pain can be diagnosed using the reductionist approach

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center - No recurrence seen in patients with bone graft substitutes for benign bone tumors

Russian Academy of Medical Science - Aranoza is approved for treating patients with melanoma

SAIC-Frederick, Inc. - Companies to build reference transcriptome database on behalf of the NIH

San Francisco VA Hospital - Signal regulatory protein alpha is expressed on astrocytomas

Scolr, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company announces $10.4M private placement of common stock

Scolr, Inc. - Glucosamine and chondroitin now available in retail nutrition centers

Scripps Research Institute - Integrins regulate Rac targeting by internalization of membrane domains

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Manufacturing agreement announced for monoclonal antibody product candidate

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - SGN-30 receives orphan drug designation for T-cell lymphomas

Serenex - Biotechnology company announces new director of biology

Seton Hall University - Effects of morphine on LPS-induced VEC permeability clarified

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Syphilis increase has health officials concerned in New Hampshire

Sorenson Medical - ambIT pump line includes infusion therapies for chemotherapy and antibiotics

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Clofarabine is active in children with advanced leukemia

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researchers find direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma

St. Louis University - Injectable bone graft substitute shows promise in tibial metaphyseal fractures

St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital - Folic-acid fortification policy a great success in reducing neural tube defects

Staffing - Modis awarded contract to provide IT staffing for UTMB-Galveston

Stem-Cell Research - Few stem cell lines available soon, policy critics say

Suicide Prevention - Smith's private grief becomes public push for suicide prevention

Sunnybrook & Women's Health Sci. Ctr., Toronto - Glomerular hyperfiltration prevails during the early postpartum period

Surviving Sepsis Campaign - New guidelines support goal-directed therapy to treat sepsis

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Calfection gives scientists a way to transfect cells in suspension cultures

Syngenta - Agribusiness enters agreement for protein and antibody purification technology

TC2 - Survey: Americans have super-sized bodies

Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland - Hematopoietic stem-cell pathology in aplastic anemia reviewed

Tenet Healthcare Corp. - Hospital operator to implement discounts for uninsured patients

Thermogenesis Corp. - Cord blood stem cell programs in Japan continue adoption of BioArchive System

Tissera, Inc. - Biotechnology company completes $1.6M equity private placement

Tobacco Settlement - Cigarette importer wins exemption from tobacco settlement

Tohoku University, Miyagi - Endothelium-derived NO regulates vascular action of aldosterone

Toshiba America Medical Systems - First Aquilion 32 CFX installed in U.S. for cardiac imaging

Tottori University - p53 links proteasome system and neuronal death in Parkinson disease

Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University - P34^cdc2 expression predicts poor prognosis in tongue carcinoma

Transplant Medicine - Aetna launches transplant life management program

TweeSteden Hospital. Tilberg - The meniscus Arrow is preferable to metal screw for osteochondritis dissecans

U.S. Army Medical Res. Inst. of Infectious Disease - Serological correlate of protection in rabbits for anthrax vaccine identified

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -  Plasmodium reichenowi reticulocyte binding-like genes exhibit rapid evolution

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Expanding measles vaccination program in Zambia would save lives

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Vaccinating children protects adults as well

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - NeuC protein of E. coli K1 is UDP N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Potential type 2 diabetes-linked gene characterized in Pima Indians

U.S. Natl. Inst. of Standards & Technology - New nano-imaging technique could improve reliability of breast cancer tests

Uganda Ministry of Health - Amodiaquine/sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine regimen cost-effective in Africa

Univ. of California, Davis - Macaque SHIV model could aid research on env gene, pediatric infection

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Gene therapy protects livers from transplant-related injury

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Atrial fibrillation after CABG is predicted by increased P-wave dispersion

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Cardiac effects of protein kinase C-delta, -epsilon clarified

Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis - Minors able to buy nicotine replacement therapy products

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Deep brain stimulation restores quality of life for Parkinson patients

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Researchers receive NIH grant to open research center

Univ. of Wisconsin Hospital - Gemcitabine plus cisplatin is cost effective in non-small cell lung cancer

Universal Hospital Services, Inc. - Medical technology services company reports increased 2003 revenues

University Hospital, Aachen - One breath-hold MRI feasible for nonviable myocardium detection

University Medical Center, Utrecht - Abnormalities occur after whole brain radiotherapy for low-grade glioma

University Medical Enterprises, Inc. - Neutron Enterprises, Inc., announces appointment and merger

University of Bonn - Pharmacists make new contributions to multidisciplinary cancer care

University of Bristol - Breastfeeding linked with lower childhood blood pressure

University of Chicago - Autologous repair of supravalvar pulmonary stenosis feasible

University of Cologne - Smoking significantly increases the risk of developing bladder cancer

University of Ferrara - HIV Tat linked to liver tumor development

University of Ferrara - PBD hybrids disrupt HIV RNA activity

University of Florida - Doxycycline blocks enzyme activity to heal chronic diabetic ulcers

University of Florida - Magnetodendrimer labeling enables tracking of muscle stem cells

University of Florida - Researchers link blood vessel dysfunction to poor prognosis in women

University of Guelph - Contaminated water does not transmit Salmonella to tomato plants

University of Hals Nasen Ohren - Exposure to cement dust is related to development of lung cancer

University of Helsinki - Priming with hydroxyethyl starch impairs hemostasis after cardiac surgery

University of Innsbruck Hospital - Computer tomography allows retrograde autologous osteochondral grafting in OCD

University of Innsbruck Hospital - Role of hematopoietic stem cells in CML reviewed

University of Iowa - Graphic "Smoking Teens" show effects of tobacco products

University of Kitakyushu - Schizophyllan shows promise for transporting antisense oligonucleotides

University of Manchester - Plantar tissue thickness predicts plantar pressure in diabetic foot

University of Marburg - Common elements might link osteoporosis and vascular disease

University of Michigan - High-grade chondrosarcomas of the larynx are rare but very aggressive

University of Michigan - Vascular endothelial growth factor supports regenerated nerves after grafting

University of Minnesota - Radiation treatment is active in bone cancer

University of Mississippi - New venture explores potential of drug compound

University of Modena & Reggio Emilia - Cryptococcal meningitis prophylaxis not needed after immune recovery

University of Munster - Cyclin E overexpression in some cancers means proliferation and poor prognosis

University of Munster - Risk of breast cancer may be increased by the length of the egfr CA SSR gene

University of New Mexico -  M. tuberculosis PIM triggers early endosomal fusion

University of Oxford - St. John's wort reduces cortisol and corticosterone in rat brains

University of Padua - Mutation in factor X protease responsible for defect in Factor X Padua

University of Pennsylvania - Cell damage could explain why some schizophrenics fail to respond to treatment

University of Pisa - Low-dose cladribine led to good response in patients with splenic lymphomas

University of Reading - Parabens are found in human breast tumors

University of Rome, La Sapienza - Mesenchymal stem cells enhance ceramic spinal graft

University of Sao Paulo - Monocyte cytokine output linked to clinical features in TB patients

University of Saskatchewan - Structure of universally employed enzyme determined

University of Tokyo - HSV-specific immunity delayed in adult CBT recipients

University of Toronto - Obesity linked to dopamine D4 receptor gene in women with SAD

University of Washington - Central nervous system PTLDs characterized

University of Washington - PET clarifies regional sympathetic function during heart disease

University of Wisconsin - Gamma interferon neutralization of augments severe Lyme arthritis

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - Novel HEV strain identified in Namibia outbreak

University of Zurich Hospital - Physiotherapy aids mobility and defeats pain after osteoporotic fractures

Uppsala University - Children and young adults with myelomeningocele have reaching difficulties

Uppsala University - Understanding of mechanism of systemic amyloidoses offers therapy hope

Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center - JAK2-STAT5 signaling needed for microglia activation by IL-3

Varian, Inc. - More sensitive diphenyl column added to laboratory consumable products line

Ventaira Pharmaceuticals - Board appoints Leslie J. Williams chief operating officer at pharmaceutical firm

Verimetra, Inc. - Medical device manufacturer receives funding for prenatal cardiac surgery

Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Selective small molecule inhibitor of the Aurora kinases reduces tumor growth

Villingen-Schwenningen Clinical Center - Bladder disorder therapy should aim for social continence in those with dementia

Virginia Commonwealth University - Aspirin and antioxidants should be given the opportunity to treat preeclampsia

Water Fluoridation - Opponents blast bill on mandatory fluoridation in Kansas

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces marketing partner for nicotine gum

Wayne State University - Palatal augmentation prostheses helps speech and swallowing after glossectomy

Weill Cornell Medical School - Investigators find way to improve the care of depression in the elderly

Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, Oxford - IL-1 gene variants have limited effect on malaria susceptibility

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - Alliance to develop oral treatment for IgA-nephropathy

Whatman, Inc. - Lateral flow diagnostics used for food safety tracing and testing

Windber Research Institute - Multiple biomarkers may be necessary to classify breast cancer

Wyeth Vaccines - CDC recommends suspension of third and fourth doses of Prevnar

YMCA Metropolitan Atlanta - Drop-out rates in exercise programs at three YMCA facilities released

ZARS Inc. - FDA issues letter of approvability for S-Caine skin-numbing products