Managed Care Business Week

Natl. Assn. of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners - Parents report chickenpox among "top three" most miserable illnesses

Neurogen Corp - Drug development company assumes rights to CRF-1 collaboration

New York University - Cytokine is potential therapeutic target for septic patients

Nordic Naturals - Provider of essential fatty acids offers Hispanic speaking customer service

Northwestern University - Lifestyle change and metabolic syndrome reviewed

Oregon Center for Nursing - Oregon Center for Nursing names new executive director

PAREXEL International Corporation - Pharma company announces addition of vice president of clinical pharmacology

Patterson Companies, Inc. - Supply company announces stock split and share repurchase

Personnel - Concentra names Arnold Silvestri VP of business development for California

Pharmacy Management - Decatur Memorial selects IHS's Complete Automated Pharmacy Solutions

Physicians of Midway, Inc. - Midway Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles acquired by consortium

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. - Agreement focuses on identifying protein biomarkers for early detection

Premature Ovarian Failure - Impaired endothelial function normalizes within 6 months with hormone therapy

Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Dopamine depletor for chorea receives FDA 'fast track' designation

Recordati, SpA - Eurand inks agreement for development of lercanidipine

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - New sequence involved in DNA replication timing may aid in cancer detection

Royan Institute, Tehran - ESCs established from blastocysts differentiate into cardiomyoctes and neurons

Scimagix, Inc. - Imaging informatics company installs data-mining software for two drug firms

Scios Inc - Nesiritide treatment associated with reduced in-hospital mortality

Singapore Health Sciences Authority - Fatal hepatic failure possibly induced by nitrosofenfluramine reported

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals company reports on filing, approval of ANDAs with the FDA

Staten Island University Hospital - Report analyzes benefits of early thrombolytic therapy

Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences - Oligodeoxyribonucleotides trigger interferon-alpha in pigs differentially

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - BioLogic gates yield mammalian cell logical transcriptional control

Technical University of Munich - Flavone has sweeping effects on human colon cancer cell proteins

Tele-Tracking Technologies - Asset tracking systems offered to hospitals

The Scripps Research Institute - Stem cells placed mice promising for retinal degeneration diseases

Transition Therapeutics Inc. - Clinical development of interferon enhancing therapy for hepatitis C begun

Tredegar Corporation - Film products company announces relocation plans, proceeds with restructuring

Trinity Hospice, Inc. - Dino Eliopoulos named CFO of Oklahoma hospice in newly created position

True Health U.K. - Medical equipment company expands its repair and maintenance services

Tufts Health Plan - Massachusetts health insurance plan for seniors holds rates, lowers drug copays

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Alproate promotes ERK pathway-dependent cortical neuronal growth/neurogenesis

Univ of West Indies & Microbiol Lab, Champs Fleurs -  P. aeruginosa isolates in Trinidad have relatively low drug resistance

Univ. of Agriculture Science, Bangalore - Activation of Notch in cervical neoplasia appears to be Jagged1 dependent

Univ. of California, San Diego - Management of insulin resistance using glitazones

Univ. of California, San Diego - Sialic acid O-acetylation in group B Streptococcus characterized

Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey - Targeting of HIV-1 RNA-DNA hybrid structures potential strategy for therapy

University Health Network - Letrozole has limited activity in advanced endometrial cancer

University Hospital, Groningen - Studies show relation between endothelial dysfunction and coronary events

University Republica, Montevideo - Genetic diversity of RSV isolated during an epidemic characterized

University at Buffalo - Monkeys and humans form categories in strikingly different ways

University of Alberta - Vasopeptidase inhibition improves insulin sensitivity

University of Autonoma Barcelona - High-fat corn oil diet associated with breast cancer

University of California, San Francisco - Wnt-2 inhibition induces apoptosis in NSCLC cells

University of Evry Val Essonne - The lumbar point can be used to estimate power in running

University of Glasgow - Hepatitis B prevalent despite vaccination programs in Pacific Islands

University of Heidelberg - IL-26 targets epithelial cells through IL-20 and IL-10 receptors

University of Heidelberg - Update provided on the medical management of listeriosis

University of Hong Kong - Sodium salicylate enhances liver cancer therapy in animal models

University of London - Inflammation markers signal rapidly advancing coronary disease

University of Mainz - CYP3A5 has limited role in hepatic 6beta-hydroxylation of testosterone

University of Montreal Hospital Center - Prevalence of spontaneous oral dyskinesia in elderly lower than reported

University of Munich - Dense LDLs originate from two sources in cases of familial hypercholesterolemia

University of Oxford - Polymer-coated adenoviral vectors offer bioavailability with less toxicity

University of Oxford - Scientists home in on human brain connectivity mapping

University of Pennsylvania - Nucleoside triphosphate analogues optimize DNA-RNA hybridization

University of Sherbrooke - PET method resamples heart images to a common model

University of Utah - Researchers develop fast-track way to discover how cells are regulated

University of Washington - Recombinant KSHV with fluorescent protein enables study of lytic gene expression

University of Western Ontario - Longitudinal changes in aerobic power in older adults reported

University of the Saarland, Germany - Nasal ointment reduces allergic rhinitis symptoms

Valentis, Inc. - Cardio-focused company announces fiscal 2004 financial results

Vanderbilt University - Risk associated with oral contraceptive use may depend on catechol estrogens

Wake Forest University - Study findings suggest physiological roles for Ang-(1-7) and ACE2 in pregnancy

West Nile Virus - Authority on West Nile virus dies

World Health Alternatives, Inc. - Human resources medical staffing company hires company for financial services

Zagazig University - Patients' voice resonance following endoscopic surgery explored

Zambon Group - Positive results reported from IFIGENIA study in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis