Managed Care Business Week

State Medicaid - Iowa at a crossroads on healthcare for the poor

State Medicaid - West Virginia may have to cut Medicaid spending by $150 million

Auburn University - Efficient synthesis of 5'-homoaristeromycin reported

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota - Minnesota health insurance provider launches depression management program

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Not all leukemic oncogenes transform committed SCs lacking self-renewal capacity

Brigham Young University - When it comes to nutrition and health, knowledge is power

Business Update - Ceridian's EAP and Life-Works Services division gains industry accreditation

Cancer Research U.K., London - Mendelian tumor syndrome lesions possess increased microvessel density

Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen - PLGA microspheres improve antigen delivery to dendritic cells

Central Drug Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh - Vitamin C may prevent leishmania infection, but lacks therapeutic effect

Cerebral Palsy - Michigan 5-year-old receives innovative cerebral palsy treatment

Columbia University, New York - IVF/ICSI safely avoids disease transmission in HIV-1 serodiscordant couples

Columbia University, New York City - Growing evidence supports focus on mind-body connection in heart disease

Cook Biotech, Inc. - Companies ink agreements relating to engineered-tissue products

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - New plant to provide additional production of Cubicin

Daxor Corp. - Instrumentation company receives signed agreement from LLUMU

Dendreon Corp. - Provenge/Avastin combo increases PSADT

East Carolina University - Effect of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y on ethanol consumption determined

Emory University - Utility of cancer screening tests reviewed

Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Improvements in care for stroke should focus on lower socioeconomic groups

European Institute of Oncology, Milan - E2F6 complex analyzed, proliferation-specific EZH2 interaction shown

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia - Short course of hCG may have chemoprotective potential

Fudan University - Intranasal immunization with inactivated SARS-CoV induces antibodies

General Austrian Hospital Hallein - Surgical options for obesity therapy reviewed

George Washington University - Study highlights lessons learned from the anthrax emergency

George Washington University, Washington, DC - CAD detects small lesions radiologists are likely to miss

Georgetown University, Washington, DC - Epidemic of cosmetic procedures among young adults a myth

Glenmark Cardiac Center, Mumbai - Balloon-assisted technique enables closure of large atrial septal defects

Hanyang University - Hepatic gene expression profiles altered by genistein in obesity

Healthcare Coverage - Report shows number of Minnesotans without health insurance jumped

Hybridon, Inc. - Toll-like receptor 9 agonist enhances antitumor activity of Cetuximab, data show

ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Antisense blockade of ICAM-1 does not harm fetal development in study models

Iceland Genomics Corp. - New data illuminates research in cancer genetics

Imagenetix, Inc. - Bioceuticals company reports 157% increase in third quarter revenue

Immunetrics Inc. - University uses biosimulation platform toward development of animal model

InforMedix Holdings, Inc. - Study to examine effects of Med-e-Monitor on medication adherence

Institute Trop Med Prince Leopold, Antwerp - Genotypic/phenotypic heterogeneity among M. tuberculosis isolates determined

Institute for Animal Health - Marek's disease virus genome copy number in chicken feathers quantified

Institute of Physics & Chemical Research, Kanagawa - Peptidylarginine deiminases studied, enzymatic properties compared

Ionix Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company announces strategic alliance with Reckitt Benckiser

Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Aviano - Novel system enables RNA isolation from paraffin-embedded lymphoid tissues

Istituto di Ric. di Biol. Melecolare P. Angeletti - HER2 DNA delivered by adenoviral vector

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Reducing Th1-mediated autoimmune diseases may exacerbate common viral infections

Julich Fine Chemicals, GmbH - Codexis to acquire European biocatalyst and pharmaceutical intermediate provider

Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm - A three allelic SNP is strongly associated with plasma CRP concentration

Karolinska Institute - CLAC protein studied, amyloid beta-peptide-binding site identified

Kenya Government Medical Research Center, Kisumu -  Schistosoma mansoni/HIV-1 coinfection leads to CD4 cell reduction

Kitasato Medical Center Hospital - Rho-kinase and MLCK regulate sinusoidal endothelial fenestrae organization

Louisiana State University, New Orleans - Gene-corrected stem cells can help patients with cystic fibrosis

Louisiana State University, New Orleans - Media-like islands protect local sites, not entire artery from atheroma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - TRAIL gene transfer keeps pancreatic tumors from growing in murine livers

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - MRI better than current standard in assessing neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Study confirms melatonin's value as sleep aid

Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry - Tenomodulin is involved in tenocyte proliferation but not angiogenesis

Mayo Clinic - Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients

Mayo Clinic - Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia formation and VEGF levels often parallel

Mayo Clinic, Rochester - LEDGF/p75 prevents proteasomal degradation of HIV-1 integrase

Medical Home Products, Inc. - Medical distributing company announces stock split details

MobiHealth - Project could empower patients to lead fully mobile lives

Molina Healthcare, Inc. - Healthcare company reports fourth quarter and year-end results

Montana State University - Absence of substance P receptor enhances IgA response

Movement Disorder Technologies, Inc. - Diabetic Treatment Centers plans to acquire movement-disorder focused company

NDCHealth Corporation - Information solutions company integrates ArcLight data into health repository

NIH Research - Research company acquires technology services firm

National Cheng Kung University - Contraction of vascular smooth muscle studied, role of ERK1/2 clarified

National Health Investors, Inc. - Long-term care real estate company offers year-end financial results

National Hospital of Kyrgyzstan - Radial forearm perforator flap suitable for scalp soft-tissue repair

National Institute for Basic Biology, Aichi - Starvation in yeast investigated, role of autophagy clarified

National Institute for Medical Research, London - Findings in tuberculosis vaccines provide new insights