Managed Care Business Week

Nanogen - New patent expands Nanogen's core nanotechnology position

Nara City Hospital, Nara, Japan - Iron accumulation in hepatitis C is influenced by Helicobacter pylori

National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment, U.S. - Service matches opioid-addicted patients with physicians offering in-office buprenorphine treatment

National Center of HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Australia - Hepatitis B or C infection can prelude cancer

National Pediatric Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Pure pineal germinomas might occur in females

Neurology - Americans not concentrating enough on brain fitness, according to national poll

Okayama University, Japan - Lung cancer risk linked to AXIN2 Pro50Ser single nucleotide polymorphism

OmniVision Technologies - OmniVision reports financial results for first quarter of fiscal 2007

Osaka University, Japan - Hepatitis C virus enhances interleukin production by natural killer T cells

Pain Specialists of Greater Lehigh Valley - Extended-release morphine was compared to controlled-release oxycodone for nonmalignant pain

Par Pharmaceutical - Additional NanoCrystal technology patent issued covering Par's Megace ES

Perrigo - Perrigo receives tentative approval for clobetasol propionate foam

Personnel - Healthways adds William R. Gold, MD, to senior leadership team

Personnel - Paul Gurny joins InforMed's senior management team

Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada - Researchers from Canada, the United States and Iran describe findings in herpes studies

Rabies Vaccine - Agriculture department starts phase 2 of rabies vaccination program in western Pennsylvania

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals - Regeneron receives National Institutes of Health grant as part of knockout mouse project

Regional Center for Disease Control, Marseilles, France - Reports from France, Switzerland and Canada advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, U.K. - Animal research results show nutmeg extracts illicit anti-diabetic activity in rats

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, U.K. - More than a quarter of Britain's elderly not taking medicines properly

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, U.K. - Needle-free immunization research is announced

Royal Philips Electronics - Philips HeartStart Defibrillators compliant with newest guidelines

Rutgers University, U.S. - Portion distortion may contribute to expanding waistlines

Salk Institute, U.S. - Researchers examine how to eliminate protein resistance to cancer treatment

Santhera Pharmaceuticals - Santhera, Juvantia to collaborate on developing product for dyskinesia in Parkinson disease

Sareum - Novel compounds discovered in cancer drug discovery collaboration

Seoul National University, South Korea - Cholangiocarcinoma in patients with hepatolithiasis differentiated from periductal fibrosis by CT

Siyami Ersek Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey - Cardiac resynch therapy improves autonomic function in patients with left bundle branch block

Socrates Guanaes Gomes, Brazil - Data from Brazil, Japan and the People's Republic of China advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

Southern Alberta Clinic, Calgary, Canada - HAART has reduced the incidence and improved survival of AIDS-defining cancers

Sports Medicine - Orthopedic sports medicine physicians warn of overuse injuries in young athletes

St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada - Oxidative stress and redox regulation of phospholipase D in myocardial disease is reviewed

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, U.S. - St. Jude team finds that improved treatment raises medulloblastoma survival rate

St. Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands - Researchers from the Netherlands and Australia report recent findings in angiology

Stanford University, U.S. - Bare-metal stent restenosis rates are lower in an unselected patient population

SyntheMed - SyntheMed announces positive trial results for REPEL-CV in neonatal heart surgery patients

Taihe Hospital, Hubei, People's Republic of China - Recent studies from the People's Republic of China, Italy and United States add new data to hepatitis B virus research

Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan - New findings from Japan and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, U.S. - Depressed employees vulnerable to presenteeism and absenteeism

Turku University, Finland - Childhood C-reactive protein values predict adult values independent

Universitat Klinikum, Bonn, Germany - Fulminant hepatic failure modeled by induced murine liver damage

University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland - Neuromuscular block at constant levels is achieved with a closed-loop controller

University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland - New findings from the United States and Japan in the area of apoptosis detailed

University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland - Magnetic resonance angiography used to visualize intracranial aneurysm stenting

University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland - Findings from Switzerland, Japan and Sweden in transplants provide new insights

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, U.K. - Rectal adenoma early recurrence risk factors are determined

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands - High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia in Barrett esophagus detected by combining AFI with NBI

University of Bologna, Italy - Findings from Italy and the United States describe new data in hepatocellular carcinoma research

University of Brescia, Italy - Prostate carcinoma recurrence after radical prostatectomy reduced by postoperative radiotherapy

University of California, U.S. - Atherosclerosis related gene identified in LDL receptor-deficient C57BL/6 mice

University of California, U.S. - Ecology of child maltreatment is focus of review

University of California, U.S. - Studies from the United States and Japan advance knowledge in genetics research

University of Crete, Greece - Fatty acids of adipose tissue better predict depression than those of cholesteryl esters

University of Crete, Greece - Superficial LASIK may be a safe and predictable technique for myopic refractive corrections

University of Florida, U.S. - Antifungal therapy not warranted at initial invasive aspergillosis diagnosis

University of Giessen, Germany - Lesion pattern in cryptogenic stroke is indistinguishable from stroke from assumed paradoxical embolism

University of Guelph, Canada - Outbreak information helps interpret clustering of reported cases of Escherichia coli O157

University of Illinois, U.S. - Computer program may improve pain relief for sickle cell patients

University of Kansas, U.S. - Breast carcinoma grade predicted by cytoprognostic score

University of Kentucky, U.S. - p16INK4 overexpression is a reliable marker of HPV-induced oral high-grade squamous dysplasia

University of Linkoping, Sweden - Cardiovascular function after trauma is less impaired with rapid control of bowel perforations

University of Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France - In youth, physical activity is inversely related to HOMA and IL-6 independent of adiposity

University of Maryland, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, Spain and United Kingdom detail new studies and findings in the area of hepatitis C virus

University of Medical Sciences, Poland - Studies from Poland, the United States and Austria describe new findings in cardiology research

University of Michigan, U.S. - Use of new combined vaccine in pediatric practices was investigated

University of Minnesota, U.S. - Intracortical vessels are revealed with micro-magnetic resonance imaging

University of North Carolina, U.S. - New data from the United States and United Kingdom lluminates research in prostate cancer

University of Nottingham, U.K. -  Helicobacter pylori induces heparin-binding epidermal growth factor expression

University of Nottingham, U.K. - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Cuba

University of Pittsburgh, U.S. - Doctors warn not to rely only on what young athletes say when managing concussions

University of Pittsburgh, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Germany describe findings in vectors studies

University of Siena, Italy - Reports from Italy and Greece advance knowledge in lung cancer research

University of Southern Florida, U.S. - Recent findings from the United States illuminate research in Alzheimer disease

University of Texas, U.S. - Findings from the United States and United Kingdom describe new data in breast cancer research

University of Toronto, Canada - Colon cancer long-term survival improved with increasing negative lymph node count

University of Tubingen, Germany - Studies from Germany, Sweden and the United States add new findings to cell biology body of knowledge

University of Turin, Italy - Researchers from Italy, the United States and Sweden describe findings in neurology studies

University of Utah, U.S. - Researchers' data from the United States, Spain and Germany advance meningioma research

University of Valle Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain - Pregnant multiple sclerosis patients display variations in chemokine receptor

University of Warwick, U.K. - Cancer gene therapy developed based on novel adenovirus vectors

University of Washington, U.S. - HPV prevalence in U.S. is high even among women with one lifetime sexual partner

Uppsala University, Sweden - Paradoxical stimulation of glucagon secretion by high glucose levels assessed in diabetics

VA Medical Centers, U.S. - Insulin resistance develops after increased p85a expression and IRS-1 serine phosphorylation

Vanderbilt University, U.S. - Evaluation, treatment of ischemic cardiac risk before and after renal transplantation are examined

Verax Biomedical - Verax Biomedical names James Lousararian as chief executive officer

Washington University, U.S. - Research from the United States, Brazil and Denmark add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

Washington University, U.S. - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States add new findings to diabetes body of knowledge

World Health Organization, Switzerland - Simplified approaches improve HIV prevention and care in developing countries