Managed Care Law Weekly

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Tyrosine kinase inhibitor and gemcitabine launch pancreatic cancer apoptosis

Medical Veritas International - Report: Chicken pox vaccine associated with shingles epidemic

Medicare - New program to support Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia

Miami University, Oxford - Antimicrobial peptides examined, phospholipid membrane interaction defined

Miami VA Medical Center - Ethnicity confounds diabetes retinopathy severity

Morepen Laboratories - Pharma company announces 52 DMF filings for 6 products in E.U.

Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Identification of missense alterations associated with gene with cancer

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - Tissue foundation announces rejection of proposal to acquire Osteotech

Nanjing Medical Univ. School of Public Health - Functional polymorphisms of matrix MMP-9 increase lung cancer risk

Nara Medical University - Compound targeting CCR5/CXCR3 prevents acute and chronic allograft rejection

National Association of Social Workers - Social workers mobilize in wake of hurricane Katrina

National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan - Recent findings in SARS described

NationsRx, Inc. - Companies announce licensing agreement for rights to Lifespan health program

Natl. Inst. of Cholera & Enter. Diseases, Calcutta - Gastric juice PCR assay enables efficient H. pylori identification

Nihon University, Tokyo - Incidence of type 2 diabetes in children in Tokyo increasing

Nippon Medical School, Tokyo - Adipose-derived stromal cells differentiate into neural lineages

Nobex Corporation - Study of modified human brain-type natriuretic peptide results published

Novation - Hitachi awarded multiyear ultrasound contracts

Observatorio da Ciencia e do Ensino Superior - Obesity, hypertension, diabetes and inflammation are metabolic risk indicators

Osaka City University - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of statins

Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg - Transcranial magnetic stimulation may improve muscle function

Peking University - Pharmacokinetics of insulin mimetic vanadyl acetylacetonate reported

Personnel - Dr. Jack Vaisman renews employment contract with AMI Australia

Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney - Endocrine therapies tested against treatment side-effects in premenopausal women

Rehabilitation R&D Center, Palo Alto - Post-stroke hemiparesis patients show gait improvement during treadmill walking

Research Australia - Medical research funding poll cannot be ignored

Solexa, Inc. - Geneticist David Bentley, PhD, named chief scientist by genome-focused company

St. Imre Hospital, Budapest - Hatchet-shaped gluteus maximus musculocutaneous flap useful

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Drug resistant avian influenza more common in Southeast Asia than North America

St. Louis University - Polycystic kidney disease analyzed, renin-angiotensin system clarified

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company - TAP to advance investigational gastroenterology compound into phase 3 studies

Toronto General Hospital - Lipodystrophy severity impacts negatively on body image in HIV-infected persons

U.K. Health Protection Agency, London - HIV prevalence increasing among injecting drug users in England and Wales

U.S. Food & Drug Administration. - Letrozole effects in women with early-stage breast cancer reported

U.S. National Institutes of Health -  Plasmodium falciparum examined, Golgi protein characterized

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Multimodal therapy required to eliminate established tumors

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Vaccinia virus L5r gene encodes protein required for cell entry

U.S. Surgical - Developer of wound closure devices expands blunt tip surgical needle line

Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - Vesicular acetylcholine transporter studied, steady-state localization clarified

Univ. do Vale do Paraiba, Sao Jose dos Campos - Low-level laser therapy reduces LPS-induced airway inflammation in rats

Univ. of California, Davis - Graded model of dietary zinc deficiency reported

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Cyclooxygenase inhibition promotes IFN-gamma-dependent antitumor action

Univ. of Penn. School of Medicine - Penn, Wyeth Research Labs awarded $1.8 million to find new mood-disorder drugs

University College of London - Chemotherapy regimens compared in pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma

University Hospital, Padova - Proteomic-based assays are a promising tool in laboratory medicine

University of Alabama - Study sought to increase understanding of restitution during reentry

University of California, San Francisco - Ephedra-free dietary supplements pose potential health risks

University of Erlangen-Nurnberg - Procedures for preoperative chemotherapy in breast cancer compared

University of Ferrara - Reports advance knowledge in endocrinology research

University of Florence - Symptom and physiological measures aid knowledge of exercise tolerance

University of Florida - UF scientist finds unexpected link between cat and human AIDS viruses

University of Indonesia, Jakarta - Algorithm can distinguish reverse atrial flutter from loop re-entry

University of Leeds - Micro-CT imaging reveals impact of bleaching on tooth enamel

University of Leipzig - Serum resistin levels of obese and lean children examined

University of Ljubljana - Long-term outcome of renal artery stenosis characterized

University of London - Carriers for delivery of vaccine against RSV reviewed

University of Massachusetts Medical School - Assays assess neutralizing antibody activity against SARS-associated coronavirus

University of Miami - RanBPM found to regulate L1-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase activation

University of Montreal - Hemodynamic brain activity characterized during quetiapine treatment

University of Munich - Focal cerebral ischemia studied, bradykinin and kinin receptor effects shown

University of Naples - Factors in pediatric obesity-related liver disease examined

University of Nevada - Stromal-based serum-free culture system supports stem cell growth & maintenance

University of Saarland, Saarbrucken - Staurosporine inhibits aldosterone biosynthesis

University of Southampton - School of Health Professions & Rehabilitation Sciences welcomes new head

University of Ulm - Sirolimus and mycophenolate mofetil may be therapy for restenosis

University of Wisconsin - New data illuminates research in human papillomavirus

Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Istanbul - Surgical techniques for treatment of benign toxic multinodular goiter compared

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Cotton rat is permissive small animal model of human metapneumovirus

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville - Cancer cells killed by flipping the Bcl-2/Bax switch

Washington State University - DNA vaccine vectors enhance antigen acquisition by dendritic cells

Waters Corp. - Chromatography software systems developer is shipping major upgrade

Wellcome Trust - Antibiotic resistance of Gram-negative bacilli increasing in children in Kilifi

West Pharmaceutical Services - Manufacturer of drug delivery systems sells GFI Clinical Services unit

World Health Alternatives - Healthcare human resources firm launches investigation into share discrepancies

Worldwide Biotech & Pharmaceutical Co. - Biotech company gets China Patent Golden Medal for hepatitis C virus project

XLHealth - Disease management company names Leider and Samuels to lead clinical program

Yale University - Injured peripheral nerves studied, effect of Schwann cell engraftment revealed

Yale University - The Akt1 isoform of protein kinase B is essential to postnatal angiogenesis

Yokohama City University - Use of resuscitative drugs for prehospital CPR appears to be effective

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou - Matrix metalloproteinase-1 promoter polymorphism used to screen large population