Medical Device Business Week

American Hospital, Reims - Efficacy of chemotherapy compared to bone marrow transplantation in leukemia

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Plastic surgery organizations create a new web site on breast implant surgery

American Technion Society - Ashkenazi Jews found to be descended from just four "founding mothers"

Amicus Therapeutics - Genetic disease drug developer appoints David J. Lockhart chief scientific officer

AmpliMed Corp. - European Commission grants orphan drug status to Amplimexon for ovarian cancer treatment

Applera Corp. - Applied Biosystems transfers interest in Celera Diagnostics to Celera Genomics

Arginox Pharmaceuticals - Nitric oxide-mediated pathways-focused pharma firm names Robert Terifay as president

Arkansas Epilepsy Program - Lamotrigine reported effective, well tolerated in the treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Lleida - Oncoprotein sp185(HER-2) has poor diagnostic performance for malignant effusions

Arteriocyte, Inc. - Phase I trial initiated for stem cell treatment for heart disease

Auckland University of Technology - Docetaxel proves more effective than paclitaxel in women with node-positive breast cancer

Awards - Florida hospital recognized by J.D. Power for providing outstanding inpatient experience

Awards - Three Crozer-Keystone hospitals recognized for providing outstanding inpatient experience

Bariatric Surgery - Obesity surgery on the rise, especially among youth

Barts & London Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry - Majority of countries are not fully prepared for an influenza pandemic

Baylor Medical Center, Irving - Rush hour traffic may cause more than just road rage

Baylor Regional Medical Center, Grapevine - Skipping breakfast may be bad for your heart

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine - Herbal medicines may provide help for people with irritable bowel syndrome

Berlex Biosciences - Adenovirus genome insertion sites utilize splicing machinery for therapeutic gene expression

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Study reveals new player in sepsis-associated condition

BioInvent International AB - U.S. patent granted for n-CoDeR antibody library

BioVisioN AG - Peptidomics is developed to screen for biomarkers in mouse models of obesity and diabetes

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. - Contract research services firm posts earnings of $0.01 per share

Biogen Idec - Phase II study of oral compound BG-12 meets primary endpoint in multiple sclerosis

Boulder Neurosurgery Associates - Recombinant bone morphogenetic protein is safe for spinal fusion use

Breast Cancer - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulates CD1 antigen presentation pathways through TLR-2

Bristol Royal Infirmary and General Hospital - Use of Komesaroff vaporizer lowers cost of basal flow sevoflurane anesthesia

British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS - Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor 1.5 and Versant HIV-1 RNA 3.0 assays compared

British Medical Journal - Researchers claim interpretation of U.K. data protection law is hampering medical research

Burke Cornell Medical Research Institute, White Plains - Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl 4-hydroxylase inhibitors protect the central nervous system

Calypte Biomedical Corp. - Biomedical company submits Aware OMT test to Chinese SFDA