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Mental Health Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 21st, 2004

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Curis, Inc. - Childhood brain cancer linked to deletion of a Hedgehog pathway suppressor

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated - Biopharmaceutical company reports 21% increase in second quarter revenues

Myriad Genetics, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company presents data on Alzheimer disease drug candidate

Seattle Systems, Inc. - Custom boot for diabetic foot treatment introduced

University of Massachusetts Medical School - CytRx, med school, ink collaboration and invention disclosure agreement

AGY Therapeutics, Inc. - Stroke recovery product candidate licensed for phase II development

Acambis Research Ltd. - Neurotropic disease incidence very low after yellow fever vaccine

Afferent Corporation - SBIR grant to fund technology aimed at stroke rehabilitation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - IL-16 expressed in lymphocytes and microglia in HIV-1 encephalitis

Alcohol Abuse - Study looks at alcohol-related victimization of women in college

Alzheimer Disease - Juvenon supports Alzheimer Association's Maintain Your Brain campaign

Alzheimer's Association - Association calls for Congress to increase spending on Alzheimer research

Alzheimer's Association California - California group endorses stem cell bill

AstraZeneca - Agitation in elderly patients with dementia addressed at Alzheimer conference

AstraZeneca - Data supports SEROQUEL use to reduce agitation associated with Alzheimer disease

Axon Neuroscience, Vienna - Folding of Alzheimer core PHF subunit characterized

Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev - Perinatal exposure to vigabatrin impairs psychomotor function in mice

Breast Cancer - Poorer Scottish women in dark over breast cancer

Carnegie Mellon University - Researchers discover biological basis for autism

Case Western Reserve University - T-cell epitope spreading in EAE elucidated

Chiba University - Low alpha7 nAChR levels suppress hippocampal cell proliferation

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Integrated approach necessary for CFS treatment

Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. - Results on biomarkers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease announced

Claude Bernard University - CE-LIFD microdialysis suitable for surgical neurotransmitter monitoring

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Expression of CCR7 in MS characterized

Danish Cancer Society - Mothers of schizophrenics have heightened lung cancer risk

Dartmouth College - Real-time RT-PCR measures spinal glial response marker following nerve injury

Eating Disorders - Psychologists: Disordered eating attitudes may be way of avoiding childbearing

Eisai Inc. - Web site offers information to people affected by Parkinson disease

Emory University - Nanoparticle quantum dots simultaneously target and image tumors in mice

Environmmental Health - Lansing-area lawmakers want statewide look at lead water pipes

Gifu University - Hormonal control of leptin may be upregulated in preeclamptic placenta

Harvard University - Scientists pinpoint molecules that generate synapses

Hungarian Academy of Science - Gamma-aminobutyric acid has role in early neuronal development

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal - Immune abnormalities associated with autism

Jack Bell Research Center, Vancouver -  ING1 mutations disrupt nucleotide excision repair

Karolinska University Hospital - Tissue Doppler is effective for imaging coronary disease

KeyNeurotek AG - Drug development company announces new board members

L. Boltzmann Inst. of Metabolic Dis. & Nutrition - Progression of plantar pressure in type 2 diabetic patients examined

Legal Issues - Husband of brain-damaged woman takes case to state Supreme Court

Lerner Research Institute - A role for Nogo in neurodegenerative disease?

Marmara University - Opportunities missed for tetanus vaccination in pregnant Turkish women

Medical University of Lodz - Gene expression determined in chronic active and inactive lesions

Medical University of Silesia - H3 mRNA level new proliferative marker in astrocytomas

Mental Health - New Hampshire state prisoners sue for better mental health care

Mental Health - Survey finds average American is sad 3 days a month

NIBSC, Potters Bar - In vitro test systems compared

Natl. Brain Res. Cntr., India - Mechanism described that confers greater neuroprotection to female mice

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. - Genomic effects of JP-8 jet fuel determined

NeuroSearch - Phase II studies of NS1209 for treatment of status epilepticus initiated

Neurochem Inc. - Alzhemed highlighted at Alzheimer's Association news conference

Neurology - Effect of menstrual cycle on memory quantified

Neuroscience Research Inst., Tsukuba, Japan - Researchers find that color perception is not innate, but acquired after birth

New York Medical College - Noncosmetic uses of botulinum toxin reviewed

Orthopedics - Custom-made orthotic devices no better than off the shelf models

Purdue University - Stuttering more than talk - research shows brain's role in disorder

San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Data confirms benefits of high-dose, high-frequency beta interferon for MS

Stem Cells, Inc. - Stem cells fill gap left by stroke

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems - Cardiovascular company expands distribution agreements with Spencer Technologies

Teva Neuroscience - On the horizon: Possible neuroprotective role for glatiramer acetate

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Social anxiety linked to risky sex in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

U.S. National Institutes of Health - HLA-DRB1*0401-restricted MBP111-129-specific T cells may be pathogenic

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - First visualization of "tangles" in frontotemporal dementia described

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Scientists build on case connecting inflammatory disease and depression

University Hospital of Bonn - Methlonine synthase polymorphism D919G alters susceptibility to CNS lymphoma

University Medical Center, Utrecht - Cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan disrupts endothelial neutrophil rolling

University of Auckland - Neuroprotection and inflammation blockade reverses encephalomyelitis

University of Bonn - Signal's "brake" in brain impaired

University of British Columbia - GnRH-II stimulates p38 MAPK and apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells

University of Cambridge - Urinary markers of brain lesions identified

University of Marburg - Antiretroviral therapy suppresses IDO expression in brain during SIV infection

University of Michigan - Circadian differences in HPA axis hormones found in FMS and CFS patients

University of Michigan - Endothelial nitric oxide synthase is protective in mice

University of Naples - Graduated exercise improves atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic mice

University of Padova - Muscle myostatin expression may regulate muscle size after weight loss

University of Rotterdam - Barrett neuroendocrine cells have prognostic value in GEJ adenocarcinoma

University of Sheffield - Autonomic neuropathy influences QTc interval lengthening during hypoglycemia

University of Southern California - Study suggests antipsychotics do not raise risk of stroke

University of Sydney - Dermal effects of UVA irradiation determined in vivo

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