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Mental Health Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 25th, 2006

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Mental Health Business Week | Other Publications

Cantest - Cantest provides $250,000 to support funding of Aboriginal environmental health chair

Chromos Molecular Systems, Inc. - Targeted Molecules to be acquired by Chromos; financing commitments secured

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. - Andara Life Science to be acquired by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology

FibroGen, Inc. - FG-4539 is neuroprotective and significantly reduces brain tissue damage, says FibroGen

Neuro-Hitech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Neuro-Hitech Pharmaceuticals appoints Mark Auerbach as chairman of the board of directors

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. - Brain cancer patients living longer after DCVax-Brain personalized vaccine therapy

ev3 Inc. - Endovascular device company reports Q4 2005 net sales up 60% to $41 million over year ago

Addiction Medicine - Methamphetamine treatment center develops program to address cognitive damage of addiction

Alfred & Monash University, Melbourne - Treatment-resistant depression responds to sequential bilateral rTMS

American Medical Association - Abnormal findings on exercise stress testing related to socioeconomic status

American Physiological Society - Isolated female rats subjected to stress heal faster than males

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Women's sexual satisfaction, self image increase after cosmetic surgery, study shows

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - Selenium TD with gliclazide TD combination enhanced gliclazide glucose lowering effects

Arachnova Therapeutics Limited - Arachnova portfolio strengthened with new patents for MCI-225

Ataturk Training & Research Hospital, Izmir - Restoration of thyroid function improves quality of life and psychological symptoms

Autism - PediaMed completes clinical trial enrollment to study GI dysfunction in children with autism

Butler Hospital, Providence - Eating disorders are common in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder

Canadian Institutes of Health Research - MRI offers new hope for severe epilepsy sufferers

Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Team discovers possible "universal strategy" to combat addiction

Cardinal Tien Hospital, Taipei - Leptin and cholesterol levels are low in major depressive disorder but high in schizophrenia

Cellumen, Inc. - Systems cell biology profile of Huntington disease to be created by Cellumen, CHDI

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Medulloblastoma can be treated by fenretinide

Chinese Academy Science - Reports add new data to stroke research

Colorado State University - Research in endocrinology provides new insights

Dokkyo University, Tochigi -  C. jejuni serotype HS:19 predicts Guillain-Barre syndrome development

Duke University, Durham - A relationship exists between nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and depression

Eastern Virginia Medical School - Reports add new data to diabetes therapy research

Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Choroid plexus functions in inhibition of neural progenitor differentiation

Imperial College London - Cardiac myocyte exposure to oxidative stress causes modifications to cytoprotective proteins

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - Curcumin reversed lipid peroxidation of tropical pancreatitis without reducing pain

Kyushu University, Fukuoka - Recent studies add new data to neuroscience research

Louisiana State University - Heparanase involvement in melanoma metastasis is shown by a brain slice model

Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, Sao Paulo - Findings in neuroscience provide new insights

Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich - Corticotropin-releasing hormone increases monocyte endothelin-1, decreases NO release

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat - Data advance knowledge in diabetes therapy research

Massachusetts General Hospital - Following intracerebral hemorrhage, antiplatelet use is not associated with increased recurrence risk

Massachusetts General Hospital - Placebo analgesia may be configured through multiple brain pathways and mechanisms

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences - Brain researchers discover the evolutionary traces of grammar

McGill University, Montreal - Depression treatment in coronary artery disease trial is announced

Medical University of South Carolina - Olanzapine therapy does not affect basal or insulin-stimulated glucose transport

NDI Medical - NDI Medical launches business unit to advance neurostimulation technology

National Institute of Neurology & Neurosurgery of Mexico - In experimental glioma, interstitial transfer factor is effective adjuvant immunotherapy

RIKEN, Wako - D-Ser levels correlate with GRIN2A and GRIN2B functional promoter polymorphisms

Rambam Medical Center, Haifa - Preabortion psychological distress is reduced after abortion procedure

ReGen Therapeutics Plc - ReGen to acquire Sciencom Limited

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

Scripps Research Institute - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of neuroscience

Selcuk University, Konya - Valproate lowers glucose and raises insulin, cortisol, leptin, and neuropeptide Y levels

St. George Hospital, Abingdon - Studies describe new findings in mental health research

St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney - Y2Y4 receptor double knockout protects against diet-induced obesity

Stroke - Almost 70% of ischemic stroke patients had blood flow restored in Merci Retriever multicenter trial

Synaptec - Timing and duration of administration are important to optimize cholinergic Alzheimer disease treatment

Toho University, Tokyo - ATP-WR related to neuropathy in diabetics without signs of coronary artery disease

Tokyo Medical University - Coronary artery disease identification may be more effective with addition of BMIPP to T1-201 imaging

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Diabetic angiopathy may be controlled by the transcription factor ATF3

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Reports describe recent advances in smallpox vaccines research

Uludag University, Bursa - In patients with myocardial infarction, N-acetylcysteine diminished oxidative stress, improved LV function

Umea University - Depression among the elderly is common, underdiagnosed, and undertreated

University of Athens - Urinary incontinence treated with tension-free vaginal tape procedure offers good results

University of California, Los Angeles - Neurogenesis and post-stroke recovery relies on erythropoietin receptor

University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA scientists find male gene in brain area targeted by Parkinson disease

University of Connecticut - Depression appears to negatively affect endothelial function in postmenopausal women

University of Dundee - Antimonial compounds may work by disrupting thiol homeostasis

University of Kentucky - 4-hydroxynonenal may result in increased levels of intracellular zinc

University of Louisville - Chronic spinal cord injury induced changes in the responses of thalamic neurons

University of Michigan - Stressed-out women more likely to miscarry early

University of Minnesota - Metallothionein-3 and neuronal nitric oxide synthase found reduced in Alzheimer disease

University of Montreal - Lopinavir/ritonavir and valproic acid interaction may exacerbate bipolar disorder

University of Munich - Hydrocephalus shunt patency thermography assessment valid

University of Munich - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

University of Ottawa - Calpain-regulated p35/ccdk5-mediated inactivation plays a role in dopaminergic loss

University of Paris 07 - Researchers describe findings in apoptosis studies

University of Pennsylvania - Perinatal and postpartum depression may be associated with familial genetic factors

University of Pittsburgh - Cannabis, hallucinogen, cocaine, and opiate disorder symptoms classified

University of Sao Paulo - Reports advance knowledge in cardiovascular disease research

University of Toronto - Biodegradable nerve guidance channels with protein-eluting microspheres developed

University of Warwick, Coventry - Psychological impact of discussing poor prognosis to cancer patients examined

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