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Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane - Novel whole blood assay facilitates DC monitoring

Medical Disability - Reed Review Services provides independent physician review services

Medical Malpractice - Dutch dentist with criminal charge leaves British practice

Medical Research Council Laboratories, Gambia - Hepatitis B vaccine induces higher antibody responses in newborns than adults

Medical University of Lodz - Polymorphisms within prion genes in Alzheimer disease discussed

Mental Health - Investigation into mental health launched in Connecticut

Molina Healthcare Inc. - Insurer seeks to shift low-income patients to California company

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York - PRO 542 shows promise as HIV salvage therapy

Nastech Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. - Phase Ic dose-sequencing study using PYY3-36 obesity drug nasal spray begins

Northwestern University, Evanston - Downregulated p53 and Rb is required for trophoblast giant cell differentiation

Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. - Imatinib (Glivec) has equivalent bioavailability orally and intravenously

Obesity - Texas schools fight obesity by changing menu

Obstetrics - North Carolina ABC stores now warning about mixing alcohol and pregnancy

PLC Systems Inc. - Partnership to commercialize laser technology for surgical cardiac ablation

Personnel - Society of Gynecologic Oncologists elects new president

Progen Industries, Ltd. - Australian drug-development company on track to meet milestones

Rand Corp. - Black teens smoke earlier, but soon give up the habit

Reimbursement - Company offers service that answers need for greater claims editing transparency

Rigshospitalet National University Hospital - New vaccine eliminates IL-6 immune response

SAIC-Frederick, Inc. - GenVec and NIH expand contract to include for SARS vaccine candidate

SW Fdn. for Biomedical Research, San Antonio - Macaques model age-related changes in the human skeletal system

Sapporo Medical University - Survivin predicts cis-diamminedichloroplatinum sensitivity in gastric cancer

Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Manufacturing agreement announced for monoclonal antibody product candidate

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. - Biotech company announces closing of private placement

Southmead General Hospital, Avon - Cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty is effective in displaced femoral neck fracture

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Research seeks to improve treatment of a common childhood brain tumor

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - Medical device manufacturer announces new member of board of directors

St. Vincent's Institute, Victoria - Preliminary X-ray analysis of human-specific toxin intermedilysin reported

SuperGen Inc. - Pharmaceutical company reports 2003 financial results

Thomas Jefferson University - Tumors of the conjunctiva and cornea can be congenital or acquired lesions

Tobacco Settlement - Tobacco company litigation in Pennsylvania results in $1 billion

TweeSteden Hospital. Tilberg - The meniscus Arrow is preferable to metal screw for osteochondritis dissecans

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Short supply of childhood meningitis drug

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Protein NMR improved using pseudocontact shifts as restraints

U.S. Natl. Inst. of Standards & Technology - New nano-imaging technique could improve reliability of breast cancer tests

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Low vitamin B-12 levels associated with bone loss in aging women

Univ. of Texas Medical School, Houston - Digiband binds immunoreactive components of Dan Shen, Lu-Shen-Wan

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Researchers receive NIH grant to open research center

University Clinic, Leipzig - Most bile duct and gallbladder carcinomas are adenomas

University of Arizona - Chlorambucil can be toxic to the central nervous system

University of Coimbra - Organochlorine pesticides quantified in human serum from Portugal

University of Guelph - Contaminated water does not transmit Salmonella to tomato plants

University of Padua - Mutation in factor X protease responsible for defect in Factor X Padua

University of Palermo - Hormone replacement therapy doesn't restore bone mass in thalassemic women

University of Toronto - Study evaluates psychosocial functioning in women after prophylactic mastectomy

Uppsala University - Understanding of mechanism of systemic amyloidoses offers therapy hope

Vanderbilt University - Deletion of selenoprotein P gene results in neurological dysfunction

Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, Oxford - IL-1 gene variants have limited effect on malaria susceptibility

Western Infirmary, Glasgow - Epidemiology of HF with left ventricular systolic function reviewed

Whatman, Inc. - Lateral flow diagnostics used for food safety tracing and testing

World Heart Corporation - FDA issues approval for RELIANT trial