Nursing Home and Elder Business Week

Business Update - Caremark Rx opening customer care center in Nashville

Finance - American Shared Hospital Services increases quarterly cash dividend

Laikon General Hospital, Athens - Adult thymus appears capable of regeneration until middle age

Michigan State University - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of Parkinson disease

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. - Genetic analysis of common diseases in postmenopausal women is funded

The Michael J. Fox Found. for Parkinson's Research - Poll finds physicians not referring Parkinson patients to clinical trials

Vertical Communications, Inc. - Companies implement call center system for Colorado hospital, research center

Academy of General Dentistry - Properly positioned straw may minimize cavity risk, dental organization reports

Align Technology, Inc. - Dan S. Ellis joins Invisalign maker

Allergan - Botox to be studied as potential headache treatment

Allgemeines Krankenhaus Altona, Hamburg - Aggressive therapy improves outcome in acute vertebrobasilar occlusion

AlphaVax - Pharmaceutical firm signs new lease for vaccine manufacturing operations

Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry - D2 gastrectomy considered a safe operation in experienced hands

AmCyte, Inc. - Advances reported in adult stem cell regenerated islet program

American University of Beirut - Leptin not linked to higher BMD in insulin-resistant premenopausal obese women

BMO Financial Group - Gift from Ivey family, financial group is to accelerate brain disorder research

Bassett Healthcare - OTC progesterone cream results in significant drug exposure

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Licensing deal signed with Nephromics for preeclampsia lab tests

Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva - Laparoscopic management suggested for acute small bowel obstruction

Ben Gurion University of the Negev - Self HSP60 peptide is immunogenic carrier for epitope against CMV

BioMed Central - Specialists advise on how to deal with victims of terrorist attacks

Boehringer Ingelheim - Data shows telmisartan provides better protection than ramipril in the morning

Boston University - Heat shock protein 72 reduction ends prostate cancer's resistance to therapy

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Parkinson disease modeled, neurotoxicity role of synuclein revealed

Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Inst - Endoplasmic reticulum stress linked to protease inhibitor-related dyslipidemia

Caprius, Inc. - Two SteriMed Systems to be installed in hospital in Athens, Greece

Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo - Preload adjustment is important for assessing LV contractility and relaxation

Celladon Corp. - Company announces partnership with V-Kardia

Cellomics, Inc. - Drug-discovery company expands European operations

Centenary Institute, Washington, DC - Transmembrane TNF provides acute control of M. tuberculosis infection

Changi General Hospital, Singapore City - Relevance of Hartmann procedure called into question

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Alpha-hemoglobin structure studied, protective mechanism for heme revealed

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Children with MSUD celebrate 1-year post transplantation

Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons - The FEZ1 gene makes cells resist retrovirus infection

Creighton University, Omaha - IGF-I gene doesn't affect BMD in premenopausal Chinese women

Deakin University, Malvern - Results highlight importance of cuisine in bioavailability of carotenoids

Dental Health - Delta Dental names Rohan C. Reid vice president of commercial operations

Diversa Corp. - Companies expand collaboration to develop therapeutic antibodies

Duke University - Smokers' brains vary in sensitivity to drug cues

Emory University - New findings in the area of DNA vaccines described

Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Henry Simon named as chairman of the board

Finnegan Henderson - Company releases 2005 report on biotech and pharmaceutical patent trends

Fox Paine & Co., LLC - Equity firm reaches definitive agreement to sell ACMI to Gyrus Group

Fundacion Instituto de Inmunologia de Colombia -  P. falciparum surface protein P. vivax homologue characterized

GERCTOP GERCTOP, Marseille - Multidrug resistance modulator interacted with neutral and anionic liposomes

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Clinical Data to acquire molecular diagnostics company

Genelabs Technologies, Inc. - Company gets orphan drug designation for Prestara

H. Lundbeck A/S - Phase II gaboxadol data in insomnia trial presented at conference

HCD Research - Survey finds physicians believe drugs targeted to ethnic groups are positive

Haga Leyenburg Teaching Hospital - Concomitant anti-arrhythmic treatment effective in non-mitral valve surgery

Harvard University - Birth weight and adult BMI are prognostic indicators of CHD in women

Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen - Acute ischemic stroke studied, role of interleukin as outcome marker defined

Hawaii Biotechnology Inc. - Cardax may prevent myocardial injury associated with cardiac surgery

Hazelden Foundation - Hazelden Report: Methamphetamine maintains hold in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Heart and Diabetes Center, Bad Oeynhausen - Attenuation-corrected SPECT images accurately represent myocardial perfusion

Hospital Registry Univ. of Carlos Haya, Malaga - Liver transplant outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma reviewed

Howard Huges Medical Institute - Researchers have simple technique to identify hematopoietic stem cells

Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Infectious bursal disease vaccine delayed vaccine virus replication

Hybridon, Inc. - Hybridon announces appointment of Robert W. Karr, MD, to board

IRCCS, Milan - Viral hepatitis infections worsen outcomes in renal allograft recipients

Indian Council of Medical Research - Recent studies add new data to diet and nutrition research

Indiana University - Calcification inhibitors studied, role in kidney vascular calcification defined

Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church - Research add new data to chronic liver disease body of knowledge

Inst. Especializado Enfermedades Neoplasicas, Lima - Case of leiomyosarcoma of the renal vein reported

Instrumentation Laboratory - U.S. FDA grants clearance for immunoassay for diagnosing venous thrombembolism

Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience - Radiation oncologists wrap radiation around spine to provide cancer pain relief

Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Researchers' findings advance cardiology research

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine - PIG-A mutations occur in differentiated progenitors rather than HSCs

Kaunas University of Medicine - Utility of cardiac surgery risk stratification systems compared

Korea Advanced Inst. of Science & Technology - Microfabricated cell chip-based cytotoxicity test developed

Kureczka/Martin Associates - Targacept compounds show long-lasting improvement in cognition

Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka - Absence of estrous cycle associated with paclitaxel hypersensitivity reaction

Kyushu University, Fukuoka - Beta-TrCP examined, recognition of nonphosphorylated destruction motif shown

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated - Collaboration established for antibody drug development and commercialization

LifeTree eClinical - Electronic data capture, analysis company signs CRO Novotech as client

MIV Therapeutics, Inc. - Study shows stent coating successful when used in pig cardiovascular arteries

McGill University, Montreal - Findings advance knowledge in childhood obesity research

McKesson Corporation - Information technology company names chief information officer

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston - Knowledge of IJV anatomy may reduce the chance of laceration

Mednet System - Med tech company completes certification process for electronic prescribing