Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly

Moll Industries, Inc. - Medrad and plastics company extend partnership

Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago - Increased HIV testing in underutilized venues may increase HIV status awareness

NASA Ames Research Center - Lower body negative pressure suitable for simulating gravity effects

National Public Health Institute, Finland - Environmental and dietary causes of type 1 diabetes reviewed

National Research Council Canada - Multiring radio-frequency coils suitable for MR microimaging

National Taiwan Univ. Hospital, Taipei - HBV/HIV coinfected patients increased risk for virologic failure after HAART

Netherlands Cancer Institute - BRCA1 germline carriers are at risk for more than ovarian cancer

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Oncogenic marker is a powerful prognostic tool

New York State Department of Health - Huntington disease transgenic mice exhibit early behavior abnormalities

Niigata University - Bio-Oss promotes bone formation in rats

Nuclear Policy Research Institute - Study documents dramatic increase in thyroid cancer in women and children

Nutrition 21, Inc. - Chromium supplementation may improve glucose and insulin metabolism

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Company summarizes survival benefits in key patient subsets from BR.21 study

Ohio State University - Abnormal chromosomes forecast leukemia relapse

Osaka Bioscience Institute - ADP-ribosylation factor 6 is an integral component of breast cancer invasion

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Patient enrollment begins in Doripenem trial for hospital-acquired pneumonia

Pennsylvania State University - Control of alternative sigma factor in E. coli described

Pintex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pin1 enzyme may lead to development of more precise cancer treatments

Poliomyelitis - Health officials say Botswana polio campaign was wake-up call to the world

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Drug development services provider receives CDISC certification

R2 Technology, Inc. - CAD developer names interim president and chief executive officer

RIKEN - Retinoic acid receptor-alpha-selective agonist prevents allograft rejection

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Panixine Disperdose launched for treatment of skin infections

Recom Managed Systems, Inc. - Life sciences company announces new member of medical advisory board

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company adds medical and scientific advisory board member

Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome - Carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel safely manage advanced lung cancer

Roche Pharmaceuticals - Long-term relief from arthritis could evolve from B-cell targeted treatments

Royal Melbourne Hospital - Re-entrant tachycardia reported in patient with normal ventricular function

STAAR Surgical Company - Ophthalmic product manufacturer to sell 2.0 million shares of common stock

Saint Antoine Hospital - GemOx more effective than gemcitabine alone in pancreatic cancer study

Science Institute Casa Sollievo Sofferenza - Female AI patients with hypercortisolism are at risk for low spinal BMD

St. Bartholomew's Hospital - Early therapy start improves exacerbation outcome in COPD

St. George Hospital, Syndey - Questionnaire proves valuable as an outcome measure in USI patients

Stanford University - Research shows hormonal regulation of the immune response

State University of New York - Treatment of insulin resistance in diabetes reviewed

Stony Brook University - MPI classification stability is questionable

Substance Abuse - Sober.com releases Sobersystems to reduce substance abuse relapse

Sunnybrook & Women's College, Toronto - Versican isoform induces neuronal differentiation and promotes neurite outgrowth

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. - Medical device company expresses sympathy on death of board member

Synteract, Inc. - Successful upgrade of ORACLE Adverse Event Reporting System announced

Taipei Veterans General Hospital - 3D technology pinpoints origins of irregular heart beats

Tapestry Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Tapestry data highlights potential of NBT-287 in paclitaxel-resistant tumors

Technical University of Munich - Ascorbic acid makes cancer cells insensitive to chemotherapy

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Pharmaceutical company receives FDA approval of ciprofloxacin tablets

The Immune Response Corporation - New data on Remune suggests HIV-1 specific immune responses

Therion Biologics Corporation - Vaccine shows promise in advanced pancreatic cancer, data shows

Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals, LLC - Generic drug manufacturing company announces dismissal of ICN appeal

Tufts University - Stromal tissue is the key target of mammary gland carcinogens

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Ad campaigns against drunk driving may be effective

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC reports latest data on suicide behaviors, risk factors, prevention

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - States must maintain or improve antismoking programs for further progress

U.S. National Cancer Institute - U.S. perspective on toxicology approaches for oncology drugs reviewed

U.S. National Institutes of Health -  Brugia malayi immune evasion characterized

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Alcohol abuse up, but alcoholism down

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Interleukin 22 is a liver cell survival factor in murine liver injury models

Ullevaal University Hospital - VALUE study concludes angiotensin-receptor blockers can reduce blood pressure

Uniformed Svcs Univ of the Health Sci., Bethesda -  Shigella flexneri mutant shows no attenuation of virulence

Univ. of California, Berkeley - Hepatitis delta virus ribozymes are controlled by a conformational switch

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Carrier-added tracers highlight bone lesions during bone scans

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - PCOS more prevalent in Mexican-American women

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Folding of prion protein investigated

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Mobility of proteins restricted in polar regions of E. coli

Universite Paul Sabatier - Fission yeast strain expressing human CDC25A phosphatase developed

University Clinic, Essen - Mesohepatectomy is an alternate option to extended hepatectomy for liver tumors

University Hospital of Essen - Dopexamine modulates cellular immune functions during systemic inflammation

University of Aberdeen - Cancer care takes a toll on rural patients in Scotland

University of Alberta - Predictive factors for osteoporosis identified in patients Crohn disease

University of Berlin - Dacarbazine induces phototoxic dermatitis in malignant melanoma patients

University of Birmingham - Different promoter organizations produce different outcomes in bacteria

University of British Columbia - Monocyte recruitment to lungs characterized in pneumococcal pneumonia

University of California, San Francisco - Aortic smooth muscle cell expression of PKG-1 characterized

University of Chieti - Antioxidants decrease in girls who gain weight during valproate therapy

University of Cologne - SV40 DNA sequences are absent in primary central nervous system lymphomas

University of Colorado, Denver - Stem cell research leads to progress in engineering pancreatic islets

University of Connecticut - Kaposi sarcoma is a model for cancer immunotherapy

University of Connecticut - N-acetyl-cysteine promotes antiangiogenesis in orthotopic breast cancer

University of Connecticut - Tiotropium is anticholinergic for once-daily treatment of COPD

University of Dusseldorf - IDO degraded by the proteasome and NO has an effect on IDO protein stability

University of Edinburgh - Inadequate vaccines can help breed more vicious malaria strains

University of Edinburgh - Scottish study of deaths in drug injectors shows early help is critical

University of Essex - Factors affecting efficiency of immunoporation cell transfection identified

University of Florence - Italian-language questionnaire to detect dysfunction due to pain shows promise

University of Freiburg - Low intracortical inhibition shown by transcranial magnetic stimulation

University of Helsinki - IUD versus oral contraception study reveals equal acceptability rates

University of Iowa - Dysferlin involved in plasma membrane repair in muscular dystrophy

University of Miami - Genetics of type 1 diabetes reviewed

University of Michigan - Polarization mapping improves spectral analysis

University of Oregon - Proteins indicate link between G₁ progression and mitotic exit

University of Ottawa - apoA-II regulates HDL stability and affects hepatic lipase association

University of Padua - Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 p13^II negatively regulates cell growth

University of Saarland - Lipid optimization augments solid lipid nanoparticle-mediated gene transfer

University of Sao Paulo - Dipyridamole makes cisplatin more toxic to human larynx cancer cells

University of Sao Paulo - Immunity and immunosuppression in visceral leishmaniasis reviewed

University of Sao Paulo - No adverse lipid effects found in women 35+ using triphasic combined OCs

University of Sheffield - Age at diagnosis reflects disease stage and subsequent quality of care

University of Stellenbosch - Cyclosporine has limited long-term benefits in developing areas

University of Texas Southwestern - Patients with PD and high homocysteine levels may be more likely to be depressed

University of Tokyo - Microfluidic device developed for gas-liquid-solid hydrogenation reactions

University of Tubingen - Cloned transgenic animals produce high levels of antitumor bispecific antibody

University of Utrecht - Bone tissue engineering is feasible in critical sized defects

University of Virginia - Normalizing hemoglobin aids hemodialysis patients

University of Washington - Octagam is efficacious for treating primary immunodeficiency diseases

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Negative selection of semimature thymocytes characterized

Washington University - Diabetes and heart disease risk unchanged after liposuction

West Nile Virus - Bird in Knox County, Tennessee, confirmed to have West Nile virus

World Health Organization - Study highlights burden of environment on child health in Europe

Yale University - MEKK4 helps mediate STAT4-independent IFN-gamma production