Pharma Law Weekly

Medtronic, Inc. - FDA clears completely automatic pacemaker

Medwave Inc. - Vasotrac blood pressure monitors used in sleep disorder study

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine - Magnetic resonance microscopy detects embryo resorption due to gene defects

National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo - Young women in Japan have better oral health behaviors than men

New York Academy of Medicine - New York City drinking and smoking rates remain high after 9/11

Obesity - Study partly blames wide use of sweetener for rise in obesity

Oregon Health and Science University - Calcium supplementation sustains cortical bone density in young female runners

Oxford University - Air travel aids viruses to go here, there and everywhere

Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Phase I clinical trial initiated for PA-457 oral anti-HIV compound

Paradigm Genetics, Inc. - Biotechnology company announces new member of board of directors

Pasteur Institute, Paris - Pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus found in seafood products in France

Respiratory Disorders - Vitamin C plays important role in normal airway function, research shows

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - R112 well tolerated in allergic rhinitis clinical trial

Roger Williams Med Center - Liposome-mediated gene transfer improves the survival of rodent skin flaps

Roper Hospital, Charleston - Peripheral in-continuity tissue examination is useful to remove cutaneous tumors

Royal Brisbane Hospital - Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer improve significantly over a decade

Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital, Paris - Potential benefits of G-CSF treatment for critically ill reviewed

Sartorius, AG - B. Braun Biotech gets new name

ScImage, Inc. - Partnership to provide orthopedic digital imaging solution

Schering-Plough Corporation - Pharmaceutical company names new executive vice president and general counsel

Scripps Research Institute - Regenerative medicine is heating up

Serenex, Inc. - Drug discovery company appoints new member to board of directors

Serono, Inc. - Fertility health web site launched

St. Louis University - As obesity epidemic peaks, our grandparents are starving to death

Stanford University - Mobile- vs. fixed-bearing implants have similar outcomes

TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. - Pharmaceutical company announces new chief financial officer

Temple University - Collagen level can impact risk of incontinence and prolapse in women

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Clinicians should consider Kingella kingae in children with bone infections

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Mutant B-Raf peptide shows promise as anti-melanoma immunotherapy

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Effects of anthrax lethal toxin reviewed

U.S. Uniformed Services University - Anger, frustration may trigger dangerous heart rhythms in some heart patients

Univ. of California, San Diego - Too much sleep can lead to restless nights

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Heart disease more common, progresses quicker in HIV patients

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara - Education might lead to Latino women accepting emergency contraceptives

Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of New Jersey - Cough-generated M. tuberculosis aerosols may aid TB study

Univ. of Natural Resources, Vienna - Protein and sugar are bacteria's proven recipe for survival

Univ. of Rochester - Chemoradiation with third-generation agents is promising for NSCLC

University of Amsterdam - Novel base triple identified in HIV TAR hairpin

University of Athens - Paclitaxel plus vinorelbine are moderately effective in advanced breast cancer

University of British Columbia - Stress blunts response to flu shots

University of California - Fruit flies used in fight against flu and fevers

University of Chicago - Induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy are useful for inoperable NSCLC

University of Florida - St. John's wort may compromise cancer drug's ability to prevent relapse

University of Kentucky - The Eating Disorder Inventory-2 scale is less reliable for men than for women

University of Manchester - Researchers describe how the U.K. diet increases heart disease risk

University of Michigan - Whole-genome microarrays aid comparative genomics

University of Minnesota - Methods detects trace levels of swine antibiotics in groundwater

University of New Mexico -  M. tuberculosis inhibition of phagosome maturation reviewed

University of North Carolina - Study: High-fructose corn sweeteners partly responsible for obesity epidemic

University of North Dakota - High cost of alcoholism in pregnant women can be prevented

University of Oxford - Canine infection in Africa and Asia still the greatest threat

University of Oxford - Success of nicotine patches linked to genetic make-up

University of Paris VII - Hepatitis C patients are at risk of late, rapid post-SCT cirrhosis

University of Pennsylvania - 5-Fluorouracil and interferon gene therapy diminish colon cancer metastasis

University of Reading - Sitting and thinking, or just sitting?

University of Seville - Sherry shown to have health benefits

University of Southern California - Study finds meat-tolerant genes offset high cholesterol and disease

University of Southern Denmark - LNAzyme derivatives of DNAzymes improve RNA cleavage

University of St. Andrews - Interfering with virus defense systems may lead to novel vaccines

University of Toronto - New form of disease gene associated with neurological disorder

University of Utah - Distinct immunohistochemical features of pediatric BL and DLBCL identified

University of Verona - Urinary nitrite/nitrate reveals the success of common hepatitis C therapy

University of Washington - Anti-HHV-8 therapy effective against multicentric Castleman disease

University of Wurzburg - Abdominal and pelvic tumors respond to stereotactic boost irradiation

University of Zurich Hospital - HLA-G and IL-10 may contribute to disease severity

Valentis Inc. - Therapeutics company earns milestone payment

Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company enters $7.5M private placement transaction

Veterans General Hospital, Taipei - Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms do not guide personality traits

Virginia Commonwealth University - Common factors join elements influencing male and female use of illicit drugs

Wayne State University - Older workers choose managed care, study finds

Weizmann Inst. of Science - Sometimes seeing isn't believing

Women's Health - Women with DCIS need to be better educated about treatment choices

Wyeth - Geospiza Finch Sequencing Center available for DNA sequencing data management

Xian Jiaotong University - Societal influences factor into excess female child mortality in rural China

Zapaq, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company completes $6 million financing

Zoll Medical Corporation - Medical device manufacturer announces acquisition of Infusion Dynamics

ZymoGenetics, Inc. - FGF18 reduces cartilage degeneration in preclinical model of osteoarthritis

ZymoGenetics, Inc. - License agreement signed for Interleukin 20