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Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . January 10th, 2005

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Cystic Fibrosis - Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach seen as potential treatment

Cystic Fibrosis - The underlying causes of inherited lung disease uncovered

Gulf War Syndrome - Environmental factors could have exposed veterans to higher risk of lung cancer

Inflammation - Acute lung injury analyzed, role of sphingosine 1-phosphate revealed

Lung Cancer - Radon in the home responsible for 9% of lung cancer deaths across Europe

Pneumonia - Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved vaccine

Allergy and Immunology - Biological loading of allergens different due to local influences

Anti-Tobacco Laws - Montana says merchants doing better keeping tobacco away from kids

Apoptosis - Tula hantavirus infection induces caspase-mediated apoptosis

Asthma - Asthma hospitalizations due to poor inhaled medication adherence

Business and Finance - Respiratory therapy service provider announces share repurchase program

Carcinogens - Different genotoxic mechanisms for lung cells exposed to chromate particles

Cardiopulmonary Health - Gentiva Health Services launches new home cardiopulmonary program

Cell Biology - Breathtaking find completes puzzle of body's response

Clinical Trial - CRO asserts pediatric trials are increasing in response to new regulations

Cystic Fibrosis - Marine biotechnology product offers promise as cystic fibrosis treatment

Drug Delivery - Effect of design on dry powder inhaler performance elucidated

Drug Delivery - Utility of Respimat Soft Mist Inhaler reviewed

Environmental Hazard - Health officials express concerns about blowing smoke

Environmental Health - Removing mold from school buildings improves teachers' health

Environmental Health - States pair with feds to supply air quality data to asthmatics

Finance - Oxygen therapeutics firm reports loss of $0.16 per share

Finance - Pharmaceutical company announces successful share purchase plan

Fitness and Wellness - Medical assistance company offers do's and don'ts to beat sniffles, flu

Fitness and Wellness - Survey shows smoking, drinking down, but youths not as active in Nebraska

Hantavirus - Nested RT-PCR detects hantavirus in hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome patients

Inflammation - Chronic airway inflammation studied, surfactant function in children clarified

Influenza - Characterization of Haemophilus influenzae MutL, MutH and their interaction

Influenza - Enrollment in European clinical trial for PreFluCel suspended

Influenza - Health officials: World nears flu pandemic

Influenza A Pandemic - Genetic origins of 1918 flu pandemic different from 1957/1968 strains

Influenza Vaccines - U.S. Health & Human Services Department, Ad Council launch flu vaccine campaign

Legal Issues - Judge wants Yucca Mountain silicosis lawsuit revised

Legal Issues - R.J. Reynolds Tobacco settles lawsuit, agrees to teen magazine ad limits

Lung Cancer - Arsenic ingestion from well water associated with increased risk of lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Bronchial squamous dysplasia needs follow-up by autofluorescence bronchoscopy

Lung Cancer - Genetic predisposition can play an important role in development of lung cancer

Oxygen Delivery - New technology brings independence to home oxygen patients

Pertussis - Booster shots could be needed for whooping cough

Pertussis - Reported cases of whooping cough up in Virginia; timely vaccinations urged

Pertussis - Whooping cough hitting northern Colorado

Pneumonia - Rare type of pneumonia diagnosed among U.S. troops in Iraq

Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Clinical data from SELECT trial presented at Hot Topics in Neonatology Meeting

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Cytoplasmic RSV replication induces nuclear heat shock response

Rhinosinusitis - Company initiates phase 2 trial of treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis patients

SARS-Related Thrombosis - Increased incidence of thrombotic complications in SARS

Smoking Cessation - New $1.00 tobacco tax proposal may reduce smoking, save lives

Tobacco Use -  Nrf2 ablation heightens risk of smoking-induced emphysema in mice

Transplantation Medicine - Company receives FDA priority review designation for PULMINIQ NDA

Tuberculosis - Novel anti-tuberculosis agents with potent sterilizing activity are needed

Vaccine Development - Option agreement for development of vaccine candidates announced

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