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Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . January 17th, 2005

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Medical Devices - Intubation suitable for airway protection in pediatric methadone OD

Medical Devices - Novel approach to pulmonary injury treatment used in multiple trauma patient

Papillomatosis - Cidofovir in papillomatosis minimizes need for repeated surgical excision

Pulmonary Disease - Sputum assessment in firefighters exposed to World Trade Center dust reported

Surgical Technology - Utility of percutaneous tracheostomy reviewed

Airway Epithelium - Ultrafine carbon black particles cause proliferation of human airway epithelium

Allergy Medicine - Interim analysis from ragweed allergy phase II/III trial announced

Allergy Medicine - Specific NF-kappaB inhibition in lungs: Potential pulmonary-allergy therapy?

Asthma - Group to assess the utility of HEDIS asthma metric

Cilia - Ciliary malfunctions due to genetic errors tend to be systemic and life-long

Clinical Trials - Additional phase II trial initiated for INS37217 Respiratory in cystic fibrosis

Collaborations - Agreements signed for development of respiratory infections treatment

Collaborations - NPS BioTherapeutics to continue Alpha-1 deficiency partnership

Collaborations - Pharmaceutical firm modifies Amoxicillin Pulsys agreement

Diagnostics - Collaboration to improve rapid tuberculosis diagnosis for HIV patients

Environmental Health - Department of Natural Resources issues air advisory in Wisconsin

Environmental Health - Fairbanks, Alaska, air gets clean bill of health

Environmental Toxins - Better smoke-free policies needed in airports

Finance - Pharmaceutical company files resale registration for convertible senior notes

Genetics - Cystic fibrosis and Niemann-Pick type C display similarities in cell culture

Infection - Electronic nose had good results in identifying ENT infection pathogens

Infectious Diseases - Further understanding necessary regarding seasonality of infectious diseases

Influenza Vaccines - Poll reveals flu shot data

Legal Issues - Tobacco farmers' group files notice to appeal judge's decision

Lung Cancer - Encouraging survival rates push XYOTAX trial data release to end of Q1 2005

Malaria - $42.6M grant to fund antimalarial drug development

Mergers and Acquisitions - Specialty pharmaceutical company acquires Aventis operations in Puerto Rico

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI - Marketing authorization sought in Europe for Aryplase to treat MPS VI

Nicotine Addiction - Do cigarette additives pose additional risk to smokers?

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Biopharmaceutical company comments on trial for cancer cell-activated drug trial

Nutrition - Chicken soup: It really does work

Otorhinolaryngology - Anesthesia for cervicofacial cancer surgery reviewed

Otorhinolaryngology - Laser microsurgery resolves vallecular cyst and comorbidities in infant

Pasteurization - Low pathogenic AI virus/ND virus inactivated in egg products via pasteurization

Perception - Human nose is more complicated than a jumbo jet

Personnel - Lawrence A. May joins board of PreHistin maker

Physiology - Vertebrate odorant receptor analyzed, ligand selectivity determined

Plastic Surgery - Quest for beauty backfires for paralyzed doctor, three patients

Pneumonia - Discovery of key protein's shape may lead to better bacterial pneumonia vaccine

Pulmonary Disease - Mucus cell metaplasia studied, neutrophil elastase induction revealed

Pulmonary Disease - Pulmonary surfactant studied, disparate effects of binding proteins revealed

Pulmonary Endothelium - Basis of pulmonary endothelium barrier dysfunction and RhoA activation revealed

Respiratory Distress - Assess intra-abdominal pressure, chest-wall elastance in critically ill patients

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Dot-blot EIA rapidly detects RSV antigen from pediatric nasopharyngeal aspirates

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Shifting immunodominance pattern of epitopes in RSV glycoprotein reported

SARS Coronavirus - Statistical/mathematical approach used to analyze evolution of SARS coronavirus

Smoking Cessation - Medicare to help smokers kick the habit

Sore Throat -  Fusobacterium necrophorum plays important role as simple sore throat cause

Surgical Technology - Mitral valve replacement feasible in some patients with one lung

Therapy - Bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis studied, protein changes revealed

Tobacco Use - CEO of foundation dedicated to smoke-free world comments on secondhand smoke

Tobacco Use - California-based lung association web site puts on-screen smoking in true light

Tobacco Use - Use of Health Department smoking quit line is up

Tobacco Use - Woman spends last days filming TV ads warning about dangers of smoking

Tuberculosis - FDA grants approval for new TB test

Tuberculosis - Rifampin does not affect graft survival in renal transplant recipients

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