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Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 30th, 2005

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Bronchiolitis - Variation in diagnosis and management characterized

Lung Cancer - Diagnostic potential of promoter hypermethylation of CpG islands weighed

Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Claustrophobic patients have reduced adherence to CPAP treatment

Pulmonary Medicine - Amino acids make aerosolized gene delivery more robust

Pulmonary Medicine - Differential diagnosis of obstructive lung disease reviewed

Abdominal Cancer - Internal and externals markers correlated with abdominal tumor motion

Adenocarcinoma - Secondhand smoke induces adenocarcinoma via p16//DAPK/RASSFIA gene inactivation

Allergy Medicine - Food allergen sensitization may increase the severity of asthma in children

Allergy Medicine - Recent findings in allergy medicine described

Asthma - Researchers consider possible mechanistic links between obesity and asthma

Asthma - Treatment during pregnancy is safe for mother and fetus

Asthma Pathogenesis - Transfer of T-helper cell clones attenuates asthmatic phenotype

Awards - Resuscitation device company wins fourth straight Omega NorthFace award

Bacteriology - Study supports recommendation for prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics

Business & Finance - Sales of near $2.8 billion forecast for COPD therapies in 2013

Cardiology - Reoxygenation examined, effect in hypoxic newborn pigs clarified

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Spirometry use in United Kingdom characterized

Cystic Fibrosis - Company receives orphan drug designation for cystic fibrosis treatment

Disease Associations -  Legionella pneumophila antigens studied, macrophage processing clarified

Disease Associations -  Stachybotrys chartarum examined, lung inflammatory responses clarified

Drug Development - Results of DB289 formulation trial released

Emphysema - Animal model of autoimmune emphysema presented

Endocrinology - Lung transfer factor for CO doesn't alter with menstrual cycle phase

Environmental Health - Ambient air pollution-specific effects on pregnancy outcomes hard to pin down

Environmental Health - Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke

Esophageal Cancer - Heavy exposure to free silica dust linked to esophageal cancer

Finance - Pharmaceutical company reports first quarter financial results

Influenza - Maternal influenza infection analyzed, effect on fetal brain clarified

Influenza Outbreak - Prison outbreak from influenza A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like virus

Influenza Virus - Reappearance of influenza B/Victoria/2/87-lineage viruses reported

Lung Cancer - Cost-effectiveness of FDG-PET in lung cancer diagnostics analyzed

Lung Cancer - Different techniques used for urinary protein analysis of lung cancer patients

Lung Cancer - Expression of TARSH gene in MEFs senescence implicated in human lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Familial aggregation of lung cancer in a high-incidence area in China studied

Lung Cancer - Increased levels of urokinase plasminogen activator implicated in lung cancer

Lung Cancer - KLK5 and KLK7 differentially expressed in lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Link between lung cancer and radon in small areas across Scotland examined

Lung Cancer - New therapeutic approaches for early stage non-small cell lung cancer discovered

Lung Cancer - P73 dinucleotide polymorphism associated with a reduced lung cancer risk

Lung Cancer - Recent findings in lung cancer described

Lung Cancer - Sleeve resection resulted in higher locoregional recurrence of lung cancer

Mesotheliomas - Hyaluronan synthase expression marked pleural malignant mesotheliomas

Occupational Health - Respiratory morbidity in workers in water-damaged building reported

Occupational Risk - Risk for occupational cancer in Italy assessed

Oncology - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Pediatric Diagnostics - Yield of tests in infants after apparent life-threatening event clarified

Pertussis - Boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents reported

Pertussis - FDA approves Boostrix, a new U.S. vaccine for adolescents against pertussis

Pulmonary Fibrosis - Angiotensin II antagonism has limited efficacy in mice

Pulmonary Medicine - New findings in the area of pulmonary medicine described

Pulmonary Medicine - PEI-plasmid DNA complexes stimulate minimal proinflammatory response

Pulmonary Medicine - Pulmonary vasoconstriction studied, postnatal kinase shift described

Respiratory Diseases - Asthma experts call for increased efforts to address unmet needs

Respiratory Distress - Preterm respiratory distress syndrome studied, comparison trial reported

Rhodococcus Equi -  Rhodococcus equi brain abscess diagnosed in patient without HIV

Sleep Apnea - Massachusetts sleep center network adds clinic

Smoking Cessation - Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking

Streptococcus Vaccine -  Streptococcus gordonii strain shows promise as vaccine

Surgical Technology - Continuous CO2 monitoring during upper endoscopy procedures available

Tuberculosis - Company awarded European Commission grant for tuberculosis research

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Successful TB vaccines need to be immunoregulatory rather than Th1-boosting

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