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Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 14th, 2006

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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Asthma - Topigen reports positive results in initial phase 2 trial of inhaled drug in asthma patients

Critical Care Medicine - Pulmonary venous thromboembolism diagnosis protocol is developed

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer with poor lung function treated by video-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary resection

Pediatric Asthma - Beclomethasone treatment decreases linear growth in prepubertal asthmatic children

Asthma - Nebulized magnesium sulfate cannot be recommended for acute exacerbations of asthma

Awards - Domantis first to win UK Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development Award

Business Update - All About Malignant Mesothelioma launches new section on drug treatments

Business Update - CytoDyn joins fight against flu, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici calls effort promising for economy

Cancer Gene Therapy - Prostate cancer development suppressed by adenoviral-mediated vaccine

Cancer Gene Therapy - Telomerase-selective oncolytic adenoviral agent enhances antitumor efficacy

Cancer Gene Therapy - Tumor growth suppressed by oncolytic adenovirus

Cancer Surgery - Cancer surgery waiting times and influential factors in Ontario, Canada, identified

Carcinogenesis - Arsenic implicated in etiology of cancer

Cardiovascular Research - Cardiac output is accurately determined using transpulmonary thermodilution

Cardiovascular Research - Myocardial cells show adverse effects from melatonin and atenolol in carbon monoxide intoxication

Chuvash Polycythemia - Patients with Chuvash polycythemia bear high levels of angiogenic cytokines

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Whole-body cryotherapy produces minor bronchoconstriction

Diabetes Therapy - Levosimendan was more effective for treating postcardiopulmonary bypass low-output syndrome

Drug Development - Crucell announces suspension of Aerugen clinical development

Drug Development - Recombinant human alpha-1 proteinase inhibitors are reviewed

Environmental Health - Alveolar fluid reabsorption is inhibited via oxidant generation by airborne particulates

Environmental Health - Nitrogen dioxide may exert independent effect on mortality

Etiology - Causes of fever in cancer patients analyzed

Fitness & Wellness - Vagal-related heart rate variability indexes related to cardiorespiratory fitness

Heart Failure - Treatment of sleep apnea in heart failure is focus of review

Influenza Virus - Influenza virus H5N1 duck strain replicates in macaques and causes respiratory illness

Lung Cancer - 20/20 GeneSystems lung cancer blood test is more accurate early screen than CT scans, study shows

Lung Cancer - Free radical formation by cigarette smoke generates DNA double-strand breaks

Lung Cancer - Link between lung cancer risk and EPHX1 gene polymorphisms explored

Lung Cancer - Lung adenocarcinomas with high hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha levels are linked to poor outcomes

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer metastasis is prevented by matrix metalloproteinase-12

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer patient pulmonary function improved by upper lobectomy

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer patients age {{<=}}65 could benefit from weekly docetaxel and carboplatin

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer restaging after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy discussed

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer surgery outcomes were promising

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treatment by inhibitors of Stat-3, Akt and Erk1/2 evaluated

Lung Cancer - Lung carcinoid etiology may be linked to sex hormones, genetic predisposition, or environmental exposures

Lung Cancer - Lung squamous cell carcinogenesis linked to ERBB2 kinase domain mutations

Lung Cancer - Overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening persists

Lung Cancer - Small cell lung cancer metastasis may be associated with granulocyte chemotactic protein-2

Lung Cancer - Small cell lung cancer response to third-line chemotherapy evaluated

Lung Transplant - Delayed chest closure after bilateral lung transplantation can be employed safely when necessary

Neonatology - Neonatal brain-type natriuretic peptide reflects hemodynamic changes in preterm infants

Otorhinolaryngology - Transcricothyroid intraoperative monitoring technique for the laryngeal nerves is described

Otorhinolaryngology - Unsedated transnasal treatment of upper aerodigestive lesions is preferred

Otorhinolaryngology - Vocal cord dysfunction is characterized and long-term outcomes are assessed

Pediatric Cardiology - Most pediatric cardiopulmonary arrests are unwitnessed and receive no bystander CPR

Pediatric Lung Disease - Delivering nitric oxide to premature infants improves their chances of avoiding lung disease

Personnel - MAP Pharmaceuticals appoints Scott W. Borland, Paul S. Uster new program directors

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Prevenar protects children with chronic or recurrent lung disease

Pneumocystis Pneumonia - Alveolar macrophage apoptosis suppression prolongs survival with Pneumocystis pneumonia

Prognostics - Response of brain metastases to Efaproxiral predicted by red blood cell concentration

Radiotherapy - Audio-visual biofeedback could be used to improve respiratory-gated radiotherapy

Radiotherapy - Radiotherapy use in patients influenced by age and comorbidity factors

Respiratory Medicine - A 3-D computer simulation can aid treatment of collapsed lungs from respiratory distress syndrome

Respiratory Medicine - Over inflating the lung leads to ventilator-induced lung injury

Respiratory Medicine - T cell memory and recall responses to respiratory virus infections are focus of review

Respiratory Medicine - Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is a safe technique in infants

SARS Coronavirus Transmission - SARS outbreak likely reflect an intermediate phase of animal-to-human transmission

Tuberculosis Healthcare - Community-based program treats children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Mortality - Mortality-associated factors determined for tuberculosis patients requiring intensive care

Angiology - Findings from Turkey, Scotland and the United States in angiology provide new insights

Cancer Treatment - Studies from the United States, Netherlands and Hungary describe new findings in cancer treatment research

Cardiology - Researchers from the United States and Germany provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

Environmental - Studies from Finland, Mexico and the United States describe new findings in environmental research

Imaging - Recent findings in imaging described by researchers from Taiwan and the United States

Lung Cancer - Data from the United States, North Ireland and Japan advance knowledge in lung cancer research

Lung Cancer - Findings from the United States and Japan advance knowledge in lung cancer research

Lung Cancer - New data from Taiwan, France and Spain lluminates research in lung cancer

Lung Cancer - New findings from Austria, Spain and Italy in the area of lung cancer detailed

Lung Cancer - New findings from Japan and the United States in the area of lung cancer described

Lung Cancer - New findings from South Korea, Italy and Sweden in the area of lung cancer described

Lung Cancer - New findings in lung cancer described from Taiwan and Japan

Lung Cancer - Recent findings in lung cancer described by researchers from Japan and the United States

Lung Cancer - Research from Netherlands, Japan and United States in lung cancer provides new insights

Lung Cancer - Researchers from Japan, Netherlands and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Researchers from Spain, the United States and Japan describe findings in lung cancer studies

Lung Cancer - Researchers' findings from the United States, Japan and Turkey advance lung cancer research

Mesothelioma - New findings from Italy and Belgium in the area of mesothelioma detailed

Obesity - Researchers from Portugal, the United States and Spain report recent findings in obesity

Pneumococcal - Research from South Africa, United States and Brazil in pneumococcal provides new insights

Tuberculosis - Researchers' findings from the United States and France advance tuberculosis research

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