Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 4th, 1995
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Blood Banking (Donors) - Neurologic Injury Among Donors Is of Low Incidence
Blood Banking (Donors) - Two Unit RBC Collection Should Be Considered
Blood Banking (Safety) - Antigen Based Tests for HIV in Registered Blood/Plasma Centers Mandated
Blood Banking (Canada) - Ottawa Area Hospitals Launch HIV/Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign
Emerging Diseases - Leptospirosis Outbreak Is Still Under Investigation
Occupational Exposure (Prophylaxis) - PMPA Protects Monkeys Exposed to SIV
Computers and Software - NewsFile's Medical and Health News in Top 5% of World Wide Web
Diabetes Mellitus - Enterovirus IgM Positivity Is Associated with IDDM
Gene Transfer (Ex Vivo) - Efficient Stem Cell Gene Transfer with Improved Culture System
Healthcare Guidelines - 1996 Healthcare Standards Directory Published
Industry News (Biomedical Research) - Antithrombotic Agent Discovered from Hookworm Data Presented
Industry News (Diagnostics) - U.S. Launch of Enzyme Immunoassays Hepatitis Products Announced
Industry News (Therapy) - FDA Committee Recommends Neupogen
Industry News (Therapy) - Leukine Recommended for Mobilizing/Transplanting Stem Cells
Occupational Risk (Phlebotomy) - Changing Needles for Blood Culture Inoculation Has Benefit and Risk
Screening (HIV) - Continuing HIV-1 Subtypes Surveillance Is Needed
Thrombophilia - WHO Experts Probe Into Inherited Blood Disease
Transfusion (Neonatal) - Universal Use of Group O RBCs Needs Reevaluation
Disease Associations (HIV/HCV) - "Human Immune Deficiency Virus and Reduced CD4 Counts are Associated with Potentially Fatal Liver Disease in Hepatitis C Infected Hemophiliacs."
Emerging Pathogens - "A Novel Hepatitis Virus Implicated in the Etiology of Hepatitis/Aplasia Syndrome and Seronegative Fulminant Hepatitis."
HIV Gene Therapy - "Efficient Gene Transduction and Expression in Umbilical Cord Blood Stem/Progenitor Cells: RevM10 Mediated HIV-1 Suppression in Monocytes/Macrophages."
Hepatitis Vaccine - "Humoral Immune Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine in HIV Seronegative Children with Hemophilia A and B."
Pathogenesis (Malaria) - "South-East Asian Ovalocytic (SAO) Erythrocytes Have a Cold Sensitive Cation Leak: Implications for Studies of In Vitro Invasion of Stored SAO Red Cells By Plasmodium Falciparum
Pathogenesis (Transfection) - "The Fanconi Anemia Polypeptide, FACC, Normalizes P53 Induction in a Transfected Hematopoietic Cell Line."
Therapy (HCV) - "Alpha Interferon Alone and in Combination with Ribavirin for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in Multiply Transfused Thalassaemic Patients."
Blood Banking (HCV) - "Increased Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Commercial Plasma Donors by a Third-Generation Screening Assay."
Blood Banking (Screening) - "Infectious Disease Testing for Blood Transfusions."
Blood Substitutes - "Role of NO Mechanism in Cardiovascular Effects of Diaspirin Cross-Linked Hemoglobin in Anesthetized Rats."
Diagnostics (HIV) - "Flow Cytometric Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proviral DNA by the Polymerase Chain Reaction Incorporating Digoxigenin- or Fluorescein-Labeled dUTP."
Diagnostics (HTLV) - "Use of Dried Blood Spots for the Detection and Confirmation of HTLV-I Specific Antibodies for Epidemiological Purposes."
Occupational Exposure - "Managing Occupational HIV Exposures: A Canadian Study."
Transfusion (Autologous) - "Autologous Blood Transfusion in the Pediatric Patient."
Transfusion (Overview) - "Collection and Transfusion of Blood and Blood Components in the United States, 1992."
Transfusion (Requirements) - "Blood Use in Patients Undergoing Repeat Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedures: Multivariate Analysis."
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