Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 25th, 1996
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Blood Banking (Europe) - At Least 45 Receive Contaminated Blood Transfusions in Bulgaria
Blood Banking (Industry News) - Leukonet Filter System Contract Signed
Blood Banking (Legal Issues) - Senate Committee Moves Ahead with Hemophiliac Lawsuit Bill
Blood Banking (Screening) - Plasma Donor Is Seronegative Beyond Window Period
Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - HIVIG Given During Primary HIV Infection Could Prevent Disease
Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Heterosexual AIDS Epidemic Could Expand in U.S., Europe
Alzheimer's Disease - Restricted Blood Flow May Contribute to Disease
Biomedical Research (Plasma Cells) - Phenotypic Analysis Identifies Early Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood
Government (Policy) - Lab Standards Improve Following Regulatory Requirements
HIV Gene Therapy - Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Based Therapy Receives Attention
Hematopoiesis - Conditions for Rapid Amplification of Stem Cells Are Defined
Hemophilia - In Vitro Success Does Not Directly Correspond With In Vivo Success
Industry News (Blood Loss) - FDA Permission Received To Market Bipolar Cutting Loops Line
Industry News (Blood Loss) - Results of Recombinant Hemoglobin Presented
Thrombosis - Drugs Allow Home Clot Care
Tissue Engineering - Artificial Urologic Organs Created By Using Biodegradable Polymers
Tissue Engineering (Cultured Skin) - Cultured Organotype Skin Equivalents Have Potential Gene Therapy Uses
Transfusion (Graft-Versus-Host Disease) - Newborns Should Be Given Irradiated Blood Components
Transplantation - Early Liver Transplants Approved
Corrective Gene Therapy - "A Trial of Gene Therapy in a Patients with Complementation Group C Fanconi Anemia (FAC)."
Diagnostics (HTLV) - "Sensitivity and Specificity of a DNA PCR Nonisotopic-Based Detection Method for the Confirmation of HTLV-I and HTLV-II Infection."
Diagnostics (Hepatitis) - "Line Probe Assays for the Detection of HCV Genotypes and HBV Genotypes and Mutants."
Gene Transfer - "Transfer of the Human Multidrug Resistance-1 (MDR1) Gene in Primitive Hemopoietic Precursor Cells in a Rhesus Monkey Gene Therapy Model."
Immunology (Gene Transfer) - "Adenovirus-Mediated Transfer of Human Factor IX Gene in Immunodeficient and Normal Mice: Evidence for Persistence of Viral Genome and Prolonged Transgene Expression in Liver."
Therapy (Malaria) - "A Plasmodium falciparum Bioassay for the Measurement of Total Antimalarial Activity of Halofantrine and Its Metabolite(s) in Plasma."
Vectors (Plasmid) - "High Level Expression of Human Factor IX by Skeletal Myoblast-Mediated Gene Transfer Using Plasmid Vector in Mice."
Antiphospholipid Syndrome - "Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Chronic Hepatitis C: Implication of Hepatitis C Virus as the Cause of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome."
Fibrin Glue - "Effectiveness of Autologous Fibrin Sealant in Experimental Lung Surgery."
Hematology (Sickle Hemoglobin) - "Protection from Lethal Malaria in Transgenic Mice Expressing Sickle Hemoglobin."
Histocompatibility - "Mismatches of Minor Histocompatibility Antigens Between HLA-Identical Donors and Recipients and the Development of Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Bone Marrow Transplantation."
Pediatrics - "Acquired Protein S Deficiency in Children Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus."
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