Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 3rd, 1996
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Blood Banking (HBV Vaccine) - HBsAg in Vaccinated Donors Is Reproducible with Different Assay
Conference Coverage (ASM) - Refinements in PCR for HCV Detection Outlined
Conference Coverage (ASM) - Rigid Storage May Not Be Needed for HIV-1 and HCV Samples
Blood Banking (Asia) - Japan Government Feels Responsible for Spread of HIV
Hemophilia A - Findings May Have Implication for New Therapies
Hemophilia A - Gene Inversions Screening Provides Direct Marker of Mutation
Bacterial Vaccines - Safe Vaccine Against Gram-Negative Bacteria Nears Clinical Trials
Diagnostics (HCV) - Assay Accurately Identifies Individuals with HCV Infection
Healthcare Issues - Drug Companies' Control of Pharmaceutical Benefits: Conflict of Interest?
Immunology - T-Cell Differentiation Model Developed
Immunology - Vigorous CTLs and Weak Neutralizing Antibodies Seen in Long-Term Survivors
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - U.S. Patent Allowances Granted for Xenotransplantation
International (Asia) - Thousands Test Blood in Taiwan Hepatitis Scare
Transmission (Locally-Acquired Malaria) - Michigan Case Is Linked to Campground Mosquitoes
Transplantation - Enhanced Engraftment of Hematopoietic Progenitors
Viral Load - HIV Plasma Can Predict AIDS/Death Risk in HIV Infected Individuals
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Hepatitis C Carrier Detection in Intravenous Drug Users by RIBA and RT-PCR."
Diagnostics (HHV-6) - "Diagnosis of Active Human Herpesvirus Six (HHV-6) Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with a Rapid Shell-Vial Assay."
Diagnostics (Malaria) - "PCR-Based Non-Isotopic Liquid Hybridization Versus Microscopy in Monitoring Sporozoite-Induced Plasmodium vivax Infections in Saimiri Monkeys."
Epidemiology (HCV) - "Major Viral Genotypes Identified by Sequencing the 5' Untranslated Region (5'-UTR) of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)."
Epidemiology (HEV) - "HEV Infection in the USA."
Infection Control - "Molecular Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica Isolates from Contaminated Blood Transfusion Units."
Testing (Viral) - "Stability of HIV-1 and HCV RNA in Human Plasma."
Artificial Organs - "Review: Artificial Liver Support Systems."
Biological Glue - "A New Biological Glue from Gelatin and Poly(L-Glutamic Acid)."
Cord Blood - "Newborn Blood Can Engraft Adult Mice Without Inducing Graft-Versus-Host Disease across Non H-2 Antigens."
Immunology - "Antiviral Immunity in HIV-1 Infected Longterm Non-Progressors (LTNPs)."
Occupational Risk - "Should Infection Control Practitioners Do Follow Up of Staff Exposures to Patient Blood and Body Fluids?."
Therapy (HCV) - "Beta Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C in Patients with Haemophilia and Other Haemorrhagic Disorders."
Tissue Engineering - "Efficient Assembly of Rat Hepatocyte Spheroids for Tissue Engineering Applications."
Tissue Engineering - "Fibroblast Aggregation by Suspension with Conjugates of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and RGD."
Transfusion (Alloimmunized Patients) - "The Effect of Lymphocytotoxic Antibody Reactivity on the Results of Single Antigen Mismatched Platelet Transfusions to Alloimmunized Patients."
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