Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 28th, 1996
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Visceral Leishmaniasis (Screening) - Transfusion Transmitted Disease Reported in India
Blood Banking (Donor Knowledge) - Deficit of Information Found Among Donors
Blood Banking (Donor Safety) - Medical Histories for Autologous Donors Need More Attention
Blood Banking (HIV) - More Common Strains Present Risk; Subgroup O Not Common in Italy
Cord Blood (Transplantation) - Unrelated Donors Provide Safe Source of Stem Cells
Diagnostics (HCV) - Three Procedures Reliable in Genotyping Hepatitis C
Disease Presentation (TB) - Massive Hemoptysis Best Treated with BAE
Industry News (Diagnostics) - 510K Application Submitted for ReACT Test System
Industry News (Patents and Technologies) - Patent Issuance Announced Covering Gene Repair Technology
Industry News (Purchases) - $3.9 Million Order Secured for Plasma Freezers
Infection Control - Bacteria and Virus Passage Through Surgical Latex Gloves Confirmed
Mycoplasma fermentans - Infectious Microorganism Found in Blood of Gulf War Vets
Occupational Risk - Workers Comp Protection Urged for Medical Students
Sickle Cell Anemia (Therapy) - Therapeutic Development and Commercialization Agreement Signed
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Combination Treatment Effective for AIDS Related Leishmaniasis
Blood Safety - "Blood Donor Screening for Parvovirus B19 By Immunochemiluminescent Southern Blot PCR2 Assay."
Blood Safety (B19) - "Prevalence of Human Parvovirus B19 DNA in a Blood Donor Population."
Nosocomial Infection (HGV) - "Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients."
Transfusion Medicine - "Clinical Relevance of Cytokine Levels in Transfusion Products: What Evidence is Available to Correlate with Morbidity?."
Transfusion Medicine - "Ethical Aspects of the Use of Cytokines and Growth Factors in Donors."
Transfusion Medicine - "Future Potential of Cytokines and Growth Factors in Transfusion Medicine: What New Horizons are There to Come?."
Transfusion Medicine - "Growth Factors as a Bridge in Solid Tumour Oncology: Is Cure on the Other Side?."
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - "A Matter for Debate: The Risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Humans Posed by Blood Transfusion in the UK."
Cord Blood - "Purification of Cord Blood Lymphocytes."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Increased Detection of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Renal Transplant Patients by Third-Generation Assays."
Skin Substitutes - "Enhanced Function of Cultured Epithelium by Genetic Modification: Cell-Based Synthesis and Delivery of Growth Factors."
Transplantation (Lung) - "Clotting and Fibrinolytic Disturbance during Lung Transplantation: Effect of Low-Dose Aprotinin."
Von Willebrand disease - "Evaluation of the Abnormal Platelet Function in von Willebrand Disease by the Blood Filtration Test."
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