Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 15th, 1997
Non-Subscriber - Summaries OnlyRelated Areas: Other Issues in Blood Weekly | Other Publications
Coagulation - Neutrophil Elastase Inactivates Factor Procoagulant Activity
Bone Marrow Transplantation - KB-R7785 May Be Applicable for Treating GVHD
Bubonic Plague - Disease Grows Resistant to Antibiotics
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Scientists Uncover New CJD Clues
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Swiss Report Two New Cases of Mad Cow Disease
Cryptosporidiosis - Human MAbs Developed For Immunotherapy of Cryptosporidiosis
Cytomegalovirus - Treatment Cuts CMV Infection, Disease in Liver Transplant Patients
Diagnostics - Taking Chemical Analysis Out Of Lab And Into The Field
Disease Associations - Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Associated With a Case of Schistosomal Liver Disease
Disease Associations - Rare Osteosclerosis Syndrome May be Caused by Hepatitis C
Drug Development - Promising New Molecular Targets Found for New Therapies
Genetics - Research Findings Should Improve Gene Therapy Use
Headache - Warning Signs That Shouldn't Be Ignored
Human Herpesvirus 6 - Lymphoma Cell Line May Help Gain Useful Reactivation Information
Human Herpesvirus 8 - Dual Herpesviral Infection Found in Human Neoplasm
Lymphoma - Possible New Approach To Brain Tumor In AIDS Patients
Preventive Medicine - Some Antihypertension Drugs May Help Prevent Cell Damage
Respiratory Sincytial Virus - Common Childhood Virus Poses Threat To Adults, Research Shows
Sickle Cell Disease - Nitric Oxide Gas May Treat, Prevent Sickle Cell Crisis
Stroke - Is Thrombolysis The Correct Treatment For Stroke ?
Transplantation - CTLA4-Ig Gene Transfer Prolongs Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Expression
Transplantation - UCSF Giving Organs to HIV Patients
Diagnostics - "Non-Invasive Monitoring of HIV Viral Load in the Lymphoid Tissue by Lymph Node Needle Aspiration."
Diagnostics (HIV-1) - "A Whole Blood Assay to Detect T Cell Response to Antigens in HIV-1 Infected Patients."
Diagnostics (HIV-1) - "Gen-Probe Single Tube Quantitative HIV Assay."
Diagnostics (HIV-1) - "NASBA Amplification Efficiency in African Isolates Representing Different HIV-1 Subtypes."
Diagnostics (HIV-1) - "Pitfalls in Molecular Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection and Determination of Viral Load in Patients Infected with HIV Strains of African Origin."
Diagnostics (Hepatitis) - "Laboratory Diagnostic Parameters in the Selection for Therapy and Subsequent Follow-Up of Patients Suffering from Chronic Viral Hepatitis."
Blood Banking (HCV) - "A Prospective Study of a Serum-Pooling Strategy in Screening Blood Donors for Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus."
Blood Banking (T. cruzi) - "Specific Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi among Blood Donors in Los Angeles, California."
Blood Banking (Y. enterocolitica) - "Inhibitory Effect of 0 degrees C Storage on the Proliferation of Yersinia enterocolitica in Donated Blood."
Blood Substitutes - "Evaluation of the Capabilities of a Hemoglobin Vesicle as an Artificial Oxygen Carrier in a Rat Exchange Transfusion Model."
Blood Substitutes - "Whitaker Lecture 1996: Microcirculation, Biomedical Engineering, and Artificial Blood."
Cytomegalovirus - "Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Liver Transplantation - A Randomized Trial Comparing a Combination of Ganciclovir and Acyclovir to Acyclovir."
Emerging Pathogens - "Healthcare Institutions as 'Hot Zones': Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens."
Hemodialysis (HGV) - "Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Haemodialysed Patients: Epidemiology and Clinical Relevance."
NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.