Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 7th, 1998
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Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - Universal NAT Testing Comes Closer
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Anti-TGF-(beta) Treatment Decreases Evidence of Pneumonitis
Bone Marrow Transplantation - High Serum Creatinine Is Risk for Acute Renal Insufficiency
Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - Biocide Filtration Technique Protects Plasma Proteins
Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - Ligand Discovery Technology Shows Promise
Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - PCR System Analyzes Plasma for Presence of Viruses
Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - Phase 2 Study Complete for S-59 PCT-Treated Plasma
Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe) - S/D Inactivates Hepatitis G in Plasma
Conference Coverage (TSE Issues) - B-Cells Involved in Neuroinvasive Scrapie
Conference Coverage (TSE Issues) - Evidence That nvCJD and BSE Caused by Same TSE Strain
Conference Coverage (TSE Issues) - PrP Produced by Follicular Dendritic Cells
Gene Transfer - Cycle Modulation Increases Transduction Efficiencies
Immunology - Chronic Rejection Is Induced in Allografts
Blood Banking - Umbilical Cord Blood Useful for Transplants
Gene Delivery - Gene Therapy Helps Mice Grow New Blood Vessels
Prisons - Texas Inmates Undergo Tests for Hepatitis C Virus
Therapy (HCV) - Pegylated Interferon Study Offers Hope for HCV Patients
Blood Filtration - "Limited Capacity of Leukocyte Depletion Filters to Remove Tumor Cells Contaminating Blood."
Diagnostics (EBV) - "Immortalization Assay (IA) and PCR for Detecting Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in Peripheral Blood (PB) of Transplant Recipients (TR)."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Comparison of Bactec Fluorescent 9000 MB and the Bactec Radiometric 460 TB System for the Detection of Mycobacteria from Blood Specimens."
Disease Associations - "Thromboelastography in Healthy Pediatric Patients."
Risk Factors - "Sexual or Household Transmission of Hepatitis G Virus (GB Virus C) and Hepatitis C Virus."
Transfusion Medicine - "Liver Transplantation and Blood Use: Predictors and Impact on Outcome."
Blood Safety - "Notifying Patients Exposed to Blood Products Associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Theoretical Risk for Real People."
Blood Substitutes - "Effect of Diaspirin Cross-Linked Hemoglobin on Endothelin-1 and Blood Pressure in Acute Ischemic Stroke in Man."
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