Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 26th, 1999
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Transmission (Malaria) - Donor Screening Did Not Yield Accurate Information
Blood Banking - Efficacy of Pre-Operative Donation Studied
Bone Marrow Transplantation - T. longibrachiatum Acquired Via Gastrointestinal Tract
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Lymphocyte Hyperactivated Status Contributes to Immunodeficiency
Cardiology - Wound Repair Ability Studied in Aortic Endothelial Cells
Clotting Factors - Factor V-Factor VIII Deficiency Analyzed
Clotting Factors - Subset of Combined Factor Deficiency Due to Additional Gene Mutation
Growth Factors - Framework for HLGAG Interactions with FGF-FGFR
Hemodialysis - Intensive Perioperative Dialysis for Cardiac Bypass Patients
Malaria - High Meiotic Recombination Rate in Natural P. falciparum Populations
Disease Course - HCV Transmitted by IV Drug Evaluated
Thalassemia Gene Therapy - Antisense Therapy May Have Merit Against Thalassemia
Angiogenesis (Cell Biology) - Molecular Link Discovered that Allows Cells To Form Blood Vessels
Anti-Angiogenesis (AACR Conference News) - Anti-VEGFR2 Antibody Data Presented
Blood Safety (Screening) - Hepatitis C Screening Procedure Gains IND Approval
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - No Link to CJD In People Working with Animals...Yet
Tissue Engineering - Functional Arteries Grown Using Novel System that Simulates Fetal Environment
Therapy (Thalassemia) - "Erythrocytapheresis to Lower Iron Loading in Thalassemia."
Correction - Blood Weekly, April 12, 1999, World News, page 2
Cellular Therapy - "In Vivo Antitumor Effects of Cytokine Activated Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells (UCBC): A Comparative Analysis with Peripheral Blood Stem Cells (PBSC)."
Diagnostics (Micrometastases) - "Quantitative Methods for Examining the Drug Resistance Phenotype of Micrometastatic Cancer Cells in Bone Marrow: DNA Damage in Response to In Vitro Drug Treatment."
Graft-vs-Host Disease - "Immune Modulation after BMT Relapse: Correlation of Remission Induction with Expansion of a Distinct CD8+ T-Cell Clonotype."
Transplant Tolerance - "Preclinical Bridge to Human Transplant Tolerance."
Animal Models - "Rhesus Macaque as an Animal Model for Hemophilia B Gene Therapy."
Gene Transfer - "Transduction of Primitive Human Marrow and Cord Blood-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells With Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors."
Hemophilia - "Prevalence and Persistence of a Novel DNA TT Virus (TTV) Infection in Japanese Haemophiliacs."
Stem Cell Transplantation - "Multicenter Phase III Trial to Evaluate CD34+ Selected Versus Unselected Autologous Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma."
Transfusion Medicine - "Prognostic Significance of Perioperative Blood Transfusions in Resectable Thoracic Esophageal Cancer."
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