Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 27th, 2002
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Blood Substitute - Bovine hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier safe for surgical use
Sickle Cell Disease - Monocyte activity elevated in patients
Antiviral Cleansing - Plasma treatment appears to be cause of hyperfibrinolysis in transplant recipients
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Gene transfer allows earlier use of chemotherapy after marrow procedure
Leukemia Therapy - Liposomal daunorubicin encapsulation reduces excessive cytotoxic activity
Stem Cell Transplantation - Mannose-binding lectin replacement may reduce morbidity risk
AIDS and HIV Therapy - DC-SIGN could be therapeutic target
Addiction Medicine - Frequent cocaine use linked to heart attack, stroke
Atherosclerosis - Interleukin-4 deficits reduce risk
Cancer Suppression - Malignant cells can express immunosuppressive enzyme
Cardiac Arrest - CRP levels predict risk of sudden death
Coronary Artery Disease - New drug holds promise to block clots
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia - Girl apparently cured after first bone marrow transplant of its kind
Infectious Disease - NIH grant awarded for the development of a test to detect infectious prion proteins in blood
Kidney Transplants - Studies: Long-term use CellCept lowers rejection risk
Multiple Myeloma - Steroid pill prolongs survival
Stem Cell Research - Dendritic cell yields can be improved in culture
Stem Cell Transplantation - Graft-versus-host prophylaxis improves outcome with depleted grafts
Stem Cell Transplantation - Optimal serum-free expansion conditions identified
Stem Cell Transplantation - Photodynamic graft purging helps prevent graft-versus-host reactions
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - La Jolla reports new data on antibody-mediated thrombosis
Tissue Engineering - Success of bioengineering of blood vessels lies in 'scaffold,' said scientist
Transfusion Medicine - Parents' blood donations less safe than previously thought
Transplant Medicine - Study explores why heart transplant patients resume smoking
Viral Screening - Automated chemiluminescent immunoassay an alternative to NAT
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