Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 23rd, 2003
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Leukemia - G-CSF-primed haploidentical marrow grafts feasible, effective for high-risk patients
Stem Cell Transplantation - Post-transplant telomere shortening may be short-lived
Anemia - Gene responsible for type CDA-1 discovered
Hematopoiesis - Yolk sac cells immortalized to isolate precursor cells
Stem Cell Research - STAT5 mediates eosinophil differentiation of cord blood stem cells
Stem Cell Transplantation - Acyclovir safer than ganciclovir in post-transplant cytomegalovirus disease patients
Awards - U-M bone marrow transplant expert receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
Blood Donations - Blood products in short supply
Blood Safety - Government: Red Cross didn't probe infections
Blood Safety - Red Cross may have released unsafe blood
Blood Safety - Smallpox vaccine recipients should wait to give blood, FDA says
Bone Marrow Transplant - Frozen cord blood revived after 15 years
Budd-Chiari Syndrome - Hydroxyurea and aspirin are anticoagulant alternative for recurrent thrombosis
Deep Vein Thrombosis - Phase I clinical trial of MLN1021 begins
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation - Adjuvant-free peptide vaccine against CMV pp65 in preclinical development
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Gene expression of CD34+ cells compared in normal, myelodysplastic bone marrow
Sickle Cell Disease - Key gender difference found in sickle cell disease
Stem Cell Preservation - Researchers report on preserving stem cells from umbilical cord blood
Stem Cell Transplantation - Basiliximab effective against steroid-resistant graft-versus-host disease
Stem Cell Transplantation - Parenteral glutamine supplementation not beneficial
Stem Cell Transplantation - Single nucleotide polymorphisms mark donor cell chimerism
Transduction - Modified retrovirus able to guide macrophages after gene transfer
Transfusion Medicine - Alloimmunization to RhD antigen studied in non-myeloablative transplants
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