Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 27th, 2003
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Blood Products - Tributyltin induces ultra-rapid, apoptosome-independent caspase activation in platelets
Sickle Cell Disease - Nitric oxide treatment may ameliorate symptoms
Blood Safety - National blood systems urged to improve quality and access
Cardiopulmonary Bypass - New instrument more accurately measures heparin, helps stop bleeding
Infectious Disease - Red blood cells act as Bartonella quintana reservoirs
Pediatrics - Lead screening questionnaire has value for predicting blood lead levels
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Nonmyeloablative sibling-donor stem cells safe, effective for patients in first remission
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia - Early detection of meningeal localization in APL patients reported
Antibody-Associated Vasculitis - Treatment with DSG is successful under careful monitoring of WBC count
Blood Clots - Low dose warfarin prevents recurrence of blood clots; study stopped early
Blood Safety - Florida Blood Services will test platelets for bacteria
Collaborations - Agreement developed for plasma protein purification
Epstein-Barr Virus - CD3 and CD28 cross-linking silences EBV/C3d receptor gene and protein expression
Fibrin Sealant - Red Cross enters agreement for Crosseal
Food-borne Illness - FDA warns against use of high-risk drug in livestock
Heart Injury - Doctors hope to repair teen's heart with stem cells
Hematology - Novel therapeutics represent a new paradigm for treating multiple myeloma
Immunodeficiency - A minigene restores immune function in CD45 deficient mice
Kidney Transplantation - Acute phase reaction represents inflammatory pathway and immune response
Laparoscopy - Laparoscopic spleen extraction can be done transvaginally
Multiple Myeloma - Tandem stem cell transplants may improve complete remission rate
Platelet Production Regulator - Bone marrow doesn't appear to elevate thrombopoietin levels in diseased patients
Stem Cell Transplantation - Dexamethasone improves the antiemetic effects of granisetron
Stem Cell Transplantation - Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor upregulates stem cell telomerase activity
T Cell Homeostasis - Cytokines and autoantigens play an active role in T cell survival
Thalassemia - Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia awarded federal grant
Tissue Engineering - Results of rapid biointegration of medical devices presented at two meetings
Transplant Medicine - Following heart transplantation, patients have doubled risk of malignancies
Transplant Medicine - Transplant recipients succeptable to recurrent, donor origin or de novo tumors
West Nile Virus - Development of the rapid test kit for West Nile virus reaches final stages
Women's Health - High organochlorine levels seen in Arctic Canadians' maternal and umbilical cord blood
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