Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 10th, 2003
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Leukemia Vaccine - Peptide-pulsed dendritic cells produce little clinical effect
Stem Cell Transplantation - CD34+ enrichment doesn't improve elutriated graft outcome in non-cancer patients
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Stem cell allografts effective after reduced-intensity conditioning
Stem Cell Transplantation - CD34 cell dose has significant impact on outcome of related, unrelated grafts
Stem Cell Transplantation - Low dose improves survival in peripheral blood recipients
Umbilical Cord Blood - Phenotype of long-term engrafting cells identified
Anticoagulant Therapy - Argatroban used in bypass surgery can avoid heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
B-Cell Activation - The BAFF receptor has a unique structure that holds BAFF in the BAFF cage
B-Cell Lymphoma - IgH clonality can be determined by PCR from paraffinized bone marrow
Behcet Disease - Cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma development may result in internal bleeding
Blood Safety - Pakistani injection drug users twice as likely to donate blood
Breast Cancer - Allogeneic stem cell transplantation yields some good for metastatic disease
Cancer Therapy - The new monoclonal antibody AA98 targets antigen in tumor vessels
Cardiology - Statins enhance the function of endothelial progenitor cells
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Phase II clinical trial of Dacogen and Gleevec combination therapy initiated
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Filgrastim safe for stem cell mobilization during imatinib treatment
Diabetes - Blood products and medical data repository available for diabetes research
End-Stage Renal Disease - One of the differences between men and women is that men get transplants more
Ethics - AMA backs cloning for research purposes
Hematology - Murine embryos defective for angiogenesis yield hematopoiesis information
Hematology - Platelet-derived growth factor -C has a VEGF-like structure
Hematology - Rituximab results are mixed in those with interferon-resistant cryoglobulinemia
Hemophilia - HCV-positive hemophiliacs get comprehensive cancer therapy with surveillance
Hemophilia - Hemophilia prophylaxis has risks also, including catheter-associated thrombosis
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - Study provides new tool to diagnose and halt aggressive blood disorder
Immune Responses - The human integrin alpha 4-subunit has variants without amino acid substitutions
Immunoassay Development - Serum levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor may be measureable by ELISA
Insulin - Study addresses how chromium picolinate enhances blood glucose metabolism
Leukemia - Patients receiving i.v. 6-mercaptopurine had decreased survival after ALL relapse
Lung Cancer - Hydrogen peroxide induces alveolar stem cell proliferation
Lymphoid Cancer - New data highlight Aranesp efficacy in anemic patients
Multiple Myeloma - AMD-3100 mobilizes stem cells in cancer patients
Multiple Myeloma - Bisphosphonates are treatment of choice for patients with MM, bone complications
Multiple Sclerosis - Blood monocytes decrease with interferon-beta therapy
Occupational Disease - New guidelines for occupational exposure to blood-borne virus released
Pediatric Mononucleosis - Epstein-Barr virus DNA can be detected in blood of antibody-negative infants
Pneumococcal Disease - Lowering age for preventive vaccine could save lives, money, study says
Septicemia - In U.S.A., nosocomial infections of cancer patients are mostly staphylococcal
Stem Cell Research - A new selection protocol generates purified bone marrow stromal stem cells
Stem Cell Research - Divergent maturation pathways seen in hepatic progenitor cells
Stem Cell Research - Embryonic cell SAPK/JNK activation characterized
Stem Cell Research - Geron announces U.K. authorization for stem cell derivation
Stem Cell Research - Hepatoblast antigen marker identified
Stem Cell Research - Novel assay aids study of mammary stem cells
Stem Cell Research - Novel germ cell transcription regulator identified
Stem Cell Research - Novel model aids study of embryonic cardiac cells
Stem Cell Research - Novel model can improve study of embryonic skin development
Stem Cell Research - Novel oncogene underlies embryonic cell-induced tumorogenesis
Stem Cell Research - Novel sorting technique aids study of hepatocyte differentiation
Stem Cell Research - Novel technique enables osteoprogenitor fingerprinting
Stem Cell Research - Osteoblast contact has little effect on mesenchymal stem cell-induced osteogenesis
Stem Cell Research - Primordial germ cells have limited myogenic potential
Stem Cell Research - Pumilio-Nanos protein interaction involved in germ cell development
Stem Cell Research - Splenic stromal cells can be 'reprogrammed' as osteoblasts
Stem Cell Transplantation - Bacterial contamination of stem cell products linked to faulty cryopreservation
Stem Cell Transplantation - Neural stem cells can integrate into spinal cord after injection
Stem Cell Transplantation - Survival rates for high-risk patients similar with or without HLA-identical donor
T-Cell Homeostasis - Major histocompatibility complex is partially involved
T-Cell Homeostasis - Sphingolipid intermediates are involved in activation-induced cell death
Thrombolytic Therapy - Treatment of myocardial infarction with streptokinase can have adverse effects
Tissue Engineering - Artificial organs research presented at societies' joint annual meeting
Transplantation Tolerance - Study: Cellular and humoral sensitization against donor tissue should be tested
Trypanocidal Target - Trypanosoma brucei needs peroxin PEX14 in its glycosome to survive in blood
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