Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 24th, 2003
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Umbilical Cord Blood - Volume reduction not needed for safe transplantation
Blood Substitute - Lead levels shouldn't affect hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier function
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Interferon-alpha treatment does not affect stem cell transplant outcome
Kidney Transplant - Reactivation of childhood-acquired human polyomaviruses may lead to rejection
Stem Cell Research - Human herpesvirus-6 inhibits hematopoiesis
Stem Cell Transplantation - Novel minor histocompatibility antigen identified
Stem Cell Transplantation - Rituximab impairs mobilization and engraftment
Apheresis - AABB and ASFA partner to publish indication categories for therapy
Bacterial Pleurisy - Pleurisy is found associated with Rickettsia conorii infection
Beta Thalassaemia - Prenatal diagnosis could aid treatment
Blood Transfusions - Asian American community encouraged to donate blood
Breast Cancer - High-dose chemo/stem cell therapy doesn't improve outcome
Cancer Immunotherapy - Novel culture methods improve production of tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells
Cancer Prognosis - Elevated endostatin predicts poor survival in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Cardiovascular Disease - Heart revascularization with endothelial precursor cells is a feasible strategy
Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 - Mutation may give WHIM syndrome myelokathexis, papillomavirus susceptibility
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - European committee grants positive opinion on MabCampath survival claim
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - KRN5500 has significant in vitro activity against human CLL cells
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Novel T-cell clone targets malignant stem cells
Crystal Structure - Reovirus binds human junctional adhesion molecule 1 at a dimeric Ig site
Deep Vein Thrombosis - Some patients are found to have an ala601Thr mutation in the plasminogen gene
Exercise and Infection - Distance running increases reactive oxygen species and serum opsonic activity
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Alloimmune sera neutralizes virus through hindrance-mediated anti-HLA effect
Heart Transplant - Knowledge from animal models should soon give ideas as to arteriopathy therapy
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Stem cell transplantation can resolve symptoms
Kidney Transplant - Polyomavirus infection reduction might improve with early detection, cidifovir
Leukemia - Medi-507 demonstrated prolonged survival in preclinical model of leukemia
Lymphoma - Docetaxel has limited activity in relapsed and refractory patients
Lymphoma - Primary sinonasal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma masquerades as chronic rhinosinusitis
Memory T Cells - IL-15 appears to be directly involved in maintaining persistence
Multiple Myeloma - In multiple myeloma, Tc-99m-MIBI imaging can detect bone marrow disease
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - MALT1 may be a dominant oncogene that plays a role in the pathogenesis of B-NHL
Peritoneal Catheter - Microlaparoscopic technique for peritoneal dialysis catheter placement presented
Policy - Fertility experts urge European Union not to ban stem cell research
Postoperative Infection - Patients with postoperative infections have sticky neutrophils before operation
Protein C Deficiency - Mutation and impaired secretion from Golgi to ER is probably due to conformation
Stem Cell Research - Estrogen receptor beta helps regulate differentiation
Stem Cell Research - GPI-80 plays key role in myeloid differentiation
Stem Cell Research - Human foreskin feeders can nourish human embryonic stem cells in culture
Stem Cell Research - Novel system enables thyrocyte generation from embryonic cells
Stem Cell Research - Postnatal endothelial stem cells present possibilities for neovascularization
Stem Cell Research - Researchers find stem cells with potential to repair muscle, produce blood cells
Stem Cell Research - SOX genes involved in retinoic acid-induced neural differentiation
Stem Cell Research - Some skeletal muscle cells can transdifferentiate into cardiac cells
Stem Cell Research - Stem cell factor does not mediate GnRH analogs' effects on spermatogonia
Stem Cell Transplantation - Autotransplantation usually best choice for advanced leukemia patients
Stem Cell Transplantation - Large-scale production of T-cell-depleted grafts feasible
Stem Cell Transplantation - Mesial temporal sclerosis may be result of cyclosporin A toxicity
Stem Cell Transplantation - Nonmyeloablative MEDI-507-based conditioning effective
Stem Cell Transplantation - Pancreatic tumor regression seen after treatment
Stem Cell Transplantation - Strong graft-versus-leukemia effect seen in Ph+ ALL patients
Stem Cell Transplantation - T-cell immunophenotyping may aid clinical cytomegalovirus control
Stem Cells - Scientists find potential stem cells in amniotic fluid - a new source?
T Cell Activation - Memory T-cells that have the 2C receptor interact with many MHC-I proteins
Transplant Medicine - Migratory adult stem cells could be exploited to revise host genetics
Transplant Medicine - Problems of inter-species transplantation described
Virology - Differentiation of HSV thymidine kinase gene length has clinical importance
Virus Detection - Automated response for tracking SARS, West Nile gains acceptance
West Nile Virus - Infected blood donation found
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