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Blood Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . July 31st, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Blood Weekly | Other Publications

Stem Cell Transplantation - Post-transplant G-CSF linked to higher graft-versus-host disease risk

Stem Cell Transplantation - Thalidomide has moderate activity against chronic but not acute GVHD

Stem Cell Transplantation - Allografting may resolve congenital sideroblastic anemia

Stem Cell Transplantation - Blood type incompatibility does not affect outcome

Stem Cell Transplantation - HLA-DPB1 matching reduces GVHD risk but heightens relapse rate

Stem Cell Transplantation - Maternal microchimerism may prevent graft-versus-host disease

Advanced Leukemia - Enrollment begins for phase I trial of SAHA

Ageing - Gas may form microfoam in blood; antifoaming agents may cure most disease

Anticoagulant Allergy - Danaparoid is successful in case of heparin induced skin reaction in pregnancy

Blood Testing - Novel method improves detection of fetal cells in maternal blood

Breast Cancer - Foundation comments on studies of high-dose chemo with stem-cell rescue

Breast Cancer - Novel murine model enables bone marrow transplantation evaluation

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - European committee grants positive opinion on survival claim for MabCampath

Disease Prevention - Chemotherapy may suppress breast cancer risk in Hodgkin disease survivors

Finance - Third NIH grant received during fiscal quarter for stem cell research

Gene Therapy - Collaborations advance sickle cell program

Glomerular Disease - Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis may be linked to mutation in CD2AP gene

Glomerular Disease - Reversible acute renal failure seems to occur occasionally, due to hematuria

Hematology - Angiogenic cytokine is overexpressed in myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia

Hematology - Promise seen for development of gene therapy to treat blood diseases

Homeostasis - Complement affects cell fate by controlling activation, proliferation, apoptosis

Kidney Transplant Risk - Polyomavirus infection can appear to be acute vascular rejection

Leukemia - Researchers identify factors affecting bone marrow transplant outcome

Leukemia - Unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation for acute mixed lineage leukemia

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor - The immunoglobulin-like domain of the LIF receptor modulates LIF affinity

Linked Immune Diseases - Sarcoidosis and IgA nephropathy appear to be linked

Liver Transplantation - It is possible to acquire hemophilia A from a hemophiliac donor liver

Multiple Myeloma - Macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha may be a major contributor to disease

Muscular Dystrophy - Stem cells work against muscular dystrophy in mice

Nucleic Acid Testing - West Nile Virus testing begins at New York blood center

Obstetrics - Declining blood factors send physiological signals at the end of pregnancy

Occupational Medicine - Sexual transmission supercedes occupation for dental worker GBV-C infections

Platelet Activation - LIM and LASP are substrates for cGK in human platelets

Platelet Reactive Antibodies - Progress is being made toward diagnostics for platelet alloimmune syndromes

Progenitor Cells - Notch proteins can induce T cells in a culture used for B cell development

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Certain features of squamous cell carcinoma are common in transplant recipients

Stem Cell Research - Amifostine effects are nonselective in myelodysplastic syndrome patients

Stem Cell Research - Class I homeobox genes play key role in T cell development

Stem Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells do not show telomerase activity

Stem Cell Research - Muscle satellite cells show prospective use for regeneration and gene therapy

Stem Cell Research - Mutant Kit protein linked to heightened mast cell, platelet differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Putative niche identified for murine mammary epithelial stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Transplanted human neural stem cells replace lost brain cells in rats

Stem Cell Transplant - New mechanism reverses diabetes symptoms

Stem Cell Transplantation - Antithymocyte globulin-based T-cell depletion reduces GVHD rate in multiple myeloma patients

Stem Cell Transplantation - Apotransferrin can prevent Staphylococcus epidermidis infections

Stem Cell Transplantation - Cell dose in HLA-matched grafts influences treatment outcome

Stem Cell Transplantation - Combination cryoprotectant solution improves outcome

Stem Cell Transplantation - High CD34 cell dose linked to heightened GVHD risk but improved survival

Stem Cell Transplantation - No long-term adverse effects linked to donation

Stem Cell Transplantation - Novel automated method aids busulphan monitoring

Stem Cell Transplantation - Patterns of nontuberculous mycobaterial infection characterized

Stem Cell Transplantation - Systemic proinflammatory cytokine release linked to major transplant-related complications

Streptococcus Agalactiae - Neonates and mothers have the same strain, but no strain appears more virulent

Stroke - Interferon regulatory factor-1 may be linked to cerebral ischemia and stroke

Stroke - Stem-like cells from peripheral blood restore function in rats

Transplant Risk -  Haemophilus parainfluenza and IgA deposition may cause nephrotic syndrome

Umbilical Cord Blood - CD111 expression by immature hematopoietic progenitors characterized

Virology - Plasma-based titrations can miss the full extent of adenovirus circulation

Virology - The adenovirus type 35 vector shows good transfection of CD34+ cells

West Nile Virus - Spectrum of symptoms includes paralysis

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