Blood Weekly

Obstetrics - Subchorionic hematomas suggest underlying maternal circulation disorder

Oncology - Tissue factor/factor VIIa inhibitors don't use hemostasis to stop angiogenesis

Personnel - William Weed to lead search committee for new CEO of New York Red Cross

Policy - EC proposes strict ethical guidelines on E.U. funding of embryonic stem cell research

Psoriasis - Whole blood has higher levels of Th1 lymphocytes and serum IFN-gamma

Renal Cell Carcinoma - TRAIL and gamma-radiation apoptosis is impaired by deficient caspase-9 cleavage

Spinal Cord Injury - Neural stem cells secrete neurotrophic factors and promote axon growth

Squamous Cancer - PD-ECGF causes head and neck cancers to cycle through growth phases quickly

Stem Cell Research - Astrocyte-derived factors induce neuron differentiation from embryonic cells

Stem Cell Research - Company reports successful derivation of osteoblasts from hESCs

Stem Cell Research - Different Notch signaling pathways control T- and B-cell commitment

Stem Cell Research - Gene expression and engraftment capacity of hematopoietic cells linked to cell cycle phase

Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic stem cells ferry exogenous genes directly to tumor vessels

Stem Cell Research - Neurokinin receptor crosstalk helps regulate hematopoiesis

Stem Cell Research - New technique can reprogram adult blood cells to be heart or nerve tissue

Stem Cell Research - Novel nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase identified with inhibitory effects on Ras signaling

Stem Cell Research - Novel transcription factor plays key role in embryonic cell expansion

Stem Cell Research - Retinoic acid suppresses bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell growth

Stem Cell Research - Swine neuroepithelial stem cells could be useful for transplantation

Stem Cell Research - Tetratricopeptide repeat motif-containing proteins involved in neural stem cell RNA processing

Stem Cell Research - VEGF is the principal angiogenic modulator during new bone formation

Stem Cell Transplant - AMD-3100 granted orphan drug designation

Stem Cell Transplantation - Effects of prophylactic donor leukocyte infusions elucidated

Stem Cell Transplantation - Fasciitis can be manifestation of graft-versus-host disease

Stem Cell Transplantation - Ganciclovir can prevent post-transplant adenovirus infections

Stem Cell Transplantation - MRSA colonization should be eradicated before stem cell allografting

Stem Cell Transplantation - Stem cell allografts ineffective for pediatric X-linked agammaglobulinemia patients

Stem Cells - Neural cells are not rejected when transplanted

T-Cell Function - Dysfunction or dysregulation leads to immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease

Transplant Tolerance - Apoptosis of alloreactive T cells may play a role in tolerance initiation

Trisomy 21 - Fetal trisomy 21 diagnosis can be obtained noninvasively from maternal blood

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - PCR assay provides fast, simple, and accurate tuberculosis diagnosis in HIV-negative patients

Vasculitic Skin Lesions -  Strongyloides stercoralis rash should be ruled out before corticosteroid use

Vector Development - Dual promoters enable lentiviral vectors to generate coexpressed transgenes

Vector Development - Nucleofection is efficient for nonviral transfection of monocytic cells

Virology - Compounds show promise against Flavivirus and animal applications

Virus Management - Company focuses on host immune response, not the virus

West Nile Virus - Antisense drug for West Nile manufactured for clinical trials

West Nile Virus - FDA grants clearance to diagnostic test for West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus - Quality control system selected for Procleix clinical trials