Blood Weekly

Lymphocytosis - HLA-I receptors present on natural killer cells silence their own action

Lymphoma - CHASE effective as salvage chemotherapy regimen for lymphoma patients

Lymphoma Therapy - Stem cell transplantation successful in patient with central nervous system lymphoma

Lymphopoiesis - Alpha beta T lymphocyte development depends on Bcl11b

Lymphoproliferation - Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome mutation can cause glomerulonephritis

Lymphotropic Herpesviruses - Antiviral susceptibility utilizing flow cytometry is an efficient testing method

Psoriasis - T-cell behavior can be managed by several routes; therapy must be safe long term

Pulmonary Embolism - Many laboratory tests can aid in diagnosis, but imaging is best

Pulmonary Medicine - Runaway angiogenesis after lung transplantation can lead to hemangiomatosis

Pulmonary Thromboembolism - Mortality rate decreased approximately 30% from 1979 to 1998

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Interferon gamma levels in whole blood can help determine tuberculosis severity

Red Cell Enzymopathy - G6PD deficiency has a new variant, 989 CGC->CAC (330 Arg->His) mutation

Septic Shock - Mortality decreases while frequency increases

Septicemia - Fish oil i.v. infusion alters cytokines, plasma lipids, lymphocyte membranes

Stem Cell Research - CD26 plays role in G-CSF-induced stem cell mobilization

Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells form tumors when implanted in murine peritoneal cavity

Stem Cell Research - Endothelial progenitor cell tumor homing relies on multiple steps for fruition

Stem Cell Research - Homeodomain protein play key role in platelet differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Neural stem cells have unexplored angiogenic potential

Stem Cell Research - Platelet factor 4 directly and indirectly suppresses hematopoietic stem cell activity

Stem Cell Research - Sonic hedgehog, FGF8 induce dopaminergic phenotypes in neural stem cells

Stem Cell Transplantation - Anti-TCRalphabeta monoclonal antibody effective for T-cell ablation in canine model

Stem Cell Transplantation - Automated assay useful for identifying stem cell recipeints with high CMV disease risk

Stem Cell Transplantation - Renal dysfunction in pediatric stem cell graft recipients characterized

Stem Cells - $1.2 Million awarded to convert adult bone marrow cells into brain cells

T-Cell Allorecognition - T cells factors involved in the final outcome of transplant rejection

Takayasu Arteritis - A patient treated for years with prednisolone developed antibody abnormalities

Transplant Medicine - Infusion of customized regulatory T cells may control transplant rejection

Transplant Medicine - Passenger leukocyte tolerance induction could be harnessed to reduce rejection

Transplant Medicine - Porcine endogenous retrovirus detected in porcine bone marrow cells

Transplant Medicine - The 4-1BB pathway may be involved in allograft rejection caused by CD8+ T cells

Transplantation - Plasmapheresis relieves a liver transplant-related cutaneous fibrosing disorder

Trypanosoma Cruzi - Alpha-L-fucosidase is present in several stages, may associate with membranes

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Novel PBMC-based tuberculosis immunoassay fast, accurate

Vascular Damage - Vascular thrombosis is a risk factor in acute cytomegalovirus infection

Virology - Current infectious diseases threats discussed

Virology - HIV, HCV license agreement granted for plasma testing

Virology - Hepatitis B virus polymerase associates with leukemia nuclear bodies via p11

West Nile Virus - Clinical trial site intercepts first unit of infected blood

West Nile Virus - Florida blood bank detects West Nile virus in donor

West Nile Virus - New West Nile virus control targeted to clinical laboratories