Blood Weekly

Memory Cell Persistence - IL-7, T cell receptor are involved in maintenance of CD4 memory cells

Multiple Myeloma - Thalidomide back on the market in Australia by year-end

Nasal/Paranasal Lymphoma - Local-regional radiation and systemic chemotherapy is recommended

Natural Antibacterial - The peptidoglycan recognition protein M.mPGRP-L has good antibacterial activity

Nephrology - Maternal iron restriction in rodent pregnancy leads to offspring hypertension

Neuroscience - Class II HDAC mRNA upregulated during rat hippocampal progenitor differentiation

Neutropenia - Oral antibiotics, early hospital discharge manage low-risk febrile neutropenia

Obstetrics - Intrapartum management of women on anticoagulation therapy requires planning

Oncology - Radiofrequency ablation generates 'thermal fixation' of liver cancer

Ophthalmology - Restored sight case reveals extent to which vision depends on learning

Osteoporosis - Recombinant human PTH 1-34 appears to reduce bone fractures

Parkinson Disease - Adult mouse bone marrow stem cells can become cells of the nervous system

Personnel - Claire J. Lockey named VP, regulatory affairs

Personnel - Jacob Rowe to chair stem cell company's scientific advisory board

Personnel - John A. Harris joins board of instrumentation company

Polycythemia Vera - Stem cells from PV patients characterized

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Polymorphisms of the ERalpha gene may be associated with renal cell cancer

Renal Cell Carcinoma - bHLH-LZ subfamily may be critical in regulating (aberrant) renal cellular growth

Respiratory Distress - Generalized lymphangiectasia in infants can be relieved by puncture

Sepsis/Septic Shock - Antiendotoxin IgM antibody increases correlate with survival from septicemia

Septicemia - Immunocompromised patients' natural flora is main culprit for septicemia

Specimen Collection - FDA gives clearance to market CellSave Preservative Tube

Stem Cell Research - CBP and p300 regulate chondrocyte activity through Sox9 activation

Stem Cell Research - Chemokines involved in CD34+ cell recruitment to injured liver identified.

Stem Cell Research - Cyclic strain induces matrix mineralization by bone stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Neuropeptide Y enhances proliferation of hippocampal neuron precursors

Stem Cell Research - Novel selection method improves isolation of murine embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research - TNF-alpha induces immature Langerhans cell generation in umbilical cord blood

Stem Cell Transplantation - Pentostatin shows promise for treatment of refractory chronic GVHD in children

T-Cell Activation - The transition from naive T cells to effectors involves two receptor switches

Thrombocytopenia - Argatroban reduces thrombosis, death due to thrombosis

Transplant Rejection - If antibodies are the true problem in transplant rejection, removal should work

Transplantation - Stress before liver surgery is milder in donors than in liver disease patients

Trypanosoma Brucei - RNA polymerase I transcribes not just rDNA; but also procyclin, VSG genes

Visceral Surgery - Toll-like receptor-4 mutation D299G does not increase susceptibility to sepsis

Wegener Granulomatosis - Staphylococcal superantigens are not responsible for activated T cells

West Nile Virus - Agreement signed to continue development of methylene blue

West Nile Virus - Mayo publishes review on clinical presentation, diagnosis

West Nile Virus - Thirty-five sites will test new drug

Wound Healing Proteins - Notice of allowance of European patent granted for CryoSeal FS System

X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia - Lack of Btk expression in dendritic cells doesn't alter their function