Blood Weekly

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Erythropoietin reduces transfusion needs during aggressive lymphoma treatment

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Granisetron effective as antiemitic for bone marrow transplant recipients

Biomaterials - Platelet-rich plasma does not improve hydroxyapatite sinus grafting

Blood Substitute - Hemodilution with hemoglobin vesicle solutions can improve ischemic tissue oxygenation

Leukemia Therapy - High-dose hydroxyurea shows promise for treatment of high-risk AML patients

Stem-Cell Research - Allergy-induced CCR3 expression may stimulate bone marrow stem-cell migration

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Functional FAS promoter polymorphisms are associated with increased risk of AML

Age-related Macular Degeneration - Rheopheresis reduces vessel-linked eye disease

Angiology - Fucoidan and heparin enhance growth factor-induced tube formation

Angiotensin - Basis of lisinopril-binding specificity in human ACE reported

Animal Models - Adult human blood stem cells can build human blood vessels in mice

Antiviral Therapy - Limitin is similar to but distinct from interferon-alpha as hepatitis C therapy

Apoptosis - Rel/NF-kappa B regulates B-cell apoptosis dependent on signals, cell stage

B-Cell Lymphoma - Prior lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma is linked to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Brain Cancer - Researchers identify cancer stem cell for brain tumors

Cancer Metastasis - Hemoglobin causes malignant cells to release matrix metalloproteinase-9

Cancer-related Anemia - Fatigue is common complaint of patients with cancer

Central Motor Disorder - Weakness, hand spasm can be multifocal motor neuropathy, treatable by IVIG

Drug Development - Ubiquitin-like peptide with anticancer and immunostimulatory activity isolated from mushroom

Factor XI Deficiency - Genetics to clinical management of factor XI deficiency reviewed

Factor XII Deficiency - Coagulation factor XII deficiency characterized in a Japanese family

Fanconi Anemia - OHSU scientists uncover key protein for susceptibility

Genetics - Antimicrobial peptides in our bodies have evolutionarily conserved functions

HIV Testing - FDA approves venipuncture whole-blood claim for OraQuick HIV-1 antibody test

HLA Alleles - HLA B*2714 and B*2708 alleles relate to spondarthritis and hemophilia

Hairy-Cell Leukemia - Hairy-cell leukemia can have CD10 positivity in a patient subset

Hematology - Hemostatic risk factors predict thrombosis during pregnancy and the puerperium

Hemochromatosis - Old drug works new tricks for iron overload heart disease

Hemodynamics - New technology permits bedside assessment of cerebral hemodynamics

Hemoglobin Monitoring - FDA clearance granted for new D-10 Hemoglobin testing system

Hemophilia A - Agreement signed with Baxter for Advate distribution

Hemophilia A - U.S. commercial availability of Advate announced

Hemophilia B - Clinical trials of Coagulin-B to resume

Hepatitis B and C - Risk posed by discarded needles and syringes

Hodgkin Disease - Routine CT scan is of little value in following patients with Hodgkin's disease

Human Antimicrobial Proteins - Leukocyte calprotectin has antimicrobial activity vs. Borrelia burgdorferi

Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Molecular blood test suitable for CMV monitoring

Intravenous Immunoglobulins - Antibody-deficient IVIg-treated patients have a rate of adverse effects of 0.8%

Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury - Heavy chain ferritin inhibits apoptosis, damage in experimental liver transplant

Kidney Disease - Pregnant patients with chronic renal insufficiency can have good outcome

Leukemia - Anthocyanidins induce apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia cells

Leukemia - Grants fund research on leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma treatments

Leukemia - p15 Methylation has a poor prognostic impact on disease-free survival