Blood Weekly

Liver Disease - Doctors treat a pregnant patient with acute Budd-Chiari syndrome

Liver Transplantation - IDN-6556 gets orphan drug designation

Melanoma - Apoptotic tumor cells prime immune responder cells against cancer

Multiple Myeloma - IND filed for cancer drug Atiprimod

Multiple Myeloma - TREC levels can predict SCT outcome in MM patients

Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Data strongly recommend routine measurement of B2M in patients with MDS

Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Long-term rHuMGDF treatment may benefit MDS patients

Myeloproliferative Disorders - Hydroxyurea is not recommended for use in younger patients

Neuroblastoma - Expansion of stem cell autografts purges neuroblastoma cells

Neuroscience - Neural progenitor cell grafts integrate along axonal pathways after cord injury

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Bexxar following chemotherapy produced high rate of response

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Cancer drug given go-ahead in England, Wales

Obstetrics - Trace elements in the blood mark early preeclampsia

Ovarian Function - Thrombin activates protease-activated receptor 1 in luteinized granulosa cells

Red Blood Cells - The C-terminal of anion exchanger is involved in traffic to the RBC membrane

Renal Cancer Therapy - Donor T-cell infusion may be effective for RCC patients

Risk Factor - Heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter linked to oxidant-induced apoptosis

Stem-Cell Research - Circulating endothelial progenitor cell levels are static in some cancers

Stem-Cell Research - Proliferin-2 shows promise for ex vivo stem cell expansion

Stem-Cell Research - Stem cells modified with Akt restore function after cardiac infarction

Stem-Cell Transplantation - FK506-linked limbic damage seen in cord blood recipient

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Sibling-donor stem cell grafts can resolve PNH

Stem-Cell Transplantation - TNF mutations linked to SCT toxicity

Stem-Cell Transplantation - VZT immunity delayed in cord blood transplant recipients

T-Cell Therapy - High avidity tumor reactive CD8 T cells can be captured by alpha3 domain mutants

Thalassemia - Oral iron treatment reported safe and effective for thalassemia patients

Transfusion Medicine - Erythropoietin can be used for bloodless surgery

Transfusion Medicine - Reperfusion Index to measure donor organ viability

Transplant Medicine - A genetic method of determining ABO blood type can be run at same time as HLA

Transplantation - Hepatitis C patients who need liver retransplantations have worse outcomes

Transplantation Programs - Through national network, PPO allows members access to transplant facilities

Trauma - When heme attacks: After trauma, the molecule that makes life possible rampages

Trauma Medicine - Hemorrhagic shock patients can be treated so that organ failure does not occur

Viral Epidemiology - Communities within Yemen exhibit different rates of viral hepatitis

Virology - Hepatitis C virus patterns in Cameroon suggest West Africa diversification

Wound Repair - NIH scientists discover how TB4 promotes angiogenesis