Blood Weekly

Lithium Test - FDA clearance granted to market InstaRead rapid test for psychiatric use

Liver Failure - Bioartificial liver support systems bridge the transplantation gap

Liver Failure - The premise of adoptive immunity via transplantation needs more exploration

Malaria Therapy - Paroxysm serum from P. vivax infection blocks P. falciparum maturation

Menorrhagia - Desmopressin may not increase local fibrinolytic activity during menstruation

Multiple Myeloma - Agreement reached on STR phase III registration trial

Multiple Myeloma - Proteasome inhibitors suppress IRE1alpha, lower XBP-1, leading to apoptosis

Multiple Myeloma - Therapeutic implications of apoptotic signaling in multiple myeloma reported

Obstetrics - Alloimmune thrombocytopenia can be detected and even treated in utero

Oncology - Genes on 17q may be involved in the pathogenesis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Orthopedics - Grant will further research on healing bone injuries

Patents - Biotechnology corporation granted patent for gene delivery technology

Personnel - Spence Young named as director of reimbursement and national accounts

Prenatal Testing - Company announces milestone in development of noninvasive Down syndrome test

Recall - Nationwide recall issued for device used to determine blood-clotting time

Regulatory T-Cell Deficiency - Foxp3 is the gene critical for development of regulatory T cells

Relocation - Biotech contract-research organization moves headquarters to Colorado

Renal Transplantation - Nonmitogenic CD3 antibody can be used to treat acute kidney allograft rejection

Stem-Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells produced via nuclear transfer of human somatic nuclei into rabbit oocytes

Stem-Cell Research - HOXB4 increases cell regeneration after in vivo stem-cell selection

Stem-Cell Research - MyoR inhibits embryonic cell differentiation

Stem-Cell Research - Overexpressed hepatocyte growth factor treats the heart following ischemia

Stem-Cell Research - Positional identity gene expression codes not preserved in cultured neural stem cells

Stem-Cell Research - SDNSF helps maintain lifelong neurogenesis

Stem-Cell Research - Use eggs, not embryos, to derive stem cells, say researchers

Stem-Cell Research - WiCell earns national designation

Stem-Cell Transplantation - HLA class I and II typing may improve SCT outcome

Stem-Cell Transplantation - SCT schedule affects post-transplant T-cell repertoire

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Lower TCR zeta-chain in SLE is due to alteration, reducing the halflife

T-Cell Adhesion - Attachment of T cells to collagen is altered by lovastatin, phospholipase C

T-Cell Attachment - CD28 and small Rho GTPase Cdc42 are involved in actin rearrangement by T cells

T-Cell Differentiation - Repressor of GATA may be involved in differential development of Th2, Tc2 cells

Thromboembolic Disease - Protein C pathway in infants and children reviewed

Toxicology - Acetaminophen restriction curbs new emergency liver transplants in the U.K.

Transdifferentiation - Stem cell versatility questioned

Transfusion Medicine - Internet-based global apheresis registry initiated

Transfusion Medicine - MDS Nordion licenses x-ray blood irradiation technology

Transplant Medicine - Spleen transplantation may induce tolerance, but GVHD can occur too

Transplantation - Interferon therapy prior to liver transplant curbs hepatitis C recurrence

Virology - The 5' untranslated region of GB virus C highlights genotypic differences

West Nile Virus - Most patients with West Nile virus encephalitis responded rapidly to ARB

West Nile Virus - Season saw screening weaknesses, a rash of polio-like cases