Blood Weekly

Lymphadenitis - Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a common occurrence, not well studied

Lymphoma - Murine model of human anaplastic large-cell lymphoma developed

Lymphoma Therapy - High-dose radioimmunotherapy may be superior to standard follicular lymphoma treatment

Lymphoma Therapy - Posttransplant HHV8 infection remains a problem for bone marrow graft recipients

Melanoma - Antiplatelet drug blocks bone tumor metastases in mice

Multiple Sclerosis - Gelatinase B/MMP-9 produces an antigenic peptide from alpha B-crystallin

Multiple Sclerosis - Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, an MS autoantigen, is in dimer form

Myocardial Infarction - Bone marrow stem cells can reduce ischemia-induced cardiac damage

Natural Killer Function - NKT cells react to glycolipids by downregulating surface receptors, expanding

Nonmyeloablative Transplant - Pentostatin appears to induce safe lymphodepletion for stem-cell transplant

Obstetrics - Oxytocin in prefilled injection devices is convenient for home deliveries

Occupational Health - Aerosols generated during dental debonding may transmit hepatitis B infection

Oxygen Therapeutic - Company to respond to FDA's questions on Hemopure

Psychiatric Disorders - Prevalence of antibodies to neurotransmitter receptors may affect mental health

Psychiatric Pseudoinfection - Clozapine therapy can cause inflammation, possible Ig-mediated hypersensitivity

Pulmonary Inflammation - Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligands appear to benefit pneumopathy

SARS - Severe acute respiratory syndrome produces lymphopenia, immunodeficiency

Staphylococcus Aureus -  S. aureus may affect Wegener granulomatosis through lymphoid interactions

Stem-Cell Research - A functional assay for epidermal stem cells should open up research options

Stem-Cell Research - Akt signaling regulates side population cell phenotype through Bcrp1 expression

Stem-Cell Research - FLIP prevents apoptosis in quiescent erythroid progenitors

Stem-Cell Research - Human stem cell work may start in 5 years

Stem-Cell Research - Recombinant SCF used to identify c-kit+ porcine marrow progenitors

Stem-Cell Research - Researcher to make 17 new cell lines available to research community

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Dendritic cell function impaired after reduced-intensity conditioning

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Post-SCT calcineurin inhibitor-induced CNS toxicity has poor long-term outcome

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Quantitative real-time PCR improves post-SCT CMV detection

Supply Agreements - Antibody-manufacturing agreement signed with BioE

T-Cell Subsets - Ionomycin-resistant, CD4+ T cell subset in PBMC may be multidrug resistant

Thrombocytopenia Purpura - Anti-idiotypic antibodies to antiplatelet antibodies are common in idiopathic TP

Transfusion Medicine - Endothelin-1 reverses hemorrhagic hypotension in rats

Transfusion Medicine - Intraoperative autologous transfusion device expensive but ineffective

Transfusion Safety - Strategic alliance to market Donor-ID and Transfuse-ID

Transplant Medicine - Daclizumab, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil are safe for second transplant

Transplant Medicine - Donor-transmitted malignancy highlights a need for organ procurement vigilance

Transplant Medicine - Large B-cell malignancy, Castleman disease involve HHV-8, EBV post-transplant

Transplant Medicine - Piggyback transplant involving liver may risk post-transplant pulmonary embolism

Transplant Medicine - Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders are mostly caused by EBV

Transplant Medicine - Sensitive PCR assay will allow monitoring of human herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7

Transplant Research - Ethylcarbodiimide-treated dendritic cells prolong organ graft survival

Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Blood culture suitable for diagnosis of disseminated TB

Ubiquitination Disorder - TNF-alpha controls NEMO ubiquitination; NEMO zinc finger mutation alters this

Vaccine Safety - Recommended immunization of patients with bleeding disorders outlined

West Nile Virus - West Nile encephalitis reported in two hematopoietic stem-cell graft recipients

Women's Health - Immunoglobulin-secreting cells are more frequent during the periovulatory stage