Blood Weekly

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic RIST could be outpatient procedure

Transfusion Medicine - Granulocyte transfusions effective against drug-resistant infection in neutropenic patient

Lymphoma Therapy - Involved field radiation therapy raises TRM risk in stem-cell transplant recipients

Stem-Cell Research - Key components of hematopoietic stem cell niche identified

Stem-Cell Transplantation - CXCR4 antagonist mobilizes CD34+ cells

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Natural killer cell chimerism may mark children with high graft rejection risk

AIDS Prevention - China can use lessons from anti-SARS battle to take on AIDS, U.N. expert says

Acquired Hemophilia - Acquired factor VIII inhibitor-related can occur with myelodysplastic disorder

Acute Myocardial Infarction - Newer formulation of heparin improves outcomes for suspected MI patients

Addiction Medicine - Methadone users need access to orthotopic liver transplantations

Adverse Drug Effect - Growth hormone therapy may kill; monocytes produce IL-1alpha, IL-6, TNFalpha

Adverse Drug Effects - Eprex induces reversible antierythropoietin antibodies and red cell aplasia

Antifungal Therapy - Improved diagnosis of fungal infections no longer requires preventive therapy

Atrial Myxoma - Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells

B Cell Maturation - Transgenic work shows lack of lambda5 doesn't fully impair pro-B cell maturation

B-Cell Function - Delta BAFF is an alternate splice isoform of BAFF that regulates B cells

Bernard-Soulier Syndrome - Unresponsive thrombocytopenia patients may have GPIX mutation, Bernard-Soulier

Blood Safety - New Jersey blood bank shipping plasma to Scotland amid mad cow worries

Blood Substitute - Perfluorocarbon-based blood substitute undergoes phase I clinical trial

Brain Cancer Therapy - Ruta 6 induces selective apoptosis in glioma cells

Cancer Therapy - Risk of second malignancy high after HDT and stem-cell autotransplantation

Cell Therapy - World's first integrated system to increase safety of cell therapy

Chronic Hepatitis C - Tissue regeneration may drive HCV recurrence after liver transplantation

Chronic Kidney Disease - Company launches trial of gene-modulated tissue production of protein

Collaborations - Haemonetics announces intent to sign distribution agreement with French firm

Colon Cancer - High expression of CD55 by colorectal cancers is predictive of low survival

Coronary Artery Bypass - Successful intracoronary bone marrow cell transplant leads late-breaking clinical trials

Critical Care Medicine - Pressures' variations comparable as blood loss indicators in mechanically ventilated patients

Dendritic Cell Subsets - CD11b+ DC from Peyer patch induce the highest B cell IgA secretion via IL-6

Diagnostics - Peripheral blood mononuclear cells express different genes in kidney cancer

Down Syndrome - Chromotest updates presented at American Society of Human Genetics meeting

Epstein-Barr Virus - Severe pneumonitis, cerebral hemorrhage is a risk with Epstein-Barr virus

Gastroenterology - Outcomes with hepatitis C- and B-core antibody-positive grafts are good

Gene Rearrangement - TCR gene rearrangement can occur outside thymus, in the human small intestine

Genetic Screening - Genetics company presents new data relating to prenatal and genetic testing

HIV Diagnostic - Investigational device exemption application submitted for HIV-1 test

HIV/AIDS Immunotherapy - IL-7 safely stimulates T-cell renewal in SIV-infected macaques

HIV/AIDS Therapy - LC/MS/MS assay suitable for measuring atazanavir levels in peripheral blood

Hematology - Endothelial progenitor cells respond to shear stress with accelerated activity

Hematology - Silver(I) ion exerts unusual aggregation effects on hemoglobin

Hematopoietic Cell Transplant - Keeping DC immaturity may induce tolerance for transplant of hematopoietic cells

Hematopoietic Cytokines - Cytokines are recognized by gp130 by thermodynamics, independent of structure

Hemolysis - Unfolding of Vibrio cholerae hemolysin induces toxin monomer oligomerization

Hemophilia - Supplement filed for approval of needless device used with Kogenate FS

Hemorrhagic Complications - Non-hemophiliacs can have acquired, temporary hemorrhagic factor VIII syndrome

Human Herpesvirus 7 - Glycoproteins B, H of human herpesvirus 7 appear to have few polymorphisms

Immune Thrombocytopenia - I.V. anti-D safe for pregnant moms with thrombocytopenia purpura; fetus okay

Immune Tolerance - Stat3 molecule can regulate switch from T cell activation to immune tolerance

Immunoglobulin - New IGIV, Gamunex, now available

Immunology - Antisense blockade of Stat5a/b promotes the apoptosis of lymphoid cells

Immunology - Transparent fish provide window on blood formation and marrow transplantation

Immunosuppressive Drugs - Immunosuppressants influence dendritic cells; can affect tolerance induction

Infectious Prions - Prototype leukocyte reduction filter reduces infectious prions in study