Blood Weekly

Leukemia - St. John's wort may compromise cancer drug's ability to prevent relapse

Leukemia Therapy - RIC SCT during imatinib-induced remission can resolve CML in blast crisis

Malaria Obstetrics - Fasting increases hypoglycemia risk for pregnant malaria patients

Melanoma - Childhood exposure to UV light may begin malignant transformation of cells

Melanoma - Patient education has reduced melanoma in Australia

Neuroscience - Angiogenesis is slow but sure in pineal autografts

Obstetrics - Data from new registry shows having a baby after organ transplant is safe

Oncology - Lamivudine prevents hepatitis B virus reactivation in cancer patients

Oncology - Platelet integrin alpha2 marks the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitor E7820

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria - Immune defects in PNH patients characterized

Pediatric Oncology - Researchers find less toxic treatment safe for children with cancer

Personnel - Gary LaBarge named area sales manager of "genostics" company

Personnel - Joel Chan, MD, joins lab as VP and medical director of hematopathology

Psoriasis - License agreement signed for Interleukin 20

Solid Organ Transplantation - Non-hematopoietic BM cells migrate to fetal intestinal graft

Stem Cell Research - Thalidomide targets bone marrow angiogenesis in multiple myeloma patients

Stem-Cell Biology - Regenerative medicine is heating up

Stem-Cell Research - E-selectin adhesion inhibits CD34 cells independently of PSGL-1

Stem-Cell Research - Intracoronary arterial MSC injection causes ischemia, microinfarction in dogs

Stem-Cell Research - Multipotent MSCs isolated from umbilical cord blood

Stem-Cell Research - Pluripotent human embryonic stem-cell line derived from cloned blastocyst

Stem-Cell Transplantation - ATG treatment has little effect on outcome of HLA-matched RIC SCT

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Local irradiation improves systemic engraftment of pluripotent HSCs in mice

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Long-term engrafting HSCs not targeted by CMV

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Murine marrow cellularity characterized

Testicular Cancer - Testicular cancer patients need information about sexual concerns

Tissue Engineering - Liposome-mediated gene transfer improves the survival of rodent skin flaps

Toxicology - Maternal pica is suspected in a case of infant lead poisoning

Transfusion Medicine - Hepatitis C virus variants may not associate with extent of pathogenesis

Transplant Medicine - Lymphatic neoangiogenesis after kidney transplantation threatens graft survival

Type 1 Diabetes - Stem cell researchers successfully treat diabetes in mice

Vaccine Shortage - Health officials urge suspension of vaccine use