Blood Weekly

Leukemia Therapy - Specific T-cell replete haploidentical SCT feasible for pediatric ALL

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Recipient CMV status should determine T-cell depletion

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Therapy - Cytogenetic CE alone does not reduce post-SCT imatinib efficacy

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria - Membranous glomerulopathy reported after allo-SCT in PNH patient

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Fatal post-SCT androgen-related hepatic adenoma described

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Reservation of PBSCs for DLI at harvest improves postrelapse treatment efficacy

Anemia - Anemia among cancer patients can be treated with human erythropoietin

Angiology - Contrast agent concentration in mouse blood used to determine tumor vascularity

Angiology - Early ligation of inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery reduces blood loss

Bladder Cancer - New phase II/III Bexidem trial launched

Blood Bank Management - Company announces updated version of Surround for blood centers

Bone Marrow Transplantation - Biotechnology company announces breakthrough in cord blood stem cell expansion

Brain Tumors - EGF gene may be therapy target and prognostic marker for glioblastoma

Breast Cancer - Androgen receptor polymorphism alters breast cancer risk in hormone therapy

Breast Cancer - Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer

Business & Finance - Medical device company announces sale of rotational thrombectomy technology

Cancer Fraud - Woman says she faked daughter's cancer to keep husband from leaving

Cancer Prevention - West Virginia University cancer program gets top rating

Cancer Risk - Studies fail to find link between cancer and a common fried food chemical

Cholestatic Hepatitis - Liver graft failure occurs despite antiviral prophylaxis

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Geldanamycin and herbimycin A make leukemia cells sensitive to chemotherapy

Colon Cancer - Researchers discover novel gene profile that may identify colon stem cells

Complementary & Alternative Medicine -  Ginkgo biloba extract stimulates endothelial progenitor cells

Drug Development - Company reports advances in targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factor

Environmental Health - Prenatal organochlorine exposure linked to low cord blood TNF-alpha levels

Finance - Automated instrument reagent company fails to meet guidance

Finance - Blood-products company reports improved 2003 income

Forecast - Study: CerAxon will corner the neuroprotectant drug market in 2013

Glanzmann Thrombasthenia - Factor VIIa restores aggregation of platelets

HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - Doubly indeterminate HIV Western blot results are negative

Heart Attack - Blood-forming stem cells fail to repair heart muscle

Hematology - Central role of the P2Y₁₂ receptor in platelet activation

Hematology - Cynomolgus macaques model the effects of hemophilia B gene therapy

Hematology - Mediators of cytokine-induced stem-cell survival identified

Hematology - New therapies help patients beat cancer-related anemia

Hematology - Stem cells in the spleen rely on neoangiogenesis for relocalization

Hematology - Thalidomide helps endothelial cells escape doxorubicin-induced apoptosis

Hematology - Thrombin can predict response to tissue factor challenge

Hepatic Cancer - Repeat hepatectomy for recurring metastasis confers survival benefits

Hepatology - Anti-Liv8 depleted bone marrow cells useful for liver regeneration

Hodgkin Lymphoma - FDG-PET imaging should be used in staging early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma

Immunology - ATG and CYA treatment effective for hemophagocytic syndrome

Information Technology - Motion Computing enters partnership to help expedite donated organs, tissue

Leukemia - Aplidin enters phase I trials in pediatric solid tumors, leukemias