Blood Weekly

Blood Banking - Hemolysate-filled PEI/PU microcapsules potential red blood cell substitutes

Extracorporeal Detoxification - Large-bore catheter complications characterized

Hematology - Oxygen binding of hemoglobin conjugated to carboxylate dextran reported

Herpesvirus - HHV-8-specific antibodies detected in HSCT recipients by peptide-based EIA

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - KSHV infection can predispose cells to malignant transformation

Allergy & Immunology - IL-9 increases cytokine expression in activated mast cells

Angiology - Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase links hemostasis to angiogenesis

Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Antimicrobial occurrence and susceptibility determined in Sfax-Tunisia isolates

Antiretroviral Therapy - Antiretroviral emtricitabine (FTC) has low toxicity in HIV-infected patients

Antiretroviral Therapy - Efuvirtide should still be considered outside of its optimal parameteters

Antiretroviral Therapy - Foscarnet-NNRTI conjugates potent activity against foscarnet-resistant HIV-1

Antiretroviral Therapy - Peptides isolated from tropical plants inhibit HIV-1 cytopathic effects

Antiretroviral Therapy - Peptides that bind to potent HIV-inactivating protein cyanovirin-N characterized

Antiretroviral Therapy - Rapeseed protein hydrolysates new source of HIV protease inhibitors

Antiretroviral Therapy - Ritonavir/ritonavir-boosted saquinavir does not effect saquinavir action

Antiretroviral Therapy - beta-D-3'-fluoro-2',3'-unsaturated nucleosides active against HIV

Antiviral Therapy - Novel bicyclic sugar modified nucleosides do not show antiviral activity

Bacterial Infection - Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections are epidemic in injection drug users

Bacterial Infection - Toxic shock-like syndrome due to group C streptococcus is fatal

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Human mad cow infection may be more widespread than previously thought

Breast Cancer - Synthetic polypeptide against CXCR4 inhibits breast cancer metastasis

Business Update - Blood products group predicts big profit jump for year to June 30

Business Update - Living-tissue company pursuing medical device research grant

Cancer Therapy - Proteasome inhibitors encouraging as anticancer drugs

Candida Infection - Length of intensive care independent risk factor for Candida infection

Collaborations - Agreement signed with Asian partner for Intercept blood system for platelets

Collaborations - NSCC enters stem-cell agreement

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Essential oils from coniferous trees are antibacterial and antifungal

Congenital Disease - Lentiviral-mediated gene therapy corrects lysosomal storage disease in mice

Coronavirus - Sensitive/specific EIA detects nucleocapsid antigen in sera from SARS patients

Coxsackievirus - Coxsackievirus B3-caused apoptosis is via VP2 and Siva protein interactions

Detection - Real-time PCR-based assay quantifies bacterial RNA in the environment

DiGeorge Syndrome - Babies with fatal genetic disorder saved by immune supression, thymus transplant

Diagnostics - ELISA for IgG against C. pneumoniae similar to microimmunofluorescence

Diagnostics - Novel assay detects/risk assesses food-borne thermotolerant campylobacter

Diagnostics - Real-time PCR quantifies intestinal bacterial populations

Drug Development - Enrollment completed in clinical trial for Gaucher disease

Drug Development - Synthetic blood test results air at anesthesiology group's meeting

Endometrial Cancer - Estrogen receptor modulator regulates proteins in endometrial cancer cells

Enterobacter Infection -  E. Sakazakii is rare cause of neonatal septicemia or meningitis in VLBW infants

Epidemics - Spatial data from single time point useful in epidemic estimations

Finance - Blood processing systems manufacturer reports first quarter financial results

Finance - Immucor announces stock repurchase program

Funding - Society awards $9 million in grants for leukemia, lymphona, myeloma research

HIV/AIDS Assay - Modified HIV genotype assay increases limit of detection below 1000 copies/ml

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Higher viral load may explain HIV CRF02_AG dominance in Ghana

HIV/AIDS Research - CD4 expression allows infection of CD8 cells by HIV

HIV/AIDS Research - Cerebral synthesis of complement factors strongly upregulated in SIV infection

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV Tat protein prevents long-term potentiation in hippocampal CA1 region

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV replication occurs predominantly in Th1 cells

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 subtype B mutant escapes detection in fourth-generation HIV immunoassay

HIV/AIDS Research - Indinavir is only HIV-1 proteinase inhibitor that inhibits HTLV-1 proteinase

HIV/AIDS Research - Novel CCR5 antagonists have anti-HIV activity

HIV/AIDS Research - Novel cyanobacterial protein MVL inhibits HIV-1 envelope-mediated cell fusion

HIV/AIDS Research - Primary T cell HIV infection determined by tunable T cell activation thresholds

HIV/AIDS Research - SAR and pyrrolidineacetic acid derivatives are potent HIV CCR5 antagonists

HIV/AIDS Research - UltraSensitive AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR v1.5 more sensitive than v1.0 near cutoff

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HLA-B allele-sharing associated with accelerated HIV transmission

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - HIV associated neurodegeneration requires p53 in neurons and microglia

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Hospital-acquired candidemia still a severe complication in advanced AIDS

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - L-AmB effective as secondary prophylaxis for leishmaniasis in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS-Related Cancer - IL-8 gene promoter polymorphism associated with risk of AIDS-related KS

HIV/AIDS-Related Pneumonia - CD4 T-cell subsets depressed in acute stage of HIV-related S. pneumoniae

HTLV-I Infection - Low prevalence of HTLV-I does not support screening blood donors in Lebanon

Heart Transplantation - Artificial heart pump trial to begin in the U.K.

Helicobacter Pylori - Basophils infiltrate human gastric mucosa at sites of H. pylori infection

Hematology - CXCR4 overexpression benefits repopulating CD34+ progenitors

Hematology - Scientists study older sickle cell patients in the United States

Hemodialysis - Tube model facilitates assessment of central venous catheter performance

Hemodialysis - Ulnar-basilic fistula access safe and effective