Blood Weekly

Bacterial Detection - Novel assay improves detection rate of diarrhea-causing bacteria in stool

Blood Safety - U.S. Dept. of Defense funds Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology development

Blood Substitute - Blood substitute developer receives funding from Defense Appropriations Bill

Diagnostics - Serum procalcitonin more accurate than CRP as marker of bacterial infection

Stem Cell Transplantation - Neural stem cell transplants improve motor function in Huntington disease

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Many questions about AML remain unanswered, and controversy continues

Angiology - Promising new anticoagulant offers fibrin-targeted factor Xa inhibition

Antiretroviral Therapy - HAART improves course of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV coinfected patients

Antiretroviral Therapy - Novel bioelectronic method detects HIV-1 drug resistance

Aspergillosis - Invasive aspergillosis before HSCT decreases patient survival

Aspergillus Terreus - Voriconazole may be better than a polyene for Aspergillus terreus infection

Bacterial Infection - Age/primary infection foci differs in invasive/noninvasive group A streptococci

Blood Banking - Lyophilization more successful with mononuclear cells than whole-cord blood

Blood Volume Analysis - Ohio independent diagnostic imaging center contracts for BVA-100

Breast Cancer - Estradiol-linked genotoxicants kill estrogen receptor-expressing cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Five or more circulating tumor cells may indicate more aggressive breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Liposome delivery of monesin overcomes problem of drug resistance

Cardiac Ischemia - Benidipine attenuates postischemic myocardial apoptosis

Cholera - Chironomid egg masses natural reservoir of V. cholerae non-O1 and non-O139

Chronic Hepatitis B - HBV-positive kidneys merit prudent use in HBV-infected transplant recipients

Chronic Hepatitis C - Interferon-alpha is a safe therapy for liver transplant patients

Clinical Trials - Phase 2a trials reopened as U.S. FDA, pharmaceutical company reach agreement

Collaborations - Biophysics company, Walter Reed agree to research biting insect problems

Collaborations - Blood center partners with UW to expand cord blood program

Collaborations - CuraGen inks collaboration with the NCI for clinical development of PXD101

Colorectal Cancer - qRT-PCR assay for CEA mRNA identifies disseminated tumor cells

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Cannabinoids effective against cachexia-anorexia syndrome in HIV patients

Coronavirus - Structural basis proposed for coronavirus-mediated membrane fusion

Correctional Health - Organized healthcare delivery in Texas prison system improves health outcomes

Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidiosis outbreak associated with a recreational swimming pool

Cytomegalovirus - Necrotizing enterocolitis with atypical features may signal infant CMV infection

Diagnostics - Nested PCR more sensitive than real-time PCR for detection of T. gondii

Diagnostics - Real-time PCR sensitive/specific for P. jiroveci from bronchoalveolar lavage

Endocrinology & Metabolism - Aerobic fitness associated with increased recovery of exercise-related hormones

Epidemiology - Infectious disease early-warning monitoring program free to Internet users

Epidemiology - Novel epidemic model presents a two-phase epidemic driven by diffusion

Escherichia Coli - Pathogenic E. coli in soil/vegetables contaminated with manure composts

Fungal Infection -  Candida dubliniensis isolated from non-HIV-infected patients in Kuwait

Fungal Therapy -  P. jiroveci DHPS polymorphisms confer resistance to sulfa drugs

Fungal Therapy - Fluconazole prophylaxis does not affect cortisol levels in critical illness

Fungal Therapy - Posaconazole is a new and potent antifungal medication

Genomics - Small interfering RNAs silence disease-related genes

HIV Coinfection - HIV-HTLV-I/II coinfection increases risk of clinical complications

HIV/AIDS Coinfection -  S. mansoni and HIV-coinfected patients mount specific immune response

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Cytomegalovirus coinfection could affect HIV-1 disease progression in women

HIV/AIDS Gene Therapy - Novel target site for gene therapy may control/manage HIV-1 infection

HIV/AIDS Research - CpyA retrotransposition into TRIM5 explains owl monkey resistance to HIV-1

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV hollow-fiber SCID model more cost effective than SCID/hu to evaluate therapy

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV replication rates should vary between cells with different lifespans

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 -->Vpr sequence translocates bioactive macromolecules directly into nucleus

HIV/AIDS Research - Insect antiviral compound effective against HIV-1

HIV/AIDS Research - Novel approach analyzes immune response of HIV-infected individuals

HIV/AIDS Research - Novel component of innate immune system lethally hypermutates retroviruses

HIV/AIDS Research - Opiates enhance HIV-1 Tat cytotoxicity by direct actions on glial precursors

HIV/AIDS Research - Poly(acrylic acid) inhibits HIV-1 TAR RNA-Tat peptide interaction

HIV/AIDS Research - Progenitor cells may be a reservoir for HIV-1 in the brains of infected patients

HIV/AIDS Research - Replication-competent HIV-2 found in patients with undetectable viremia

HIV/AIDS Therapy - ART initiation during early infection results in lower residual HIV reservoirs

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Company reports preliminary data from Study 934, of HIV therapies

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Enfuvirtide long-term HIV therapy has few side effects

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV protease inhibitors directly interfere with insulin secretion

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Initiation of HAART being rethought amid toxicity/adherence concerns

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lifetime control of HIV infection with HAART may be possible

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Mycophenolate mofetil and HAART delays viral load rebound in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Perirenal fat diameter early predictor of HAART-associated lipodystrophy

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Population model projects effect of HAART on evolution of HIV life history