Blood Weekly

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV phenotypic/genotypic markers of resistance evaluated at virologic failure

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New HIV technologies alter the nature of HIV medicine materially and socially

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Novel anti-HIV drug candidate targets CD4 lymphocytes

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Race is not associated with pharmacokinetics of nevirapine

HIV/AIDS Therapy - d4T treatment enhances mitochondrial oxidative stress

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - CD8+ T cells specific for EBV/CMV/FLU activated during primary HIV infection

Head and Neck Cancer - Fixing anemia doesn't improve survival for head and neck cancer patients

Helicobacter Pylori -  H. pylori RpoB polymorphism correlates with differential induction of IL-8

Helicobacter Pylori -  Helicobacter pylori virulence genes are associated with peptic ulcer disease

Hematology - High molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch solution stimulates platelets

Hematopoiesis - Hematopoietic cells and osteoblasts derived from common BM progenitor cell

Herpesvirus - vGPCR target gene expression drastically curtailed by host shutoff

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Estrogen plus progestin associated with increased risk of venous thrombosis

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Perioperative HRT not a risk factor for thrombosis after hip and knee surgery

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Study shows hormone pills linked to blood clots in the legs and lungs

Human T Cell Leukemia Virus - Expression of CCL5/RANTES elevated in adult T-cell leukemia cells

Hypertension - Nurses group addresses national health crisis: Uncontrolled high blood pressure

Imaging - Research at Beth Israel Deaconess broadens application of multidetector CT

Immunology - Natural toxin induces preferential and prolonged deletion of innate-like B cells

Immunology - Washington state cord blood program announces hospital partner

Immunology - vIRF3 regulates immune system and apoptosis via NF-kappaB activity inhibition

Legal Issues - Court rules that kidney failure is a disability

Legal Issues - U.S. Appeals Court overturns lower court on HDL testing infringement

Leptospirosis - Dominant leptospire genotype associated with outbreak clusters in India

Leukemia - $5 million grant targets leukemia drug development, creates new jobs

Leukemia Therapy - High-dose cytosine arabinoside/etoposide + TBI feasible in HSCT for ALL

Listeria Outbreak -  L. monocytogenes infectivity in farm animals may be associated with subtypes

Liver Cancer - Liver cirrhosis prognosis determined after first hepatic encephalopathy episode

Lung Cancer - Myotubularin-related protein suppresses growth of lung carcinoma cells

Lymphoma - Lymphoma risk does not rise with chronic exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields

Mesothelioma - High proportion of mesothelioma in South Africa from asbestos exposure

Microbial Resistance - Fluoroquinolone use predicts rates of resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Multiple Myeloma - sNDA submitted for Velcade as second-line treatment in multiple myeloma

Mycobacterium - Elevation of MAC variants to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov is proposed

Mycobacterium Infection - Macrolide-containing regimens 55% successful in MAC lung disease

Myocardial Infarction - Patients who get blood transfusions in hospital have higher mortality

Neutropenia - G-CSF does not improve morbidity/mortality in febrile neutropenia

Norovirus - Ethanol and bleach insufficiently inactivate norovirus model

Noscomial Infection - Hospital-acquired C. difficile infection 1300-fold higher than in community

Oncology Research - Constant light exposure increases cancer incidence and decreases lifespan

Parasitic Infection - Furamidine analog markedly potentiates activity against T. cruzi/L. amazonensis

Parasitic Infection - Smoker airflow obstruction severity correlates with Pneumocystis colonization

Parasitic Infection - ap65 gene silencing reduces vaginal epithelial cells adherence by T. vaginalis

Pediatric Pneumonia - Oral amoxicillin/parenteral penicillin equal in children with severe pneumonia

Product Licensing - FibroGen to license erythropoietic small molecule in development for anemia

Product Licensing - License application submitted for HIV-1 and hepatitis C, B screening assay

Prostate Cancer - Genomic difference found in prostate cancers between Japan and Western countries

Prostate Cancer - Neuroendocrine differentiation evaluation recommended in prostate cancer

Protozoal Disease - cAMP signaling in kinetoplastid protozoa useful target for antiparasitic drugs

Quality Assurance - Health experts support partnership for improved prevention, care of DVT

Renal Transplantation - Pharmacologic responses to methylprednisolone differ by sex

Retrovirus Research - TRIM5 alpha mediates postentry block to N-tropic murine leukemia viruses

Stem Cell Research - Advances in stem cell therapy for diabetes, new patent filing announced

Stem Cell Research - CD56-expressing cells appear to contain multipotential stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Gene expression profiles analyzed during CD4+ T cell differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Lung side population cells are derived from the bone marrow

Stem Cell Research - PECAM-1 is expressed on hematopoietic stem cells throughout ontogeny

Stem Cell Research - TGF-beta 1 stimulates matrix metalloproteinase production by corneal cells

Stem Cell Research - Transplanted CNS cells survive/migrate/differentiate in ischemic cerebral cortex

Stem Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic HSCT induces remission of severe and refractory rheumatoid arthritis

Stem Cell Transplantation - Early CNS complications follow reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation

Stem Cell Transplantation - Stem-cell transplants may be used to repair peripheral nervous system

Stomach Cancer - Protein kinase C theta may be novel therapeutic target for GI stromal tumors

Tissue Engineering - Chondrocyte expansion on matrix monolayers does not prevent dedifferentiation

Tissue Storage - CordLife opens second tissue processing and storage facility in Singapore

Transplant Medicine - Georgia congressman has lung transplant surgery

Tumor Suppressor Gene - TES is the best candidate tumor suppressor gene at chromosome arm 7q31

Vector-Borne Pathogens - Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens caused fatal hemolytic anemia

Virology - JC virus genotypes 3 and 7 identified in South African patients

Virology - RNA viruses alter vector host range, resulting in potential disease emergence