Blood Weekly

Cardiac Biomarker - Cardiac troponins/NT-proBNP prognostic of amyloidosis PBSCT survival

Ganciclovir - Ganciclovir less toxic to myeloid SCs from cord blood than from bone marrow

Tissue Engineering - Hyaluronic acid-based scaffolds may stimulate heart valve tissue formation

Tissue Regeneration - Novel system allows characterization of scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration

Umbilical Cord Blood - Novel cord blood cells identified with hematopoietic/chondrocytic potential

AL Amyloidosis - High-dose melphalan and ASCT improves quality of life of AL amyloidosis patients

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Advances in ALL treatment may lead to elimination of irradiation

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - AML samples with FLT3/ITD mutations preferentially killed by FLT3 inhibition

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Idarubicin and busulfan feasible for elderly AML patients undergoing ASCT

Anti-inflammatory Effects - Inhaled CO has anti-inflammatory effects against ventilator-induced lung injury

Apoptosis - M4N induces growth arrest/apoptosis by inhibiting Cdc2 and survivin expression

Aspergillosis - Aspergillosis: Emerging infection in critically ill patients without malignancy

Bacterial Resistance - Indian Salmonella Typhi isolates have reduced ciprofloxacin susceptibility

Bacteriology - Pneumococcal virulence factor contributions to pathogenesis studied in mice

Basal Cell Carcinoma - Basal cell carcinoma rates continuously increasing in the Netherlands since 1973

Biotechnology - MTT/ATP/calcein assays similarly predict potency of cytotoxic anticancer agents

Blood Collection - Company enters blood-bank market with new Lasette

Bone Marrow Failure - Murine model developed for bone marrow failure

Bone Marrow Transplantation - Suicide gene constructs may be effective graft-versus-leukemia therapy

Breast Cancer - Antiestrogenic DTACs inhibit estrogen receptor alpha-mediated transcription

Burkholderia Cepacia - No correlation between B. cepacia complex wbiI RFLP genotype and species

Burkitt Lymphoma - Intensive/short-term Burkitt lymphoma chemotherapy effective/manageable toxicity

Business & Finance - ATryn maker reports third-quarter net loss of $7.2 million

Business & Finance - Haemonetics makes equity investment, enters research collaboration

Calcivirus Inactivation - Nonionizing and ionizing radiation inactivate Calicivirus

Cancer Vaccine - PHB1/PHB2 identified as blood-borne tumor antigens

Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Deleterious hematological effects of CBP centrifugal pumps compared

Cardiovascular Health - Thrombin inhibitor used in coronary intervention lowers costs, study shows

Celiac Disease Epidemiology - Celiac disease prevalence higher in Turkish population compared to Western world

Central Nervous System Disease - Stem cell focused biotech completes equity financing to support clinical trial

Cigarette Smoke - Low levels of cigarette smoke induce irreversible change in cell chromosomes

Clostridium Perfringens - Cpe-positive Clostridium perfringens spores from feces isolated/enumerated

Community-Associated Infection - Risk of community-associated MRSA infection is associated with several factors

Coronary Angioplasty - Thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty can effectively achieve cardiac reperfusion

Cytomegalovirus Infection - Oral valganciclovir equivalent to oral ganciclovir for CMV prevention

Diagnostics - Lab designer's hematology analyzers ranked best in industry by consulting firm

Diagnostics - LightCycler PCR assay detects/characterizes enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Dialysis - Medical equipment, renal device companies partner to manufacture dialysis system

Ebola Virus - Blood samples from fatal and nonfatal cases of Ebola infection analyzed

Enzymology - Virus-mediated therapy corrects acute intermittent porphyria in murine models

Erythropoietin - Transgenic EPO expression overcomes lethality caused by c-Kit(w/w) mutation

Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy - Successful fatherhood, pregnancy possible for liver-transplanted FAP patients

Finance - Dialysis company reports Q3 income of $55.3 million

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Cyclosporin and MMF for GVHD prophylaxis associated with faster engraftment

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Valpha24+ NK cell number after HSCT may be related to the development of GVHD

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - HIV has less effect on point prevalence of TB disease than on TB incidence

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - Strategy developed to decrease global burden of TB/HIV

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Rapid field test sensitive and specific for detecting/differentiating HIV types

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Simple and reproducible assay developed to screen HIV-1 subtypes

HIV/AIDS Immunology - Persistent immune deficit in some patients irrespective of HIV viral load

HIV/AIDS Infection - Association between dual HIV-1 infection and elevated viral load set point

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Toll-like receptor 2 stimulation may contribute to HIV immunopathogenesis

HIV/AIDS Research -  E. bieneusi genotype D spores transmitted to SIV-infected macaques

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 viral load not associated with intrapatient quasispecies heterogeneity

HIV/AIDS Research - Heat-shock protein 70 coprecipitates with Vpr from HIV-1-infected macrophages

HIV/AIDS Research - High-throughput assay identifies CCR5/CD4-mediated HIV virus entry inhibitors

HIV/AIDS Screening - Chinese blood centers to use rapid HIV Tests

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV-1 integrase nuclear import inhibited by styrylquinoline derivatives

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lopinivir efficacy decreases following cotransfection of wild-type HIV clones

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Protease inhibitor fosamprenavir potent against advanced HIV disease

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Trim5-cyclophilin A fusion protein from owl monkey kidney cells restricts HIV-1

HIV/AIDS-Related Apoptosis - Altered TNFSF CD95 receptor expression reduces B cell survival in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS-Related Drug Resistance - Wild-type breast cancer resistance protein induces cellular resistance to NRTIs

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Protothecal arthritis and tenosynovitis resulted from hematogenous dissemination

HIV/AIDS-Related Transmission - HIV viral load increases in breast milk following ZDV discontinuation

Heart Failure - Patients with heart failure on coumarin should be closely monitored

Helicobacter Pylori - IL-1 receptor-1 gene polymorphism associated with increased H. pylori risk

Hematology - Imatinib does not normalize blood dendritic cell levels in leukemia patients

Hematopoiesis - DC production in myelodysplastic syndrome results in ineffective dendritopoiesis