Blood Weekly

Cord Blood - IL-15 enhances cytotoxicity/receptor expression/neonatal NK cell expansion

Embryonic Development - Multiple functions of Jab1 required for early embryonic development

HLA Typing - High-resolution class I HLA typing may optimize donor selection/improve outcome

Tissue Engineering - Acellular liver matrix improves survival and function of cultured hepatocytes

Tissue Engineering - Heparin conjugated polylactide may be applied as blood compatible material

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Dual-specificity fusion toxin selective and potent agent for AML treatment

Aldosteronism - Increased primary aldosteronism prevalence reflects increased screening tests

Animal Studies - Mice produce transgenic progeny after in vivo germ line stem cell transduction

Anthrax - Drug demonstrates survival benefits when given after anthrax exposure

Anticoagulants - Potential decrease in thromboembolism must be balanced against bleeding risk

Antimicrobials - Novel compounds have antiretroviral and antibacterial activity

Antithrombotics - Report presents strategies for implementing thrombosis management guidelines

Antithrombotics - Report provides guidelines for the use of vitamin K agonists

Apoptosis - Rituximab/alemtuzumab induce caspase-independent apoptotic pathway in CLL cells

Avian Cholera - Wetlands an unlikely reservoir for the bacteria that causes avian cholera

Biological Therapy - Autologous antitumor lymphocytes regress metastatic melanoma in cancer patients

Brucellosis & Q Fever - Brucellosis/Q fever seroprevalence determined in Central African Republic cattle

COX-2 Inhibitor - RNA-binding protein CUGBP2/COX-2-mediated PGE2 antagonistic in radiation damage

Cancer Therapy - Enzon, partner announce the filing of a new drug submission to Health Canada

Cardiology - New document outlines training and credential standards for carotid stenting

Chlamydia - Novel high-throughput assay screens antichlamydial activity

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Novel DNA cross-linking agent has potent/selective cytotoxicity in CLL B cells

Collaborations - Golden Hand Resources enters stem cell agreement with Ramot

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Survival predicted by correlates in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cytomegalovirus - Two pasteurization methods inactivate CMV in breast milk

Deep Vein Thrombosis - Pycnogenol offers protection from thrombotic events during prolonged air travel

Diabetes Risk - Asian Indians have low risk threshold for acquired diabetogenic factors

Diabetes Therapy - Data presented human embryonic stem cell based therapy for diabetes

Diagnostics - G-CSF response before leukopenia predicts infection defense in HD chemotherapy

Dialysis - Non-diphtheria corynebacterial infections reported in CAPD patients

Disease Associations - Interleukin-2 receptor antibody mitigates diabetic onset in liver recipients

Disease Associations - Tetraspanin crucial for basement membrane assembly in kidney and skin

Drug Delivery - Novel semicrystalline films developed for drug delivery applications

Drug Development - Collaboration to develop controlled-release formulations of oral anticoagulant

Drug Development - European pharmaceutical company gets E.U. approval for bone marrow disorder drug

Drug Development - Novel assay screens anti-SARS drugs

Environmental Health - Blood study inquiry planned in Tar Creek case

Erythropoiesis - Human heme exporter that is essential for erythropoiesis identified

Escherichia Coli - Toxin-producing E. coli survive in foods stored at wide temperature range

Facilities - Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan moves to new facility

Factor XII Deficiency - Factor XII deficiency does not affect hemostasis

Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy - ECG outcomes were related to autonomic and motor functions, not heart functions

Finance - Biotech company reports third quarter results

Food Poisoning - Polycavernoside A causes fatal food poisoning from red alga Gracilaria edulis

Gene Expression - Ag-specific PBMC gene expression profiles do not reflect those of T-cell subsets

Genetic Disorders - Alterations in the MURR1 gene are seen in patients with Wilson disease

Genetic Disorders - Oxidative stress regulation by ATM gene required for self-renewal of HSCs

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Chronic GvHD suppresses relapse in CML and ALL but not in AML

HIV/AIDS & Leishmaniasis -  L. infantum enhances HIV-1 replication in MDMs through complex cytokine network

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - Interference with endosomal sorting machinery contributes to AIDS/TB synergism

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Several factors predict virologic success in antiretroviral adherence program

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Median CD4 lymphocyte counts are low in HIV-uninfected adults in Botswana

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - HIV-1 genotype/virtual phenotype correlate for predicting PI/NNRTI resistance

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 alone does not cause death of uninfected/latently-infected CD4 cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Superantigen stimulation causes CD4 apoptosis in HIV-infection children on HAART

HIV/AIDS Research - CCR5 inhibitor causes transient increase in X4 virus in R5/X4-infected macaques

HIV/AIDS Research - Galantamine and nicotine inhibit HIV-1 gp120-induced microglial activation

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 virion fusion assay measures virion fusion independently of uncoating

HIV/AIDS Research - RTF prevents bystander T-cell death associated with HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Research - SI viruses may hasten disease progression by perturbing T cell homeostasis

HIV/AIDS Research - Temporal HIV-1 structures detected in samples separated by 22 months or more

HIV/AIDS Treatment - HPLC method monitors atazanavir therapy in HIV-infected patients

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Mobius subfamily member kalata B1 exhibits anti-HIV activity

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Zidovudine forms DNA adducts in treated HIV-infected patients

HIV/AIDS Viral Load - Abbott LCx concordant with Roche Amplicor and Bayer bDNA HIV viral load assays

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Higher CD4 counts/HAART predicts pulmonary M. kansasii/HIV infection survival

HIV/AIDS-Associated Nephropathy - HAART helps prevent progression of pediatric HIV-associated nephropathy

HIV/AIDS-Mental Health - HIV/AIDS patients beliefs vary on causal attributions of fatigue

Hair Studies - Beta-catenin/lef-1 signaling required for DP-induced hair differentiation

Heart Disease Risk - Vitamin E may help some diabetics avoid risk

Hematological Disease - Laser correlative spectroscopy assay enables early diagnosis

Hematology - Extended beta-globin locus control region elements prolong transgene expression

Hematology - Pharmacogenetics enhances the management of patients on warfarin therapy

Hematology - Techniques to evaluate erythrocyte deformability in diabetes outlined