Blood Weekly

Bone Formation Markers - EDA+/EDB+ fibronectin splice variants are markers for bone formation

Fetal Stem Cell Research - Fetal bone cells potential use for tissue engineering

Hematology - Gene therapy offers hope for correcting hemophilia

Stem Cell Transplantation - Adrenomedullin and endothelin-1 stimulate cord blood stem cell expansion

Tissue Engineering - MSCs immunoprivileged & potentially useful for HLA-incompatible transplantation

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - Company applauds the U.S. Preventive Services for recommending AAA screening

Alternative Medicine - Treatment with electroacupuncture reduced duration of arrhythmia and mortality

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Details discovered on how human stem cells become nerve cells

Atherosclerosis - Reduced uptake of alpha-tocopherol may be relevant to atherogenesis

Bacteriology - Some Staphylococcus aureus clones more virulent than others

Bifidobacterium Bifidum - Monomeric aspartate racemase Bifidobacterium bifidum molecularly analyzed

Transplant Medicine - Researchers' work adds to transplant medicine body of knowledge

Biomedical Research - SCNT stem cell research could benefit over 500,000 Missourians, study shows

Biotechnology - Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay modifications improve its success/utility

Bladder Cancer - Dietary carotenoids and genetic instability modify bladder cancer risk

Bladder Cancer - HER3 and HER4 expression associated with better survival in bladder cancer

Blood Supply - NY/NJ blood supply down to crisis proportions

Brain Aneurysms - Committee: Coil embolization treatment safe and effective

Breast Cancer - Estrogen receptor mutations identified in cancer & psychiatric disease

Breast Cancer - Polymorphisms in MMP genes can influence breast cancer phenotype

Business Update - Global Med Technologies retains The Investor Relations Group

Business Update - HemoGenix announces the release of the OxyFLOW research kit

Business Update - Personalized medicine provider gets CAP accreditation

Cancer Stem Cells - Cancer stem cells isolated from adult glioblastoma multiforme

Cancer Therapy - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research

Cardiovascular Research - Inflammatory biomarkers could not explain the role of tHcy in heart disease

Coagulation Therapy - New anticoagulants target specific enzymes or steps in the coagulation pathway

Colon Cancer - Age-related ERRP loss in aging colon is potential risk factor for colon cancer

Coronary Artery Bypass - Benefits of off-pump bypass surgery elucidated

Coronary Heart Disease - Three weeks of stationary cardiac rehabilitation improves plasma lipids levels

Diagnostics - Elispot assay optimized to detect cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes

Diagnostics - HPLC detects depression-linked markers in hepatitis C patients on interferon

Diagnostics - Joey Diagnostic device that tests cord blood of newborn ready for use

Diagnostics - Latex agglutination test diagnoses visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infection

Diagnotics - PCR-based method accurately detects thalassemia mutations in cord blood

Drug Development - Virostat evaluated in phase II trial for hepatitis C

Drug Development - p73 induction after DNA damage is regulated by Chk1 and Chk2

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Ethical debates impede progress of embryonic stem cell research

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Human feeder cells support maintenance of embryonic stem cells in culture

Endocrinology - ELISA assay separately measures plasma levels of acylated and desacyl ghrelin

Enterococcus Faecalis - Gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains characterized

Epidemiology - Water is a major vehicle for Cryptosporidium transmission

Epidemiology - Waterborne transmissions increasing for Toxoplasma gondi

Factor XI Deficiency - Bleeding disorder reviewed

Fibrocytes - Peripheral blood fibrocytes contribute to the formation of the avian spleen

Finance - Biopharmaceutical company reports year-end and fourth quarter results

Finance - Company reports 2004 income of $217.2 million, $2.11 per share

Finance - Instrumentation company reports record profits

Finance - Stem-cell banking company announces 62% revenue increase

Genotoxicity - Multiple factors contribute to mechanism of particulate matter genotoxicity

HIV/AIDS Behavior - Theory-based approach identifies job-seeking behavior of persons with HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Cognition - HIV+ substance users fair worse on cognitive impulse test than HIV- users

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - BM biopsy not sensitive as diagnostic tool in AIDS patients with fever

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Neurospychiatric symptoms from efavirenz difficult to diagnose in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Rapid and standard HIV Ab ELISAs negatively affected by HIV-indeterminates

HIV/AIDS Disease Progression - Anti-NTM antibodies is a useful prognostic marker for HIV disease

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Certain HIV-1 resistance-associated mutations are highly stable

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - NRTIs may have continued anti-HIV-1 activity despite presence of resistance

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 genetically diverse in rural eastern Cameroon

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Homeless in San Francisco HIV seroconversion incidence/risk factors estimated

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - CD27 expression promotes long-term survival of CD8+ cells in HIV-infection

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Nef does not significantly affect viral infectivity in target cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Nef promotes physical interaction between endogenous AP-1 and MHC-I

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Oligomerization required for HIV-1 Nef-induced Hck activation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Perlecan mediates cellular uptake of HIV-1 Tat

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Research add new data to HIV/AIDS pathogenesis body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Antenatal couple counseling prevents HIV-1 transmission

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Antiretrovirals to prevent vertical transmission protects against infant anemia

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV prophylaxis should be offered to children following sexual assault

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - HIV genotype/virtual phenotype predicts treatment outcome same as real phenotype