Blood Weekly

Bioartificial Liver - Bioreactor developed that supports bioartificial liver

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Repository stores embryonic stem cell lines with genetic disorders

Stem Cell Transplantation - Chronic GVHD risk increased in patients with HLA class I mismatched donors

Stem Cell Transplantation - High plasmacytoid dendritic cell recovery improves overall survival after ASCT

Tissue Engineering - Hyaluronan gels useful for tissue engineering of aortic heart valves

Acinetobacter Infection - Risk factors identified for multidrug-resistant A. baumannii infection

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Ceplene receives orphan drug designation in Europe for AML

Air Monitoring - PCR method quantifies A. fumigatus conidia from environmental air samples

Allergy and Immunology - Eosinophils in human blood stimulate angiogenesis

Amyloidosis - Medicare expands coverage for stem cell transplantation

Anemia - Positive data for phase I study of anemia treatment announced

Oncology - Research in oncology provides new insights

Angiology - Biodegradable implants containing factor XIII stimulate vessel growth in rats

Antimicrobial Resistance - Carbapenem resistance is emerging in strains worldwide

Avian Influenza - Cross-impact analysis predicts mutation trends in influenza A

Bioartificial Liver - Collagen/chitosan/heparin improves hepatic tissue engineering biocompatibility

Biomedical Engineering - Collagen films support osteoblast activity and bone formation

Bone Marrow Research - Bone marrow cells engraft within epidermis and proliferate without cell fusion

Bone Marrow Transplant - Monitoring of TCR-Vbeta complexity may help predict prognosis of GVHD after BMT

Business & Finance - Biopharma company announces financial results

Business Update - Contract signed for leukocyte reduction filters

Cancer Therapy - Dose optimization enables rapamycin to suppress tumor angiogenesis

Cardiovascular Research - Platelet inhibitor demonstrates consistent inhibition of platelet aggregation

Cholera Monitoring - Monitoring environment and cholera presence predicts diarrhea epidemics

Chronic Liver Disease - Patients with bleeding disorders can safely undergo transjugular liver biopsy

Coagulation Therapy - Protein C anticoagulant activity examined, role of cholesterol revealed

Coagulation Therapy - Study finds self-testing a reliable alternative to laboratory INR monitoring

Collaborations - Long-term contract signed for plasma products

Cowpox - Cowpox virus infection associated with streptococcal septicemia

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - ELISA method used to diagnose Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Cystic Fibrosis - Persistent environmental reservoirs of P. aeruginosa not found in CF center

Deep Vein Thrombosis - First patient recruited in ThromboView phase II North American clinical trials

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever - Dengue hemorrhagic fever increasing among children in northern Brazil

Diabetes Type 1 - Diabetes type 1 outbreak earlier in immigrants' children born in Italy

Diagnostics - Studies add new findings to diagnostics body of knowledge

Diarrheal Illness - Hygiene interventions identified to reduce diarrhea in less developed countries

Drug Development - Company exercises option for rights to blood platelet modification technology

Drug Development - Hematide demonstrates ability to stimulate production of red blood cells

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Cell-surface marker found on embryonic hepatoblasts

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cell differentiation evaluated in different culture conditions

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Enforced PU.1 expression rescues osteoclastogenesis from ESCs lacking Tal-1

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Stably transfected ESC clones maintain self-renewal and pluripotency

Environmental Health - Northern American maternal blood monitoring program established

Exercise and Nutrition - Exercise and diet have roles in prevention of chronic disease

Finance - Newborn stem-cell bank reports record growth in revenue

Finance - Stem cell-focused biotech company announces Q4, year end 2004 financial results

Food Contamination - Continuous education assures good food hygiene on merchant ships

Gallbladder Cancer - Early gallbladder cancer showed no interference with liver transplantation

Genetics & Genomics - IS1- or IS10- activated AcrEF efflux pump may relay AcrAB in serovar Typhimurium

Genomic Expression - Cytokine allele frequencies differ between racial and ethnic groups

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Anti-HIV-1 compounds separated via capillary zone electrophoresis

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - PNA-transportan conjugate targeted to HIV-1 TAR is antiviral and virucidal

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Plant extracts have anti-HIV activity

HIV/AIDS Drug Discovery - HIV-1 integrase inhibitors identified using 3D pharmacophore-guided database

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Drug-resistant HIV-1 genotypes detected only in subjects infected after 2000

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - HIV-1 Vif changes associated with development of protease inhibitor resistance

HIV/AIDS Infection - Amphotericin-B reactivates latent HIV-1 infection

HIV/AIDS Lipodystrophy - VLDL elevation in early HAART therapy caused by impaired VLDL clearance

HIV/AIDS MALT Lymphoma - HIV+ MALT lymphoma remission induced by HAART alone

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - APOBEC3G polymorphisms not associated with HIV disease progression

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - C-terminal domain of HIV-1 integrase is a DNA-binding domain

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Cytoplasmic tail slows HIV-1 Env folding from late prebundle into 6-helix bundle

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Late stage R5 HIV-1 infection induces cytokine and CCR5 expression

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - M-tropic HIV-1 activation increases virus load in intestinal mucosa

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Separate HIV Nef domains are required to affect MHC-1 and CD4 cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Vpr enhances RANKL production via glucocorticoid receptor activity potentiation

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Appropriate HIV education maximizes acceptance of antenatal HIV antibody test

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - Survival prognostic factors differ by CD4 count among IVDU pre/post HAART era

HIV/AIDS Research - CD4+ cell response differs between HIV-exposed seronegative and HIV+ women

HIV/AIDS Research - MLV RNase H primer grip is an important determinant of fidelity of DNA synthesis

HIV/AIDS Research - Tat methylation by PRMT6 regulates HIV-1 gene expression

HIV/AIDS Screening - Urgent care center-based routine HIV screening programs are effective

HIV/AIDS Therapy - 20 mg/kg of amprenavir twice daily is safe for HIV-infected children

HIV/AIDS Therapy - C/EBP alpha reverses anti-adipogenic effects of nelfinavir

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Fixed conformation nucleoside analogs inhibit excision-proficient HIV-1 RT

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HAART leads to normalization of anti-Hsp70 and anti-cholesterol Ab levels

HIV/AIDS Therapy - IL-16 levels increase after structured intermittent HAART interruption

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Researchers' work adds to HIV/AIDS therapy body of knowledge