Blood Weekly

Blood Banking - Accuracy and efficacy determined for three platelet pheresis machines

Sickle Cell Anemia - Research hospital to lead trial to investigate sickle cell anemia and stroke

Stem Cell Cryopreservation - Model facilitates the cryopreservation of intact adherent hES cell colonies

Tissue Engineering - MSC and hydroxyapatite ceramic transplant treats severe osteochondral damage

Tissue Engineering - Tissue-engineered bone can be used for early stage bone regeneration

Adverse Drug Reaction - Agency discusses glucosamine and elevated cholesterol

Alcohol Use - Alcohol impairs astrogliogenesis by stem cells in neurospheres

Allograft Rejection - Compound targeting CCR5/CXCR3 prevents acute and chronic allograft rejection

Assisted Reproduction - Mouse ESC used for quality control testing in assisted reproductive technology

Atherosclerosis - Atherosclerosis studied, loss of receptor-mediated lipid uptake clarified

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis

Blood Clotting - Coagulation cascade analyzed, regulation of mediated initiation defined

Blood Clotting - Factor XIa examined, role of dimer in factor IX activation defined

Bone Marrow - Three genes studied as new G-CSF targets during neutrophilic differentiation

Bone Marrow Transplants - Campath-1H does not appear to alter bone marrow cell regulatory function

Breast Cancer Therapy - Femara granted FDA priority review for new indication: early breast cancer

Business Update - Blood volume analyzer purchased by the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii

Leukemia - Findings advance knowledge in leukemia research

Business Update - Manufacturer of drug delivery systems sells GFI Clinical Services unit

Cancer Research - Efficient synthesis of fluorothiosparfosic acid analogues achieved

Cancer Risk Factors - Studies describe new findings in cancer risk factors research

Cancer Therapy - Adjuvant chemotherapies evaluated in locally advanced bladder cancer

Cancer Therapy - Doxorubicin/fluorouracil compared with streptozocin/fluorouracil or dacarbazine

Catheter Ablation - Trans-catheter ablation approach affects delayed cure rate

Leukemia - Researchers describe findings in leukemia studies

Central Nervous System Development - Rybp/DEDAF required for early postimplantation and CNS development

Chronic Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C infection remains stable despite therapy-induced neutropenia

Collaborations - Alliance formed to develop, manufacture and commercialize nucleic acid testing

Collaborations - Biotech company and The Scripps Research Institute extend collaboration

Coronary Artery Bypass - Long-term serial angiographic outcome characterized

Cytomegalovirus - CMV in transplanted allografts stimulates self HLA release from responding PBMCs

Leukemia - Studies advance knowledge in leukemia research

DNA Research - Functions of tumor suppressor p53 clarified

Diagnostics - Findings describe new data in diagnostics research

Diagnostics - Study finds potentially better test for infant iron deficiency

Disease Associations - Primary hyperlipidemia examined, association of clinical indicators clarified

Drug Development - Xechem UK formed to file orphan drug application in E.U. for sickle cell drug

Drug Resistance - Cephalosporin-resistant pneumococci common in patients

Stem Cell Research - Reports add new data to stem cell research

Environmental Health - 34+ HSCs are targets for carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Epidemiology - Atopy linked to lower cancer risk

Erythropoiesis - Adducin gene expression regulated in gene-specific manner during erythropoiesis

Finance - Grant announced to create proprietary BioFactories for sepsis

Gastric Cancer - Docetaxel plus cisplatin used as second-line combined therapy in gastric cancer

Gastric Cancer - Pretreatment anemia associated with poorer survival in gastric cancer patients

Transplant Medicine - Recent findings in transplant medicine described

Genetics & Genomics - Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide gene targeted by vitamin D receptor

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Anti-4-1BB monoclonal antibody prevents and treats chronic GVHD

Graft-versus-Host Disease - IL-6 and IL-10 promoter gene polymorphisms associated with increased GVHD risk

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Research in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis provides new insights

Hematology - Fewer hemodialysis patients in Brazil are acquiring hepatitis C infection

Transplant Medicine - Researchers' data advance transplant medicine research

Hematology - New findings in the area of hematology described

Hematopoiesis - Mice severely deficient in growth hormone have normal hematopoiesis

Hemodialysis - Citrate anticoagulation feasible during single-needle hemodialysis

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B vaccine response fails in liver graft patients receiving lamivudine

High-Grade Gliomas - High-dose methotrexate administered prior to simultaneous radiochemotherapy