Blood Weekly

Hypertension - Kinase polymorphism influences blood pressure response to a thiazide diuretic

Intracranial Aneurysms - Late rebleeding rare after treatment of rupture with detachable coils

Leukemia - ABL1 amplification in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia studied

Leukemia - All-trans retinoic acid and anthracycline used to treat pediatric leukemia

Leukemia - Allogeneic transplant overcame poor prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia - Fluorescence in situ hybridization detected cutaneous lesions

Leukemia - Four-color flow cytometry used to detect minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia - Immunoglobulin mutational status used as prognostic marker for clinical outcome

Leukemia - No increase in leukemia incidence found due to Chernobyl accident

Leukemia - Significance of RUNX1 rearrangements in acute lymphoblastic leukemia discussed

Medical Devices - Endovascular stent angioplasty is a safe, effective treatment for spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Medical Devices - Use of off-pump CPB reduces transient hepatocellular damage

Melatonin - Melatonin reduces reticuloendothelial blockade and improves iron status during inflammation

Mycobacterium Bovis BCG - Neutrophil stimulation with M. bovis BCG causes release of functional soluble TRAIL/Apo-2L

Nanotechnology - Nanoparticles cytotoxic to germline stem cells

Nephrology - Humoral alloreactivity requires ongoing analysis in kidney transplant recipients

Nerve Regeneration - Coil-reinforced hydrogel tubes promote nerve regeneration equivalent to nerve autografts

Neurogenesis - Cystatin C modulates neurodegeneration and neurogenesis following status epilepticus

Neurogenesis - Ghrelin stimulates neurogenesis in the nucleus of the solitary tract

Neurogenesis - Shp2-binding site disruption in FRS2 alpha leads cerebral cortex development impairment

Neurology - Selective uptake of agouti-related protein(82-131) may be modulated by food deprivation

Neuroscience - Damage within white matter underlies executive dysfunction in CADASIL

Obesity Therapy - (-)-HCA-SX reduced appetite and body weight, improved fat oxidation, and blood lipid levels

Obstetrics - Uterine lymphocytes may promote endometrial angiogenesis during pregnancy

Occupational Exposure - Cancer mortality among North American synthetic rubber industry workers studied

Oncology - "Lab card" whole blood rare cancer cell analyzer developed

Oncology - Myeloma cell gene regulation produces osteopontin and angiogenesis

Pancreatic Cancer - Blood test for pancreatic cancer has 77% sensitivity and 95% specificity

Pediatric Obesity-Related Hypertension - Adolescent obesity is linked to high ambulatory BP and increased carotid IMT

Peripheral Artery Disease - Extracorporeal blood oxygenation and ozonation treats PAD lesions

Peripheral Vascular Disease - Bone marrow cell therapy and metabolic intervention improve hindlimb ischemia in mice

Pregnancy - Hemoglobin levels are linked to age/smoking, but not ferritin levels, during pregnancy

Renal Transplantation - HBsAg positive transplant recipients are at increased risk for mortality and graft failure

SARS - Findings in SARS provide new insights

Sepsis - Melatonin may protect against mtNOS-mediated mitochondrial failure

Spinal Cord Regeneration - Matrix inclusion improves regenerated axon number in the damaged spinal cord

Spinal Cord Regeneration - Multiple-channel scaffolds promote spinal cord axon regeneration

Stem Cell Legislation - President Bush signs umbilical cord blood bill

Stem Cell Research - Bax limits adult neural stem cell persistence through caspase and IP3 receptor activation

Stem Cell Research - CD34+ cells are mobilized into peripheral blood during cardiac-related stress

Stem Cell Research - Cardiac SCs are restored after MI by self-proliferation and selective homing of BM-derived SCs

Stem Cell Research - Cellular/microenvironmental changes in culture can significantly affect HSC output

Stem Cell Research - Chelatable cellular copper modulates CB-derived CD34+ cell differentiation/self-renewal

Stem Cell Research - Ex vivo system promotes stem-like cell trafficking from ventricles to culture surface

Stem Cell Research - FDA lifts clinical hold on CB001 trial

Stem Cell Research - MSCs accumulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the nucleus without acute stimulus

Stem Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells repair conduction block

Stem Cell Research - Nanoscale topography modulates corneal epithelial cell migration

Stem Cell Research - Simple method labels stem cells with fluorine 18

Stem Cell Research - Some types of stem cells do not migrate towards brain tumors

Stem Cell Research - TLR and NOD2 ligands induce cell proliferation in the intact spinal cord

Stem Cell Transplantation - Findings advance knowledge in Stem Cell Transplantation research

Stem Cell Transplantation - Healthy SC donors have sufficient telomere length reserve to repopulate treated host

Stem Cell Transplantation - Quinolones may prevent hemorrhagic cystitis by suppressing BK virus after HSCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - Reduced-intensity conditioning preserves thymic function in early period after HSCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy successfully treated with ASCT and fludarabine

Stroke - Growth factor augments bone marrow stromal cell transplantation after cerebral infarction in rats

Surgical Technology - Heparin-bonded circuits reduce RBC transfusion rates during elective CABG surgery

Thrombosis -  Bacillus subtilis natto protein has antithrombotic and fibrinolytic effects

Tissue Engineering - Atelocollagen collagen gel improves DNA synthesis and content of nucleus pulposus cells

Tissue Engineering - Crosslinked chitosan increases the mechanical strength of chitosan scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - DRG neuron subpopulation extends neurites across micropatterned grooves

Tissue Engineering - Endothelial cell sheets can be used to treat damaged corneas

Tissue Engineering - MSCs differentiate into bone and cartilaginous tissues in 3D collagen gel cultures

Tissue Engineering - Transplanted chondrocytes seeded on collagen-based scaffold repairs cartilage defects

Transplant Medicine - BK virus infection creates a microenvironment promoting graft fibrosis

Transplant Medicine - Cold ischemia, reperfusion injury, and graft CAD share linear link

Transplant Medicine - Extracardiac progenitor cells repopulate most major cell types in transplanted heart

Transplant Medicine - Multipotent adult progenitor cells are of donor origin after syngenetic BMT

Transplant Medicine - Reports add new data to Transplant Medicine research

Transplantation Medicine - Immune responses can be modulated in liver transplantation

Type 2 Diabetes - Glimepiride plus insulin therapy improved of glycemic control poorly controlled diabetes

Vasculitis - Mycophenolate mofetil is an option in relapsing or resistant ANCA small vessel vasculitis

Virology - Research in virology provides new insights