Blood Weekly

Leukemia - Multidrug resistance of leukemia cells is mediated through glycoprotein and Bcl-2 regulation

Leukemia - Prednisolone recommended for severe hepatic injury caused by imatinib mesylate

Leukemia - Recent findings in leukemia provide new insights

Leukemia - Shorter duration of standard-dose consolidation therapy used to treat leukemia

Leukemia - VPA and ATRA used to treat patients with poor-risk acute myeloid leukemia

Leukemia Vaccine - Neutrophil granule proteins act as targets of leukemia-specific immune responses

Liver Disease - Hyperinsulinemia predicts hepatic fat content in subjects with normal transaminase levels

Lung Cancer - Risk factors for anemia in patients with lung cancer identified

Marketing - Sales meeting and customer selling tools released for blood coagulation systems

Medical Devices - New device may boost world supply, quality of blood platelets

Medical Devices - New findings in the area of medical devices described

Medical Devices - Novel model improves analysis of fluid flow in membrane compartment

Medical Devices - Premier members save $56,000 in AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy System purchases

Mental Health - Depression diagnosis linked to hospitalization in long-term hemodialysis patients

Multiple Myeloma - Data demonstrates anticancer activity of Quadramet in multiple myeloma

Multiple Myeloma - Five to seven plasma exchanges for acute renal failure does not significantly affect outcome

Muscle Wasting Disease - Myostatin inhibition validated as a therapeutic approach to muscle wasting diseases

Natural Products - Green coffee bean extract has mild antihypertensive effects

Neurogenesis - BMSCs promote neurogenesis of endogenous neural stem cells in the hippocampus

Neurogenesis - F-spondin promotes nerve precursor differentiation

Neurogenesis - NSCs may play significant roles in pathophysiology of alcohol-related disorders

Obesity Pathogenesis - Intima media thickness in childhood obesity is related to cardiovascular risk

Oncology - Hypoxia creates alternative circulatory mechanisms in Ewing sarcoma

Oncology - New data illuminates research in oncology

Orthopedics - Research aims to create bone structures from cord blood stem cells

Patents - U.S. patent issued on use of photoselective vaporization technology for treating BPH

Pediatric Fitness & Wellness - Graded relation found between cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and blood pressure in youth

Pediatrics - Phase II/III pediatric trial with Defibrotide to prevent veno-occlusive disease begins

Peritoneal Dialysis - Simultaneous catheter removal and reinsertion feasible in treatment of P. aeruginosa ESI

Pharmaceutical Research - Dipyridamole decreases protease-activated receptor, annexin-V binding on platelets

Physiology - Serum alkaline phosphatase activity is chromosomally regulated

Polycystic Kidney Disease - Treatment trials underway for treatment of polycystic kidney disease

Product Licensing - Transfusion management system licensed to Dameron Hospital

Professional Education - Cardiovascular group, imaging company establish cardiovascular CT education partnership

Quality of Life - WHOQOL-BREF(TW) valid for quality-of-life assessment in Taiwanese patients

Sickle Cell Disease - Ultrasound used to identify stroke risk in children with sickle cell disease

Spinal Cord Injury - Transplanted embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cells effective in spinal cord injury

Statins - P-selectin is suggested as marker for beneficial action of statins

Stem Cell Research - Cells enriched in neural tissue-committed SC markers are mobilized into blood after stroke

Stem Cell Research - Corneal keratocytes retain neural crest progenitor cell properties

Stem Cell Research - Distinct stem cell populations regenerate follicle and interfollicular epidermis

Stem Cell Research - ESCs differentiate into hair follicle-like structures as well as glandular structures

Stem Cell Research - Solitary stem cells found in living bone marrow

Stem Cell Therapy - Role of the nervous system in regulating stem cells discovered

Stem Cell Transplantation - Maximum PAI-1 plasma antigen levels not exceeding 120 ng/mL excludes VOD after HSCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - Mobilized CD34+ stem cells expanded for clinical use in serum-free medium

Stem Cell Transplantation - Single-dose pegfilgrastim for CD34+ cell mobilization is feasible

Stroke - High serum hsCRP levels are independent risk factor for future ischemic stroke

Stroke - Mechanistic justification for trial of insulin infusion therapy is proposed

Stroke - Study identifies patients most at risk for secondary strokes

Surgical Technology - Laparoscopic extraperitoneal tunneling with omentopexy effective for catheter placement

Surgical Technology - Researchers' work adds to surgical technology body of knowledge

Surgical Technology - Sutureless system shown effective for connecting arteries in head and neck reconstruction

Thrombosis - Challenges with existing treatments for thrombosis in cancer patients analyzed

Tissue Engineering - Findings describe new data in tissue engineering research

Tissue Engineering - Hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering made by 3D printing

Tissue Engineering - Low-level laser irradiation stimulates osteogenic MSC phenotype seeded on 3D biomatrix

Tissue Engineering - Modified collagen fleece supports human bladder smooth muscle cell transplantation

Tissue Engineering - Nano-structured chitosan enhances dermal fibroblast growth

Tissue Engineering - PLLA/PLGA blended scaffolds modified by type II collagen used for cartilage regeneration

Tissue Engineering - Preosteoblasts produce extracellular matrix within pores of composite scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Soluble phosphate glass fibers developed for bone-ligament interface repair

Tissue Engineering - Tissue engineered nasal cartilage matches typical mechanics of native hyaline cartilage

Toxicology - Supra-normal protein C levels affect some markers of endotoxemia

Transfusion Medicine - LDL apheresis in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia may lower CV risk

Transfusion Medicine - SafeTrace Tx transfusion management system licensed to Dameron Hospital

Transplant Medicine - Anemia may not be associated with mortality and renal graft loss

Transplant Medicine - Dialysis does not affect medical evaluation completion rate for kidney transplant candidates

Transplant Medicine - HHV8 seroconversion in post-transplant KS linked to viral transmission by the graft

Transplant Medicine - Lymphopenia and diabetes transferred by bone marrow transplantation to syngeneic DR.^lyp/lyp

Transplant Medicine - Male germ cell transplantation is an emerging technology in livestock production

Transplant Medicine - U.S. FDA grants clearance for preparation of a cell concentrate from bone marrow aspirate

Type 1 Diabetes - Autoreactive CD8 T cells are associated with beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes - Atorvastatin lowers plasma LDL cholesterol and CRP in type 2 diabetics

Wound Repair - Recombinant protein promotes angiogenesis to help chronic venous ulcers heal