Blood Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 16th, 2006
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Adverse Drug Reaction - Human coagulation factor VIIa therapy is linked to thromboembolism after unlabeled uses
Blood Safety - Cerus obtains exclusive rights to INTERCEPT Blood System
Blood Transfusions - Blood transfusions may transmit occult hepatitis B virus to adults and children
Tissue Engineering - Cultured normal skin explants produced more uniform and expansive in vivo-like neoepidermis
Tissue Engineering - Tissue engineered cardiovascular patch fabricated for cardiovascular surgery
Adverse Drug Reaction - Osteonecrosis of the jaw related to pamidronate therapy
Adverse Drug Reactions - Anemia caused by amphotericin B treatment elucidated
Anemia - Patients with aplastic anemia have diminished bone marrow angiogenesis
Angiology - Hyperhomocysteinemia inhibits postinjury re-endothelialization in mice
Angiology - Ligand reports $2 million payment as Glaxo begins study of eltrombopag for adult with ITP
Apoptosis - Apolipoprotein displays dual effect of induced apoptosis
Apoptosis - PKC epsilon controls protection against TRAIL in erythroid progenitors
Apoptosis - PKC412 inhibits growth of neoplastic mast cells expressing KIT mutation D816V
Apoptosis - Studies add new findings to apoptosis body of knowledge
Bioimplants - Pegasus Biologics launches new product that fortifies and promotes tissue ingrowth
Cancer Gene Therapy - Suppressor of cytokine signaling inhibits multiple myeloma cell proliferation
Cancer Therapy - Minidose warfarin therapy deemed effective for preventing thrombotic events
Cancer Therapy - Protein level predicts who will develop deadly complication after bone marrow transplant
Cancer Therapy - Tumor cell detection in blood and bone marrow should not influence therapy
Cardiology - Laminin gene deficiency produces heart disease and capillary defects in mice
Cardiology - New findings in cardiology described
Cardiovascular Disease - Renal transplant recipients with altered glycemia show higher BMI and Hb1Ac
Cardiovascular Research - Stent system studies show positive results in small vessels
Chronic Hepatitis C - Pegylated interferon alpha-2b monotherapy for chronic HCV confers no advantage in hemodialysis
Clinical Trials - Dosing of anti-inflammatory drug for peripheral arterial disease in 2b trial on schedule
Clinical Trials - Significant trial results on antisense drug to reduce cholesterol in humans reported
Colorectal Cancer - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of colorectal cancer
Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Weight loss accompanied by green tea supplement did not improve blood parameters significantly
Cryoglobulinemia - Combined therapy is effective for asymptomatic mixed cryoglobulinemia
Cystic Fibrosis - Monitoring cystic fibrosis patients' arterial blood oxyhemoglobin recommended
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Co-stimulatory signal blockage prolongs the survival of islet xenografts
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Microalbuminuria regression was high in diabetics under glycemic and blood pressure control
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Studies add new findings to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge
Diabetes Therapy - Rapid angiogenesis sustains islet transplant survival in diabetes models
Diabetes Therapy - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes therapy
Diabetic Nephropathy - Researchers' work adds to diabetic nephropathy body of knowledge
Diagnostics - Uveal melanoma tyrosinase PCR testing may have prognostic value
Down Syndrome & Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Characteristics and outcome of children with Down syndrome and ALL reviewed
Drug Development - Kensey Nash receives CE Mark approval for embolic protection system in saphenous vein graft
Drug Development - U.S. FDA grants orphan drug status to monoclonal antibody for treating type 1 diabetes
Gene Research - Involvement of cyclin D2 in human cancer evidenced
Hemangiomas - Infantile hemangioma lacks lymphatic competence
Hematology - Angiogenesis cytokines accelerate endothelial-like cell differentiation
Hematology - Cytomegalovirus controls myeloid progenitor cells to facilitate dissemination
Hematology - Researchers' findings advance hematology research
Hematopoiesis - FGF-4 and HGF induce cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into hepatocytes
Hematopoiesis - Loss of transcription factor GATA-1 contributes to hematopoiesis
Hematopoiesis - Tie2 is not essential for hematopoietic cell development
Hepatitis B Virus - Adefovir dipivoxil is promising in lamivudine-resistant chronic HBV infections
Hepatitis B Virus - Adefovir dipivoxil treatment is beneficial in post-liver transplant patients
Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B core antibodies are frequently detected in heart transplant recipients
Hepatitis C Virus - Cryoglobulinemia is prevalent in kidney transplant recipients
Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus recurrence predicted in liver transplant patients
Hepatitis C Virus - Interferon and ribavirin are promising for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation
Hepatitis C Virus - Interferon with ribavirin lessens recurrence of chronic HCV in transplant patients
Hepatocyte Transplantation - Small hepatocytes can repopulate the liver as if they were hepatic stem cells
Hyperglycemia & Hepatitis C - Hyperglycemia in those with hepatitis C displays an unconventional diabetic phenotype
Hypertension - New data illuminates research in hypertension
Hypertension - New series of renin inhibitors for hypertension reaches late-stage preclinical profiling
Ischemia - Modulation of PGE2 receptors may protect against neuronal injury induced by focal ischemia
Ischemic Stroke - Ischemic stroke study clinical data points to promising drug delivery treatments
Kidney Transplantation - Post-transplant diabetes mellitus is associated with high tacrolimus concentration-dose ratios
Leukemia - Aberrant methylation of multiple genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia revealed
Leukemia - Berbamine proposed as novel bcr/abl inhibitor with potent anti-leukemia activity
Leukemia - CD10- pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia identified as a high-risk subtype of adult ALL
Leukemia - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia CD38 and NOS2 expression linked to IL-4 levels
Leukemia - Data advance knowledge in leukemia research
Leukemia - Elderly patients' attitude toward remission induction influenced survival
Leukemia - Findings advance knowledge in leukemia research
Leukemia - Lonafarnib used to treat select patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia refractory to imatinib
Leukemia - Quality of life assessed in children with leukemia after central venous catheter placement
Leukemia - Recent studies add new data to leukemia research
Leukemia - Reports describe recent advances in leukemia research
Leukemia - Researchers' data advance leukemia research
Leukemia - Valproic acid deemed clinically useful in low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome
Liver Transplantation - Acute graft-versus-host disease can be diagnosed by high levels of donor T-cell chimerism
Liver Transplantation - Liver organ donation could get a boost from non-heart beating donors
Malaria Immunogenicity - Parasite Ag-specific CD4 cells generated in utero in placental P. falciparum infection
Melanoma - Laser Doppler perfusion images cannot distinguish tumor angiogenesis from reactive hyperemia
Myeloma - Prognostic impact of cytogenetic aberrations in patients with myeloma detailed
Neurogenesis - Neurogenesis occurs in the adult caudate nucleus
Neuroscience - Schwann cells differentially promote peripheral nerve regeneration
Neurosurgery - Adding furosemide to hypertonic saline decreases brain water content without increasing osmolality
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Findings advance knowledge in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma research
Obesity Epidemiology - Obesity and weight gain is common following renal transplantation
Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome may account for unexplained creatine phosphokinase elevation
Occult Cancer & Critical Leg Ischemia - Occult cancer associated with critical leg ischemia
Oncology - Cell growth factor spawns tumor angiogenesis in cancer models
Pain Management - Morphine, topical anesthesia effective in treating pain in newborn infants
Pancreatic Cancer - Weekly cisplatin and gemcitabine used to treat patients with pancreatic cancer
Parkinson Disease - Expanded neural precursor cell grafts survive long term in Parkinson disease model
Pediatric Cardiology - In neonates with transposed great arteries, balloon atrial septostomy is a risk factor for preop stroke
Pediatric Stroke - Pediatric stroke diagnosis often delayed by unsuspecting hospital caregivers, study shows
Peripheral Vascular Disease - Autologous bone marrow stem cells improve chronic limb ischemia
Personnel - Cord blood stem cell preservation company names Timothy McGrath to board
Prostate Cancer - Prostate UCB injection delays onset of prostate cancer and improves survival
Stem Cell Mobilization - Chronic heart failure may be attenuated by blood stem cell mobilization
Stem Cell Research - Cultured mesenchymal stem cells transdifferentiate into Schwann cell-like myelinating cells
Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells differentiate into cardiomyocytes with functional characteristics
Stem Cell Research - Four embryonic stem cell lines established in Denmark
Stem Cell Research - GATA-1 affects erythrocyte proliferation and differentiation by different mechanisms
Stem Cell Research - M-FISH sensitive and accurate method for comprehensive ESC karyotype analysis
Stem Cell Research - Rad temporally regulated in myogenic progenitor cells during skeletal muscle regeneration
Stem Cell Transplantation - Comparable results in ALL patients after related and unrelated SCT
Stem Cell Transplantation - Hematopoietic stem cells do not engraft with absolute efficiencies
Stem Cell Transplantation - Ischemic neuronal damage reduced by neural stem cell grafts
Stem Cell Transplantation - Neural SCT in stomach rescues gastric function in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficiency
Stem Cell Transplantation - Transplanted hepatic stem-like cells differentiate into functional hepatocytes
Stroke - Recent studies add new data to stroke research
Stroke - Researchers describe findings in stroke studies
Thrombosis - Combined clinical pretest probability and D-dimer test used to detect thrombosis in cancer patients
Tissue Engineering - Bioactive glass scaffolds optimized for bone tissue engineering
Tissue Engineering - Biological disc repair evolving with knowledge of disc aging events
Tissue Engineering - Penile girth enhanced with autologous ex vivo tissue engineering scaffolds
Tissue Engineering - Researchers' findings advance tissue engineering research
Tissue Engineering - Superior extracellular matrix formation in nanofiber over membrane-type scaffolds
Transplant Medicine - Animal study shows ETA-RA has protective effect on microcirculation after liver transplant
Transplant Medicine - Cyclosporine suppresses hepatic stellate cell growth and collagen production
Transplant Medicine - New research in the area of transplant medicine detailed
Transplant Medicine - Norman Shumway, heart transplantation pioneer, dies at age 83
Transplant Medicine - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of transplant medicine
Transplant Medicine - Use of anti-cytomegalovirus IgG is warranted in lung transplantation
Transplantation Biology - Prognosis after liver transplantation modeled
Type 1 Diabetes - Type 1 diabetes cure may be found in islet transplants
Venous Thromboembolism - Arixtra shown to reduce patients' risk of venous thromboembolism by 46.7%
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