Blood Weekly

Hodgkin Lymphoma - ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma mimicked nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma

Hypertension - Studies advance knowledge in hypertension research

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Exclusive worldwide rights to Simulect for inflammatory bowel disease licensed to Cerimon

Kidney Transplantation - HHV8 prevalence is low in renal donors and recipients in Greece

Kidney Transplantation - Postrenal transplantation weight gain assessed

Leukemia - Adult acute megakaryocytic leukemia confirmed to have poor prognosis

Leukemia - Apoptosis of leukemia cells induced by mycotoxin citrinin

Leukemia - Bayesian methods used in detection of changes in childhood cancer incidence

Leukemia - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia linked to CpG island methylation

Leukemia - Human T-cell leukemia virus oncoprotein inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis

Leukemia - Scoring system to distinguish elderly leukemia patients with different prognosis proposed

Leukemia - Tyr phosphorylation modulates binding preference in leukemia cells

Leukemia Therapy - Clinical benefit analysis of Genasense plus chemotherapy reported

Limb Allograft - Limb allograft survival prolonged by donor leukocytes and delayed immunosuppressive therapy

Lung Transplantation - Morbidity and mortality high in lung transplant patients with untreated pulmonary TB

Mast Cells - Tryptase- and chymase-related gene clusters identified in human mast cells

Medical Devices - Artificial liver support system safe and effective in acute or chronic liver failure

Medical Devices - Smiths Medical MD to distribute medComp's Split Stream catheters for hemodialysis

Multiple Myeloma - Multiple myeloma treated with bendamustine and prednisone

Nephrology - Tailoring fluid replacement and anticoagulation therapy increases metabolic control

Neurogenesis - ATBF1 induces cell cycle arrest associated with neuronal differentiation

Neurogenesis - Neural stem cells in adult ciliary epithelium express GFAP and are regulated by Wnt signaling

Neuroscience - Erythropoietin enhances neuroprotection against ischemia and reperfusion injury

Nosocomial Infections - Pfizer receives U.S. FDA approval for Eraxis to treat candidemia

Oncology - Complications in cancer patients with central venous catheters were not prevented with dalteparin

Oncology - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Organ Donation - Record number of organs recovered for transplantation reported by Gift of Life Michigan

Patents - Alexion issued key patent for eculizumab in Japan

Pediatric Cardiology - Child with Omenn syndrome was also diagnosed with ventricular thrombosis

Pharmaceutical Research - Recombinant antithrombin inhibits thrombin formation and interleukin release in endotoxemia

Philanthropy - Ten million dollars contributed to M. D. Anderson research effort by Gita, Ali Saberioon

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Reports add new data to polycystic ovary syndrome research

Product Licensing - Yale technology for new early stage ovarian cancer blood test licensed to developer

Proteomics - Proteins governing angiogenesis and bone growth interact during osteoclastogenesis

Proteomics - Recent findings in proteomics provide new insights

SARS - Findings advance knowledge in SARS research

Spinal Cord Injury - Umbilical cord blood transplantation improves mobility after spinal cord injury

Stem Cell Research - Absence of Chx10 homeobox gene causes neural progenitors to persist in adult retina

Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells assume a primitive neural stem cell fate in absence of extrinsic influences

Stem Cell Research - Human embryonic stem cell lines derived from embryos with monogenic disorders

Stem Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells modulate B-cell functions

Stem Cell Research - Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells

Stem Cell Research - Stem cells and their derivatives bypass myocardin requirement for smooth muscle gene expression

Stem Cell Transplantation - MRI detects transplanted ESCs and their therapeutic effect on injured myocardium

Stroke - Data show enzyme biomarker helps predict recurrent stroke risks in multi-ethnic population

Stroke - FG-4539 is neuroprotective and significantly reduces brain tissue damage, says FibroGen

Surgery Technology - Hemodialysis vascular access via autogenous brachial artery-brachial vein fistula effective

Tissue Bank - SRI Surgical signs agreement to distribute implant tracking system to tissue banks

Tissue Engineering - Reports describe recent advances in tissue engineering research

Transfusion Medicine - In pediatric cardiac surgery, hydroxyethyl starch is a safe alternative for volume replacement

Transplant Medicine - In kidney transplant recipients, ApoB polymorphism may adversely affect long-term survival

Transplantation Biology - Hepatitis C virus antigen detected in cholestatic hepatitis after liver transplantation

Transplantation Biology - Receptor polymorphisms are associated with long-term renal allograft survival

Wegener Granulomatosis - Wegener granulomatosis often diagnosed if destruction of the maxillary sinus' medial wall is found