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Blood Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 30th, 2006

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Blood Banking - Premier's plasma and recombinant program helps hospitals acquire products in short supply

Blood Safety - HIV prevalence in donated blood reduced after enhanced education and selection process

Blood Safety - Repeat blood donors have lower transfusion-transmissible infections than new donors

Blood Safety - Transfusion-associated Trypanosoma cruzi transmission occurring in Mexican blood banks

Blood Safety - West Nile virus-associated self-reported symptoms do not predict infection in blood donors

Angiology - High-dose folic acid does not protect vascular endothelium from IR injury in humans

Angiology - Neovascular pathology is triggered by reactive oxygen species

Arthroplasty - Patients with lower limb arthroplasty benefit from self-administered thromboprophylaxis

Autoimmune Diseases - Role of natural killer cells in human health and disease discussed

Blood Safety -  Listeria in platelets may be public health threat

Blood Safety - HIV risk-behavior reporting by blood donors increased with automated phone system

Botulism Therapy - Botulism in infants effectively and safely treated with human botulism immune globulin

Business & Finance - Cryo-Cell International reports income of $0.09 per share

Cancer Therapy - Data advance knowledge in cancer therapy research

Cancer Therapy - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer therapy

Cancer Vaccine - Vaccine therapy is achieved by genetic modification of dendritic cells

Cardiology - Myocardial infarction areas improve when implanted with skeletal muscle satellite cells

Cardiology - Recent findings in cardiology described

Cardiomyocytes - Complement C5a is essential in the pathogenesis of septic cardiac dysfunction

Clinical Trials - Phase 1-2a clinical pharmacokinetics study of small molecule drug in MDS initiated

Collaborations - Cooper Heart and Coriell institutes partner on stem-cell heart research project

Contracts - Osteotech and Community Tissue Services enter into tissue supply agreement

Diabetes Complications - Diabetes-related limb ischemia resolves in models treated with benfotiamine

Diagnostics - Cepheid submits Xpert GBS test for use on GeneXpert System to U.S. FDA

Diagnostics - ELISA test is turning 35; applications range from pregnancy detection to art analysis

Diagnostics - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

Diet & Nutrition - Researchers' data advance diet & nutrition research

Drug Development - Cytotoxicity of isoxazolidinyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons examined

Drug Development - N-(7-indazolyl)benzenesulfonamide derivatives identified as potent cell cycle inhibitors

Drug Development - Quindoline derivatives identified as promising agents for cancer treatment

Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy - Embryonic stem cells may be used to treat chronic heart failure

Environmental Health - Public health effects of exposure to toxic metals reported in new study

Facilities - Novo Nordisk opens hemostasis research facility in the United States

Finance - Cerus Corp. announces proposed public offering of common stock

Finance - Developer of vasculature infusion catheter raises $15 million in private equity financing

Finance - Rockwell Medical Technologies reports sales increased 35% in the fourth quarter

Finance - ViaCell reports 2005 19% sales increase compared to 2004, total revenues of $44.4 million

Gaucher Disease & Cancer Risk - Cancer risk elevated among patients with adult Gaucher disease in Western Europe

Genetics & Blood Pressure - Researchers demonstrate value of first genetic test for high blood pressure and sensitivity to salt

Genetics & Genomics - Stem cell gene downregulation associated with differentiation of male germ cell tumors

Healthcare Coverage - Critical illness protection product launched by Regence

Hematology - Antiphospholipid-mediated thrombosis is the focus of review

Hematology - Human platelets can incorporate, synthesize, and hydrolyze fatty acid ethyl esters

Hematology - Myelodysplastic syndrome is not delineated by angiogenesis

Hemodialysis - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of hemodialysis

Hemorrhagic Shock - Fluid resuscitation with hemoglobin vesicles modeled in acute hemorrhagic shock

Hepatitis B Virus - Lamivudine protects against HBV in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

Hepatocellular Cancer - HCC liver and periphery natural killer cells display differing cytotoxicities

Hereditary Angioedema - Pharming confirms positive rhC1INH outlook for hereditary angioedema

Hodgkin Lymphoma - Pure infradiaphragmatic Hodgkin lymphoma described

Imaging - Bone regeneration dynamics assessed by bioluminescent imaging

Leukemia - Findings in leukemia provide new insights

Leukemia - Itraconazole and caspofungin used as antifungal prophylaxis in leukemic patients

Leukemia - Leukemia is sustained by angiogenesis activators

Leukemia - Methyl-CpG binding protein activity is required in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Leukemia - Reports describe recent advances in leukemia research

Leukemia - Research in leukemia provides new insights

Leukemia - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of leukemia

Leukemia - Researchers' findings advance leukemia research

Leukemia - Researchers' work adds to leukemia body of knowledge

Leukemia - Studies describe new findings in leukemia research

Leukemia - Survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia predicted by lipoprotein lipase

Liver Injuries - Parenchymal regeneration after chronic hepatocellular liver injury involves hepatocytes

Liver Tumors - Blood transfusion-free hepatectomy made viable with parenteral tranexamic acid

Lung Injuries - Exogenous interleukin-4 lessens hypoxia-induced lung injury

Multiple Myeloma - T cell lymphoma linked to overexpression of c-Maf

Neurogenesis - GABA regulates synaptic integration of newly generated neurons in adult brain

Neurogenesis - Neuroblast self-renewal induced by cortical atypical protein kinase C kinase activity

Neurogenesis - Neurogenesis in adolescent brain is potently inhibited by ethanol

Neurogenesis - Researchers' data advance neurogenesis research

Neurology - Cerebral angiogenesis and circulation derive from separate factors during chronic cerebral hypoxia

Ophthalmology - Retrobulbar hemodynamics is affected by treatment with dorzolamide/timolol

Ophthalmology - Systemic safety profile of Macugen in macular degeneration maintained through trials

Pancreatic Cancer - Studies add new findings to pancreatic cancer body of knowledge

Personnel - American Society of Transplantation makes changes in its leadership structure

Personnel - Northfield Laboratories names Alan L. Heller to its board of directors

Priapism - Superselective transcatheter embolization called useful treatment of high-flow priapism

Progenitor Cells - Progenitor cell transplantation induces remyelination

Progenitor Cells - Progenitor cells recruited to tumor blood vessels from the bone marrow

Pulmonary Embolism - Pulmonary embolism is a rare cause of death in patients who died with cancer

Radiotherapy - Melatonin prevented UV therapy-induced apoptosis in U937 cell line

Sickle Cell Disease - BSIs in adults with SCD may be related to venous catheter use; close monitoring needed

Spinal Cord Injury - ESC-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells repair injured spinal cord

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Curettage and electrodesiccation proposed as therapies for squamous cell cancers

Stem Cell Research - Chronic myeloid leukemia remission involves functional hematopoietic progenitor cells

Stem Cell Research - Georgia Biomedical Partnership responds to Georgia Senate Bills 596 and 537

Stem Cell Research - Ischemia may resolve after alpha 4 integrin disruption

Stem Cell Research - Nonadherent cells of bone marrow culture are a complementary MSC source

Stem Cell Research - Number of patents may impede development of stem cell therapies

Stem Cell Research - Optimal conditions for chondroprogenitor cell expansion in monolayer cultures determined

Stem Cell Therapy - Embryonic stem cells recombined with DNA constructs corrects sickle cell mutation

Stem Cell Therapy - Stem cell transplantation may be used to treat traumatic brain injury

Stem Cell Transplantation - Cytomegalovirus disease risk factors after stem cell transplant identified

Stem Cell Transplantation - Long-term SC engraftment improved by cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p18(INK4C)

Stem Cell Transplantation - Stem cell transplantation studies for myocardial infarction treatment remain unclear

Tissue Engineering - Bone repair improved by collagen-based implants reinforced by chitin fibers

Tissue Engineering - ESC differentiate into hepatocytes in an alginate-PLL microencapsulation platform

Tissue Engineering - Mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis enhanced by coralline:chitosan scaffold

Tissue Engineering - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of tissue engineering

Tissue Regeneration - COX-2 inhibition attenuates BMP-6 synthesis and bone formation in tissue regeneration

Transplant Medicine - Attitudes toward xenotransplantation evaluated among health professionals

Transplant Medicine - Researchers' findings advance transplant medicine research

Transplant Medicine - Studies add new findings to transplant medicine body of knowledge

Transplantation Biology - Interleukin-12 regulates B cell and T cell mediated xenogeneic transplant rejection

Type 2 Diabetes - New type 2 diabetes candidate marker for progression of microvascular disease discovered

Tyrosinemia - Renal function in tyrosinemia type I after liver transplantation evaluated

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