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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