Blood Weekly

Leukemia - Response of leukemia to chemotherapy improved by administering cyclosporin-A

Leukemia - Wilms tumor 1 gene expression in human leukemic K562 cells inhibited by curcumin

Liver Transplantation - Liver transplantation use of tissue plasminogen activator is complicated by thrombosis

Marketing - Celebrity entrepreneur Farrah Gray signs on as spokesman for National Marrow Donor Program

Medical Devices - For Patients, Inc.'s CathSling has been approved for Medicare reimbursement

Medical Devices - St. Jude Medical launches vascular closure device for diagnostic, interventional procedures

Mergers & Acquisitions - Magistral Biotech sells its cholesterol-related assets to Diversified Natural Products, Inc.

Multiple Myeloma - Changes in multiple myeloma epidemiology in last 30 years reviewed

Myocardial Infarction - Cardiac tamponade occurs in <1% of patients with fibrinolytic-treated acute MI

Myocardial Ischemia - Stem cells mobilize after myocardial infarction when cell factor is added to treatment regimen

Neurogenesis - Neurotransmitters determine survival and differentiation of newly generated neurons

Neuroscience - Human neural progenitors deliver glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor

Nucleic Acid Preservation - Lyophilized viral DNA and RNA stable even after prolonged storage

Obesity Pathogenesis - Research in obesity pathogenesis provides new insights

Obesity Pathogenesis - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity pathogenesis

Oncology - Studies describe new findings in oncology research

Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer related to high risk of venous thrombosis after surgery

Penile Cancer - Penile metastasis from other malignancies reviewed

Personnel - Insulet Corp. names Ruthann DePietro vice president of quality and regulatory affairs

Platelet Aggregation - Immunoglobulin G plays a role in Streptococcus sanguis-induced platelet aggregation

Product Licensing - Genetic testing company Tm Bioscience acquires sepsis biomarkers from Sirius Genomics

Product Licensing - Orthovita enters license agreement with Angiotech for Vitagel surgical hemostat

Progenitor Cells - AKT induces erythroid-cell maturation of fetal liver progenitor cells

Proteomics - Findings describe new data in proteomics research

Psoriasis - Isotechnika announces preliminary data from phase III ISA247 psoriasis trial

Respiratory Medicine - Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease harbor excess endothelial progenitors

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Respiratory syncytial virus infects monocyte-derived dendritic cells

Rheumatoid Arthritis - In rheumatoid arthritis patients, preclinical atherosclerosis is prevalent

Solid Tumors - Outcome of solid tumors treated by bortezomib in combination with docetaxel assessed

Spermatogenesis - Spermatogonial stem cells undergo anchorage-independent self-renewal division in culture

Statins - Research add new data to statins body of knowledge

Stem Cell Research - Adult central nervous system stem cells express aquaporin channels

Stem Cell Research - Adult neural stem cell self-renewal suppressed by p53

Stem Cell Research - Aldagen's product used to isolate stem cells from cord blood

Stem Cell Research - Cerebellar neuron precursors generated from embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Clonal amniotic fluid-derived stem cells express MSC and NSC characteristics

Stem Cell Research - Expanded mesenchymal stem cells exhibit neuroepithelial or neural precursor cell markers

Stem Cell Research - Gata2 plus Sca1 expression defines hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow niche

Stem Cell Research - Genomic data can be used to improve outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants

Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic stem cells modeled for autologous transplantation

Stem Cell Research - Jagged1 enhances differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes

Stem Cell Research - La protein required for development and establishment of embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Muscle tissue formation from skeletal muscle stem cells is age dependent

Stem Cell Research - Notch, epidermal growth factor receptor and beta 1-integrin pathways coordinated in NSCs

Stem Cell Research - Progenitor cell differentiation is stimulated by thrombin and protease-activated receptor-1

Stem Cell Research - Skeletal muscle-derived progenitor cells exhibit neural competence

Stem Cell Research - Somatic cells reprogrammed by embryonic stem cell cytoplast

Stem Cell Research - Umbilical cord matrix cells have properties of primitive pluripotent stem cells

Stem Cell Transplantation - C-reactive protein release patterns after ASCT correlate with leukemic relapse

Stem Cell Transplantation - CMV reactivation after SCT associated with stronger humoral dominated immune response

Stem Cell Transplantation - Growth-chart-based evaluation stratifies children with inadequate growth after SCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - IL-7R alpha polymorphisms related to treatment-related mortality after SCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - Long-term donor health associated with recipient stem cell transplantation outcome

Stem Cell Transplantation - Researchers' work adds to stem cell transplantation body of knowledge

Tissue Engineering - Bilayered scaffold suitable for skin equivalent tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Biocompatible dural substitute replaces biological tissue without causing incompatibility

Tissue Engineering - Bone tumors were treated with tissue-engineered osteogenic ceramic implants

Tissue Engineering - Keratinocytes cultured without external supplements in conditioned media and feeder gel

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

Tissue Sterilization - Clearant announces pre-mixed radioprotectant solution for CLEARANT PROCESS tissue sterilization

Total Body Irradiation - Hematopoietic stem cell senescence selectively induced by total body irradiation

Transplant Medicine - Positive results reported in animal diabetes experiments of pancreatic xenotransplantation

Transplant Medicine - Tissue transplantation case could create donation backlash

Women’s Health - Women's health findings presented at national gynecologic conference