Blood Weekly

Angiology - Endothelial cell progenitors display differential healing activities

Blood Safety - West Nile virus targets monocytes-macrophages after blood transfusion

Tissue Engineering - Decellularized heart valve matrix attracts inflammatory cells and induces platelet activation

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation - Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder occurs early after UCBT in children

West Nile Virus - West Nile virus blood donor screening can be used to monitor seasonal incidence

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Myeloid HSCs with minimal lymphopoietic potential may be AML transformation site

Adverse Drug Reaction - Children with cancer experienced decrease in motor performance, independent of vincristine

Angiology - Lymphangiogenesis occurs with hemangiogenesis via vascular splitting

Angiology - Researchers from Finland, the United Kingdom and Germany detail new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Aplastic Anemia - Early marrow-transplant referral encouraged for those failing immunosuppressive therapy

Apoptosis - Cancer apoptosis induced by novel microbial fermentation product

Biliary Cancer - Biliary cancer could be treated by portal vein embolization before extended hepatectomy

Bioethics - Ethical implications of extracorporeal interval support for organ retrieval are considered

Biomedical Engineering - Findings from Japan and the United Kingdom describe new data in biomedical engineering research

Biomedical Engineering - New findings from Canada, the Republic of Korea and the United States in the area of biomedical engineering described

Biomedical Engineering - New findings in biomedical engineering described from the United States

Biotechnology - Georgia Biomedical Partnership president responds to governor

Blood Banks - Findings from the United States in blood banks provide new insights

Business & Finance - Cord Blood America reports 51% increase in revenues in 2005, gross profit up 48%

Cancer Treatment - Researchers from Switzerland, Poland and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

Cancer Treatment - Researchers' findings from Germany, Taiwan and the United States advance cancer treatment research

Carcinogenesis - Salvianolic acid B inhibited malignant transformation of oral premalignant lesions

Cardiology - Data from Italy, Israel and Norway advance knowledge in cardiology research

Cardiology - Periprocedural anticoagulation recommendations for mechanical heart valves is discordant with ACC/AHA guidelines

Cardiology - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, France and United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

Cardiovascular Research - Study finds that seeing plaque buildup prompts patients to comply with medications

Cell Biology - Findings from Sweden, Poland and the United States advance knowledge in cell biology research

Cell Biology - Recent findings from Finland, Turkey and the United States illuminate research in cell biology

Cell Biology - Reports from the United States advance knowledge in cell biology research

Cell Biology - Research from Belgium, the South Korea and the People's Republic of China add new data to cell biology body of knowledge

Cell Biology - Researchers' work from the United States adds to cell biology body of knowledge

Cell Differentiation - Osteoblast differentiation is inhibited by lymphocyte enhancer-binding factor 1 (Lef1)

Childhood Cancer - Risk of cancer in twins studied

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Chronic myeloid leukemia imatinib treatment enhanced by valproate

Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer linked to venous thromboembolism

Dengue Fever - Researchers from the United States and India describe findings in dengue fever studies

Diabetes - Recent studies from Switzerland and Japan add new data to diabetes research

Diabetes - Reports from Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany add new data to diabetes research

Dialysis - Late referral to pediatric nephrologist associated with poorer clinical/metabolic status

Dialysis - Serum and RBC folate levels appear to indicate iron response in hemodialysis patients

Disease Associations - Trousseau syndrome associated with cholangiocarcinoma regressed by anticoagulant therapy

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Chromosomal integrity maintained in embryonic stem cell lines after prolonged culture

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells directed to form subtypes of neurons with specific phenotypes

Emergency Medicine - Extracorporeal life support may improve outcome in acute myocardial infarction complicated by refractory shock

Environmental - Recent findings from the United States and Denmark illuminate research in environmental

Environmental Health - Incidence of malignancies increased in Sweden after the Chernobyl accident

Environmental Toxins - Neural stem cells highly susceptible to methylmercury toxicity

Epstein-Barr Virus - Nanogen expands real-time portfolio with release of product for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus

Facilities - Governor Rendell announces bioscience company to locate headquarters in Montgomery County

Gene Research - Gene variant protects against type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and hypertriglyceridemia

Genetics & Genomics - Transgenomic team contributes to study linking stem cell mutation to blood disorder

HIV Genetics - HIV envelopes induce distinct gene expression profiles in blood mononuclear cells

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States and India provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS HAART Drug Resistance - HAART drug resistance and HIV clade distributions analyzed among blood donors in Brazil

Heart Disease - Advanced heart disease is treatable using bone marrow cell transplantation

Heart Failure - Low-dose G-CSF mobilizes HSCs and increases IL-10 in advanced heart failure

Hematology - Inflammatory response is not attenuated by phosphorylcholine coating of bypass systems

Hematology - Patients with ventricular fibrillation show enhanced expression of platelet CD40-ligand

Hematology - Prothrombinase functioning involves hirudin-like factor Va heavy chain sequences

Hematology - Researchers from the United States and Japan publish new studies and findings in the area of hematology

Hepatic Artery Stenosis - Hepatic artery stenting is viable for hepatic artery stenosis with reasonable results

Hepatitis B Virus - Findings from the People's Republic of China, United States and South Korea advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

Hepatitis B Virus - New findings in hepatitis B virus described from Spain and the People's Republic of China

Hepatitis C Therapy - Data highlight anti-HCV activity of investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor VX-950

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV recurrence after liver transplantation is affected by donor-recipient mismatch

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus immune evasion target proposed

Hepatitis Reactivation - Hepatitis B virus reactivation might be affected by hepatitis C following renal transplantation

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Reports from Japan add new data to hepatocellular carcinoma research

Imaging - Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography is powerful tool for high-risk plaque identification

Information Technology - 5D Information to market new blood collection software systems

Ischemia - Ischemia is followed by angiogenic recruitment of pericytes from bone marrow

Ischemia - Researchers from Italy and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of ischemia