Blood Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 25th, 2006
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Blood Banking - Whole-blood leukoreduction filters are a source for cryopreserved cells
Blood Banking - Whole-blood storage time affects the number of white cells and platelets
Cardiovascular Research - Simple formula predicts blood needs in heart surgery
Renal Regeneration - Intrarenal cells are the main source for renal regeneration
Stem Cell Transplantation - Early allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant beneficial in inherited disorders
Alzheimer Disease - Blood-derived microglia prevent or eliminate amyloid deposits in Alzheimer disease
Anemia - Seasonal childhood anemia in West Africa is associated with the haptoglobin 2-2 genotype
Angina - Refractory myocardial angina responds to percutaneous delivery of autologous bone marrow
Angiology - High glucose levels enhance platelet activation through multiple mechanisms
Angiology - Research from Greece, the United Kingdom and the United States add new data to angiology body of knowledge
Apoptosis - Studies from Scotland, the People's Republic of China and Japan describe new findings in apoptosis research
Artificial Liver - HepaLife's artificial liver cell research passes critical human plasma milestone
Atherosclerosis - Glucose control can reduce atherosclerosis risk in post-transplant diabetes mellitus
Atherosclerosis - Studies from the United Kingdom and United States advance knowledge in atherosclerosis research
Awards - HemoSense receives ABCO Fast Track - Vendor Award
Biomedical Engineering - Reports from Singapore, Italy and the United States describe recent advances in biomedical engineering research
Bone Marrow Cell Transfer - After acute MI, intracoronary bone marrow cell transfer improves diastolic function
Bone Marrow Cell Transfer - For severe chronic ischemic HF, cell therapy may improve cardiac deformation, mitral regurgitation
Brain Damage - G-CSF and SCF injection exacerbates excitotoxic brain injury in the newborn
Business Update - Karo Bio announces milestone payment from Wyeth for drug candidate to treat atherosclerosis
Business Update - Seattle Genetics, Laureate sign agreement to manufacture monoclonal antibody drug candidates
Cancer Gene Therapy - Mesenchymal progenitor cells deliver oncolytic adenoviruses
Cancer Therapy - Advanced cancer inpatients benefited from low molecular weight heparin
Cancer Therapy - Circulating endothelial and progenitor cells may function as biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapy
Cancer Therapy - Human leukemic cells are affected by a synthetic triterpenoid
Cancer Treatment - Data from Japan and the United States advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Data from the United States, Italy and Germany advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from Italy and Turkey publish new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment
Cardiology - ADAMTS13 metalloprotease displays systemic antithrombotic effects
Cardiology - Heart valve recellularization can be compromised
Cell Biology - Data from the NORTH Ireland, Netherlands and Japan advance knowledge in cell biology research
Cell Biology - Studies from the United States, Germany and United Kingdom advance knowledge in cell biology research
Chemotherapy Adverse Reaction - Etoposide induces chromosomal abnormalities in spermatocytes and stem cell spermatogonia
Chlamydia Pneumoniae - Diabetes development promotes Chlamydia pneumoniae dissemination from lung to peripheral blood
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - New chronic myeloid leukemia staging system proposed
Clinical Trials - Lipid Sciences gets approval from MedStar IRB to begin human trial of delipidation system
Collaborations - Dade Behring grants rights to American Diagnostica for use of factor VII-activating protease
Colon Cancer - Reports from Israel, the United States and Finland add new data to colon cancer research
Cord Blood - Studies from the United States and Japan describe new findings in cord blood research
Diabetes & Immunology - CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells inhibit islet immune response and promote islet engraftment
Diabetes Complications - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection enhanced inflammation and coagulation
Diabetes Therapy - Farnesoid X receptor activation improves lipid metabolism in combined hyperlipidemic hamsters
Diabetes Therapy - Pancreas versus islet transplantation in diabetes mellitus compared
Disease - Findings from the United States and Denmark advance knowledge in disease research
Disease Associations - For cardiovascular and kidney disease, treatment benefit of erythropoietin remains uncertain
Drug Development - Novartis' NDA for high blood pressure treatment accepted for review by U.S. FDA
Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cell LRH-1 expression directed by mlrh-1 variant and promoter
Epstein-Barr Virus & Nephropathy - Systemic Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with membranous nephropathy in children
Facilities - Tianjin development area opens first Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Bank in China
Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer expression of hiwi gene linked to cell proliferation
Gastrointestinal Syndrome - Selective irradiation of vascular endothelium has no effect on intestinal crypt SC survival
Genetics & Genomics - NANOGP8 is a retrogene expressed in cancers
Genetics & Genomics - Osteoblast gene expression is modulated by a thrombin-coated biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic
HIV/AIDS Cognition - Caudate blood flow and volume reduced in neurocognitively impaired HIV/AIDS patients
HIV/AIDS Research - Liver transplants can be successful in HIV patients with Hepatitis B
Hair Studies - Wnt-10b secreted from lymphocytes promotes skin epithelial cell differentiation
Hematology - After cardiac surgery, hemostasis impaired by gelatin and hydroxyethyl starch, but not albumin
Hematology - Antiplatelet plus moderate intensity anticoagulant therapy effective in mitral stenosis patients
Hematology - Excessive bleeding in cardiac surgery associated with a doubled risk for excessive bleeding in second surgery
Hematology - Long-term anticoagulant therapy in patients with coronary artery disease reviewed
Hematology - New bleeding risk scheme, HEMORR2 HAGES, quantifies hemorrhage risk in antithrombotic therapy
Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B virus is treatable prophylactically after liver transplantation
Hepatitis C Virus - Findings from Israel, Italy and Spain in hepatitis C virus provide new insights
Hepatitis C Virus - HCV in hemodialysis patients is linked to decreased plasma oxidative load
Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus infection influences glomerulonephritis in renal allografts
Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors identified
Hepatitis C Virus - Research from Canada and Japan in hepatitis C virus provides new insights
Imaging - Neovascularities photoacoustically monitored in grafted skin
Imaging - Research from Germany, Australia and Italy add new data to imaging body of knowledge
Immunotherapy - HSP72 surface expression facilitates gamma delta T cell-mediated killing
Infant Leukemia - Low-dose etoposide induces mixed lineage leukemia rearrangement in fetal stem cells
Leukemia - Drug-resistant leukemia treated with 3'-azido disaccharide analogues of daunorubicin
Leukemia - Leukemia initial response to chemotherapy predicted event-free survival
Leukemia - Leukemia might be associated with low p53 expression
Leukemia - Leukemia poor prognosis linked to decreased ASPP1 gene promoter expression
Leukemia - Leukemia was treated by cytarabine in combination with 7-hydroxystaurosporine
Leukemia - Link between leukemia risk and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase examined
Leukemia - New data from Japan, Scotland and Italy lluminates research in leukemia
Leukemia - Recent findings in leukemia described by researchers from Japan and the United States
Leukemia - Recent studies from the United Kingdom, United States and Greece add new data to leukemia research
Leukemia - Research from the United States and France in leukemia provides new insights
Leukemia - Researchers from Italy and Japan report details of new studies and findings in the area of leukemia
Leukemia - Researchers from the United States and Italy detail new studies and findings in the area of leukemia
Leukemia - Researchers' findings from Germany, the United States and Taiwan advance leukemia research
Leukemia - Studies from Germany, the United States and India add new findings to leukemia body of knowledge
Lipids - Reports from Japan, Lebanon and Italy describe recent advances in lipids research
Liver Cancer - Research from the United States and Germany in liver cancer provides new insights
Liver Disease - Hepatitis B- and C-related liver cirrhosis may involve similar roles for oval cells
Lung Cancer - Reduced lung cancer survival linked to increased pre-operative erythropoietin concentration
Lymphoma - Cutaneous T cell lymphoma progression linked to skin-derived interleukin-7
Melanoma Vaccine - Stage IV melanoma survival improved by metastatic disease resection plus peptide vaccine
Mergers & Acquisitions - Wyndgate Technologies sells electronic blood bank system to St. John's Medical Center
Myocardial Infarction - During acute phase of MI, markers of thrombin generation transiently increase in patients with VF
Neurogenesis - Retinoic acid required early during adult neurogenesis in dentate gyrus
Neurology - New data from the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden lluminates research in neurology
Neurology - Research from the United States and Portugal in neurology provides new insights
Oncology - Findings from Germany, the South Korea and Cyprus describe new data in oncology research
Oncology - Research from Japan and Mexico in oncology provides new insights
Ophthalmology - Researchers from Spain, the United States and Israel report details of new studies and findings in the area of ophthalmology
Organ Transplant - Prograf now approved for prophylaxis use in heart transplantation across Europe
Patents - Rockwell Medical receives European patent for proprietary iron-delivery technology
Platelet Aggregation - Inspire begins phase II clinical trial of platelet aggregation inhibitor
Prion Research - Cultured neurospheres expressing cellular prion protein can be infected with prions
Product Licensing - Health Canada issues license to market handheld autologous thrombin processing device
Product Licensing - Primagen expands into cardiovascular field with CD133 diagnostic biomarker technology license
Pulmonary Hypertension - Predix completes PRX-08066 phase Ib trial for pulmonary hypertension
Spinal Cord Injury - Delayed adult neural precursor cell transplant promotes remyelination after spine injury
Statins - In CAD, postprandial pro-inflammatory, pro-coagulant changes can be modified by rosuvastatin
Stem Cell Research - Neural-like stem cells depend on previous long-term culture conditions
Stem Cell Research - Stem cell leukemia expressed in bone primordia during embryonic development
Stem Cell Research - Transcription factor MEF/ELF4 regulates quiescence of primitive hematopoietic cells
Stem Cell Research - Trophoblast stem cell survival controlled by Shp2/SFK/Ras/Erk signaling pathway
Stem Cell Transplantation - IL-6/soluble IL-6 receptor fusion protein increases ESC-derived oligodendrocyte myelination
Stem Cell Transplantation - Skeletal myoblast transplantation in MI patients improves myocardial function, viability, perfusion
Surgical Technology - Enrollment completed for trial of embolic protection system in carotid stenting procedures
Surgical Technology - U.S. FDA grants 510(k) clearance for Kensey Nash's thrombectomy catheter system
Tissue Engineering - Collagen matrices support chondrogenic differentiation
Tissue Engineering - Matrix-guided mesenchymal stem cells attracted to cartilage defect
Tissue Engineering - Mesenchymal type cells in dental papilla expanded/utilized for bone tissue engineering
Tissue Engineering - Viable pulmonary arteries engineered for surgical correction of congenital heart defects
Transplant Medicine - Late allograft failure could be caused by cumulative damage to the kidney
Transplant Medicine - Primary pediatric heart transplantation costs within accepted range of cost-effectiveness
Transplant Medicine - Submandibular gland allotransplantation is accomplished in a miniature swine model
Transplantation Biology - Renal allograft avascular osteonecrosis involves multiple factors
Transplantation Biology - Risk factors identified for diabetes mellitus in renal transplant recipients
Transplants - Recent studies from Turkey, Germany and Japan add new data to transplants research
Transplants - Reports from Japan, Sweden and Brazil add new data to transplants research
Transplants - Researchers from the United States describe findings in transplants studies
Transplants - Researchers' data from Germany, Iran and the United States advance transplants research
Transplants - Researchers' work from the United States and Spain adds to transplants body of knowledge
Transplants - Studies from France, Germany and the United States describe new findings in transplants research
Umbilical Cord Blood - Umbilical cord blood-related CD34+ cell levels variable when determined by flow cytometry
Virology - Dengue virus resistance engineered in genetically modified Aedes aegypti
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