Blood Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 29th, 2006
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Blood Banking - Economies of scale in blood banking determined
Blood Transfusion - High-throughput method for blood donor antigen profiling has been developed
Blood Transfusion - HLA antibody screening is recommended in patients with RBC alloantibodies before transfusion
Tissue Engineering - Composite scaffolds developed for vascular tissue engineering
Vascular Graft - Vascular graft healing dependent on fluid dynamics in artery-graft-artery construct
Acute Radiation Sickness - ImmuneRegen and ORNL announce initial results from Radilex testing
Amyloidosis - Hereditary systemic amyloidosis amyloidogenic transthyretin can be selectively suppressed
Angiology - Angiogenic growth proceeds without marrow cell incorporation after VEGF stimulation
Angiology - Neovascular response to ischemia is specific to cell type
Apoptosis - CREB prevented apoptosis triggered by Bax
Apoptosis - Erythropoietin is unlikely to disrupt effectiveness of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs
Artificial Liver Support - Cell-free artificial liver support trial guidelines minimize systematic errors
Artificial Liver Support - Extracorporeal liver support device is a therapeutic option in artificial liver support
Atherosclerosis - Cerebrovascular ischemic events are not commonly due to atherosclerotic aortic emboli
Bacteriology - Lethality of Gram-positive bacterial hemolysins depends on cytolytic activity
Bioartificial Liver - Optimal bioartificial liver system still under development
Blood Banking - A human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) antibody-testing program is evaluated
Blood Safety - Nucleic acid amplification test results are integrated into hepatitis C testing algorithms
Blood Vessel Regeneration - CD11(low) cells are a good source of cells for blood vessel regeneration
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Survival improved for children requiring intensive care after bone marrow transplant
Business Update - Clearant recaps new direct sales strategy announced at investor presentation
Business Update - Clinical data on Pharmion's marketed and pipeline products presented at ASCO annual meeting
Business Update - Cord Blood America CEO plans to be extremely aggressive in acquisitions, asset purchases
Business Update - Daxor announces South Carolina hospital purchases Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100
Cardiac Regeneration - Integrative studies are needed to achieve full potential of cardiac regeneration
Cardiology - A tiny centrifugal blood pump is developed for use in pediatric patients
Cardiology - A ventricular assist device with full magnetic suspension of the rotor has been developed
Cardiology - Axial flow blood pump design may provide better pumping efficiency
Cardiology - Blood pump-associated hemolysis is a result of surface-caused shear stress
Cardiology - Centrifugal blood pump components are not the source of released particles
Cardiology - Endotoxemic inflammatory pathways are not influenced by dobutamine
Cardiology - Left ventricular assist device-associated implantable electronic unit is developed
Cardiology - LVAD axial flow prototype with optimization of the magnetic suspension is designed
Cardiology - Neurally mediated syncope therapy can be based on diagnostic implantable loop recorders
Cardiology - Pacing and ICD leads successfully extracted using an excimer laser-assisted technique
Cardiology - Prepump administration of urinary trypsin inhibitor attenuates interleukin increases
Cardiology - Sedation prior to coronary interventions may reduce myocardial damage
Cell Therapy - Local platelet-rich plasma administration may stimulate intervertebral disc repair
Cell Therapy - Postinfarct cytokine therapy regenerates cardiac tissue and improves LV function
Clinical Trials - Clot permeability, fibrinolysis are enhanced by statins, fenofibrate, and quinapril
Colon Cancer - Colonoscopy negative results more likely in individuals taking anticoagulant medications
Cord Blood - ViaCell, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute expand sibling cord blood donor program
Critical Care Medicine - Intensive care infants should receive extracorporeal oxygenation with conversion to a VAD
Diabetes Complications - Diabetes impairs the ability of transplanted cells to stimulate angiogenesis in ischemic limbs
Diagnostics - CD38 expression correlates with cell mutation status in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Disease Associations - Second primary cancer risk in patients who have had transplants was not substantiated
Embryogenesis - Gonadotropins affect Oct-4 gene expression during mouse oocyte growth
Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells are sensitive to cytotoxic effects of the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide
Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Human embryonic stem cells propagated on immortalized drug-resistant cell line
Facilities - Enpath Medical plans facility consolidation
Finance - Endologix announces $20.0 million direct equity placement
Finance - Gentium raises $22.1 million in private offering to support pipeline development
Food Allergies - Case studies suggest direct relationship between tacrolimus, development of food allergy
Genetics & Genomics - Atypical myeloproliferative disease involves plasminogen activator inhibitor
Genetics & Genomics - Patients can have monoclonal gammopathies and hereditary amyloid proteins
Graft-versus-Host Disease - CCL27/CTACK-CCR10 interaction recruits CD4 cells to skin in graft-versus-host disease
Graft-versus-Host Disease - Response favorable for extracorporeal photopheresis in children with GVHD
HIV/AIDS - Chembio participates in United Nations' High-Level Meetings on AIDS
Heart Failure - Cardiac resynchronization therapy effects in chronic heart failure are discussed
Heart Transplantation - Artificial heart malfunction may be detected with an automatic diagnosis system
Heart Transplantation - Blood pump leakage flow rate associated with surface roughness and gap clearance
Heart Transplantation - Centrifugal rotary blood pump can detect left ventricular function
Hematology - ADAMTS-13 plasma level reveals antigen absence in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Hematology - Bivalirudin anticoagulation is monitored by Thrombelastograph ecarin clotting time assay
Hematology - Cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with degradation of tissue factor pathway inhibitor
Hematology - Platelet angiostatin propels angiogenesis with the help of urokinase plasminogen activator
Hematology - Sm22.6 antigen inhibits human thrombin
Hematology - Thrombosis risk increase with age is linked to hemostatic and inflammatory variables
Hematopoietic Tumors - Hematopoietic tumor treatment should involve developing therapies that target HAUSP
Hemophilia - Developing strategies for worldwide hemophilia treatment are discussed
Hepatitis C Virus - HCV genotypic diversity does not influence assay sensitivity
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Vaccine - Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector immunogenic against HSV-2
Immunoregulation - Siglec-H functions as an endocytic receptor on dendritic cell precursors
Infection Management - Infection management is challenging in cancer and stem cell transplant patients
Infectious Diseases - Bacterial endotoxin inhibits the enzymatic activity of human thrombin
Intravenous Immune Globulin - Current usage of intravenous immune globulin is subject of review
Ischemia - Hypothermic protection against pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury depends on endothelial NOS
Leukemia - Leukemia cells harboring t(15;17) can have PU.1 expression restored by all-trans retinoic acid
Leukemia - Leukemia cells might be selectively inhibited by phenylhexyl isothiocyanate
Leukemia - Leukemia treated with bortezomib experienced enhanced cytotoxic effects of combination chemotherapy
Liver Failure - HepaLife achieves major cell biology objective in artificial liver device research
Lymphoma Complications - Autologous hematopoietic cell transplant mortality is not linked to BMI in lymphoma patients
Market Analysis - Increasing interest in cholesterol-lowering treatment drives phytosterol sales
Market Analysis - Report evaluates market opportunities stem cells present in biotechnology sector
Medical Devices - IRIS enters into contract with Mayo Foundation for iQ200 Systems
Medical Devices - U.S. Food and Drug Administration clears Boston Scientific system for removing clots from arteries
Mental Health - Telephone counseling improves quality of life for lung transplant hopefuls
Molecular Diagnostics - RAPD technique genotypes coagulase-negative staphylococci strains within 4 hours
Myeloma - Multiple myeloma treatment by osteoblast suppression described
Myocardial Infarction - Hearts with myocardial infarction may improve upon interleukin-8 stimulation of progenitor cells
Neonatology - Newborn screening can cause unnecessary parental stress
Obesity Complications - Obesity is a possible cause for reactive leukocytosis
Oncology - Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia responds to thalidomide in some patients
Organ Donation - Organ and tissue donor brochure addresses concerns among religious community
Patents - U.S. patent office rejects PharmaStem's claims
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - Data indicate a prospective randomized trial of high-dose tirofiban vs. abciximab is warranted
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration - Peripheral nerve regeneration presents a significant clinical challenge
Personnel - Dr. Gabor Rubanyi of Berlex Biosciences joins Cardium as chief scientific officer
Polycythemia Vera - HSC mutation in polycythemia vera predisposes toward erythroid differentiation
RNA Interference - Short hairpin RNAs delivered into mouse embryonic stem cells
Renal Transplantation - Plasma-cell enrichment indicates more adverse outcome in renal transplantation
Sepsis - Dopamine is capable of modulating cellular immune functions in a murine model of sepsis
Sepsis - Sepsis-related hormone resistance impairs cytokine and growth hormone signaling
Septicemia - Sedimentation characteristics of leukocytes can predict bacteremia
Sickle Cell Anemia - Equity and quality in sickle cell disease treatment are the focus of review
Sickle Cell Disease - Icagen initiates pediatric clinical development of ICA-17043 for sickle cell disease
Spermatogenesis - Irradiated testes efficiently support spermatogenesis derived from donor germ cells
Stem Cell Research - 473HD-chondroitinsulfate epitope is involved in neural precursor cell proliferation
Stem Cell Research - AAM3100 mobilizes hematopoietic stem cells with long-term repopulating capacity
Stem Cell Research - Alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive cells play role in cartilage development and maintenance
Stem Cell Research - Bone marrow-derived cells fuse with normal and transformed intestinal stem cells
Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic progenitor cell line displays differentiation potential
Stem Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation favors altered hypothalamic dopaminergic tone
Thalassemia Therapy - Deferasirox and deferiprone are useful for iron overload in thalassemia major
Tissue Donations - Professionals must ensure human tissues obtained from proper sources, says Science Care
Tissue Engineering - Accelerated biomimetic coprecipitation yields a bonelike apatite/collagen composite coating
Tissue Engineering - Cell-seeding into 3D porous scaffolds enhanced by use of magnetite nanoparticles
Tissue Engineering - Collagen-based scaffold reinforced by chitin fibers designed for bone tissue engineering
Tissue Engineering - Decellularization efficiency depends on tissue origin and method used
Tissue Engineering - Flat collagen and elastin scaffolds for tissue engineering prepared by freeze-drying
Tissue Engineering - Osteoblast differentiation and matrix mineralization regulated by transglutaminase activity
Tissue Engineering - Tissue engineering scaffolds mimic soft tissue mechanical anisotropy
Transplant Medicine - Fetal lung tissue might be an option for adult lung regeneration
Transplant Medicine - Rituximab is effective and safe in B-PTLD
Transplant Medicine - Urinary IP-10 expression after kidney transplant may be correlated with graft function
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia - BLyS inhibition has potential therapeutic potential in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Angiology - Reports from Poland, Japan and the United States describe recent advances in angiology research
Apoptosis - Findings from the People's Republic of China, United Kingdom and Greece in apoptosis provide new insights
Biomedical Engineering - Researchers from Finland and the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of biomedical engineering
Biomedical Engineering - Studies from France, the People's Republic of China and Japan describe new findings in biomedical engineering research
Blood Banks - Researchers from the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of blood banks
Cancer Treatment - Researchers' findings from the Czech Republic, Australia and United States advance cancer treatment research
Cardiology - Research from the United States add new data to cardiology body of knowledge
Cell Biology - Data from France and the United States advance knowledge in cell biology research
Cell Biology - Researchers from Sweden, Japan and Israel provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cell biology
Cell Biology - Researchers' findings from Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom advance cell biology research
Cell Biology - Studies from India, the South Korea and the United Kingdom advance knowledge in cell biology research
Cord Blood - Findings from the United States in cord blood provide new insights
Diabetes - New data from the United States and Turkey lluminates research in diabetes
Diabetes - Research from the United States and France add new data to diabetes body of knowledge
Genetics - Research from the United States add new data to genetics body of knowledge
HIV/AIDS - Reports from Brazil, Netherlands and France add new data to HIV/AIDS research
Heart Attack - New findings from the United States, United Kingdom and Greece in the area of heart attack described
Hematology - Researchers from Finland, Sweden and Germany describe findings in hematology studies
Hepatitis C Virus - Research from Israel and the United States in hepatitis C virus provides new insights
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Recent findings from the United States, Netherlands and People's Republic of China illuminate research in hepatocellular carcinoma
Leukemia - Findings from Norway, the United States and Germany describe new data in leukemia research
Leukemia - New findings in leukemia described from Spain, Switzerland and the United States
Leukemia - Reports from Italy and the United States describe recent advances in leukemia research
Leukemia - Researchers' data from the United States and Japan advance leukemia research
Lymphoma - New findings in lymphoma described from the United States and United Kingdom
Melanoma - Research from the United States and the Netherlands in melanoma provides new insights
Neurology - Reports from the United States and Israel describe recent advances in neurology research
Obesity - Research from Australia, France and the United States add new data to obesity body of knowledge
Obesity - Researchers from the United States and Australia describe findings in obesity studies
Transplants - Findings from Brazil, Turkey and Germany in transplants provide new insights
Transplants - Recent findings from the United States illuminate research in transplants
Transplants - Reports from Germany and the United States describe recent advances in transplants research
Transplants - Researchers from the United States, Japan and Belgium report details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants
Transplants - Researchers' work from Turkey, the the Netherlands and Denmark adds to transplants body of knowledge
Virology - Researchers from the United States report recent findings in virology
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