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Blood Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 28th, 2006

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Blood Banking - Pall EBDS system detects bacteria in red blood cells

Blood Banking - Platelet binding and phagocytosis by macrophages is reduced using metabolic arrest

Blood Banking - Several factors affect bone marrow volume reduction and red blood cell depletion prior to transplant

Blood Transfusion - Efficacy of shipped HLA-matched platelets is reported

Leukapheresis - Leukapheresis under anesthesia safe and feasible in very low-weight noncompliant children

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Leukemia linked to expression of B cell-specific activator protein

Allergy & Immunology - Mast cell activation requires phospholipase activator protein function

Amphotericin B Toxicity - Amphotericin B-related nephrotoxicity increases hospital stay in immunocompromised patients

Angiology - Indwelling central venous catheter-related sheaths are studied

Antibacterial Agents - Kane Biotech identifies lead candidate for coating central venous catheters

Apoptosis - Lymphocyte apoptosis increases in autoreactive B-cell activation

Artificial Liver Support - Plasma exchange-based plasma recycling dialysis system developed for artificial liver support

Blood Safety - Stanford Blood Center testing all donated blood for West Nile virus

Blood Separation - COBE Spectra Version 6 cell separator faster with better yield

Business Update - Cerus' Intercept pathogen inactivation system featured at blood transfusion conference

Business Update - Compound Solutions announces CoQ10 agreement with premier manufacturer in China

Business Update - Daxor announces agreement with Christiana Care Health System of Newark, Delaware

Business Update - MolecularMD signs agreement to support phase 2 trial of vaccine in chronic myeloid leukemia

Business Update - Nabi acquires rights to use Prometic's plasma extraction technology in hyperimmune products

Cancer Gene Therapy - Allogeneic T cell receptor gene transfer targets self-antigens

Cancer Gene Therapy - DNA methyltransferase gene transcription induced in malignant T lymphocytes

Cancer Research - Researchers decode the instructions that tell cells how to become blood

Carcinogenesis - Neoplastic risk not necessarily linked to vesical leukoplakia

Cardiology - Cardiac device infection diagnosis and management are reviewed

Cardiology - Papillary fibroelastoma case report and literature review are presented

Cardiovascular Disease - PAD diagnosed with duplex ultrasonography or contrast-enhanced MR angiography is compared

Chemotherapy - Alpha-tocopherol succinate proposed as adjunct in cancer chemotherapy

Cloning - Irreversible epigenetic events begin to occur at four-cell stage of cloned embryo

Collaborations - MedImmune and Infinity announce cancer drug-development and commercialization agreement

Cord Blood Transplantation - Two-units cord blood transplantation safe and effective with good engraftment potential

Critical Care Medicine - Septic shock neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions are influenced by heparin

DNA Research - DNA microarray analysis detects mutations in hemophilia A

Diabetes Complications - Cerebral hyperemia and impaired cerebral autoregulation are related to diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Degree of microalbuminuria is a determinant of erythropoietin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes Pathogenesis - In nonobese type 2 diabetics TAFI and PAI-1 correlate differently with metabolic factors

Diabetes Therapy - Antidiabetic drug exposure alters cellular Ca and Mg content in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Drug Development - 13-amino costunolide derivatives synthesized and evaluated as anticancer agents

Drug Development - 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine-1,4-dioxide derivatives synthesized and examined for cytotoxic activity

Drug Development - Cantharidin analogue CAN 032 provided new direction for novel anticancer drug discovery

Embryogenesis - Human embryonic stem cells are a powerful tool for studying human embryogenesis

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Nanog binds to Smad1 and blocks BMP-induced embryonic stem cell differentiation

Enzymology - Leukocyte-derived inducible nitric oxide synthase mediates postoperative ileus

Hematology - Newly diagnosed beta-thalassemia cases in Lebanon are decreasing in number

Hematology - Platelet counts in cyanotic congenital heart disease represent a continuum

Hematology - Postoperative myocardial damage is linked to thrombin generation during reperfusion

Hematology - Procoagulant response in Alzheimer caregivers is predicted by dementia severity of care receiver

Hematology - Recovery from anemia after cardiac surgery is slowed by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

Hematopoiesis - c-Myb overexpression increases frequency of hemogenic precursors in endothelial cell population

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B vaccination can be inadequate among transplant surgeons

Legal Issues - Federal Court temporarily prohibits Laddcap from taking action on consents

Leukemia - Acute myeloid leukemia outcome and classification predicted by gene expression profiling

Leukemia - Childhood T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with high expression of Delta TA-p73

Leukemia - HOX-induced acute myeloid leukemia treated by specific Flt3 inhibitors

Leukemia - Leukemia in infants prognosticated by MLL/11q23 rearrangement, CD10 expression, and age

Leukemia - Leukemia linked to gain-of-function mutations of nucleophosmin

Leukemia - Leukemia molecular response evaluated more accurately with real-time RT-PCR than regular RT-PCR

Leukemia - Leukemia remission rates increased after induction therapy of homoharringtonine with cytarabine and aclarubicin

Leukemia - Leukemia treated by cyclophosphamide plus mitoxantrone more effectively than cladribine

Leukemia - Leukemia, refractory to imatinib mesylate, treated with AMN107 and LBH589

Leukemia - Leukemias caused by BCR/ABL find new hope in novel therapies that target Rap1

Leukemia - Leukemogenesis linked to JAK3 mutations, which could be detected by proteomics approaches

Leukemia - T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia downstream regulatory networks clarified

Liver Disease - Cirrhotic liver is ablated with transarterial lipiodol-ethanol mixture

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer severe adverse events predicted by pretreatment factors

Lymphoma - Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphomas are associated with expression of CXCL13

Lymphoma - Lymphoma poor outcome linked to loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 6q14-q24

Malaria - Malaria rapid diagnostic test use is studied and a protocol is developed

Mergers & Acquisitions - FoxHollow Technologies announces agreement to acquire Kerberos Proximal Solutions

Myeloma - Multiple myeloma chemoresistance may be overcome by bortezomib

Myeloma - Multiple myelomas acquired resistance to activated protein C increased venous thromboembolism risk

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients who develop rash might indicate better response to bortezomib

Occupational Exposure - Radiologist and assistant are at risk of developing fatal cancers if they perform TACE intensively

Personnel - American Society of Transplantation announces elected 2006-2007 board of directors

Personnel - D-Finitive Technologies names chief scientific officer

Proteomics - Regulation of fetal hemoglobin production involves specific protein

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Renal cell carcinoma screening in dialysis patients recommended

Spermatogenesis - Spermatogonial stem cell line established from embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Mobilization - Premobilization therapy CD34+ cell count predicts likelihood of successful stem cell mobilization

Stem Cell Research - BMI-1 protein expressed in stem cells and gastrointestinal tract tumors

Stem Cell Research - Cell-penetrating peptide are a vector for tracking mesenchymal stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Dopaminergic neurons rapidly and efficiently differentiated from embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Endothelial progenitor cells from bone marrow are detected by nitric oxide synthase

Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic CD45+ cells enhance chondrogenic marker gene expression in marrow stromal cells

Stem Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells mobilized into bloodstream after skeletal muscle tissue damage

Stem Cell Research - Neural stem cell conditioned media induces embryonic stem cell neural differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Polyclonal long-term MFGS-gp91phox marking in rhesus macaques is evaluated

Stem Cell Research - Purification of fetal liver hematopoietic stem cells enhanced using SLAM family receptors

Stem Cell Transplantation - Cell-mediated allogeneic stem cell reconstitution critically dependent on FcR gamma expression

Stem Cell Transplantation - Invasive fungal infections are cause of morbidity and mortality in stem cell transplantation

Stem Cell Transplantation - Positive scan after salvage chemotherapy linked with poor response after stem cell transplant

Stem Cell Transplantation - Preoperative low-dose irradiation promotes long-term allograft acceptance

Stem Cell Transplantation - Stem cell transplant recipients may frequently develop asymptomatic human metapneumovirus infection

Stem Cell Transplantation - Structural and functional ciliary abnormalities common in stem cell transplantation recipients

Stem Cell Transplantation - Treatment-related mortality substantial during stem cell transplant for systemic AL amyloidosis

Tissue Engineering - 3D silk fibroin-based nonwoven scaffolds support long-term keratinocyte and fibroblast growth

Tissue Engineering - Scaffold-free porcine cartilage construct developed for cartilage defect repair

Tuberculosis - Peripheral blood white cell counts at diagnosis may help predict TB treatment response

Umbilical Cord Blood - Expanded umbilical cord blood Treg cells resistant to immune suppressive agents

Angiology - Studies from Sweden and Japan describe new findings in angiology research

Apoptosis - Findings from the United States and United Kingdom describe new data in apoptosis research

Biomedical Engineering - Researchers from the United States and France describe findings in biomedical engineering studies

Biomedical Engineering - Studies from the People's Republic of China and United States add new findings to biomedical engineering body of knowledge

Bladder Cancer - Researchers from Japan, Canada and Spain report recent findings in bladder cancer

Blood Banks - Research from Brazil and the United States in blood banks provides new insights

Cancer Treatment - Researchers from the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

Cardiology - Studies from the United States, CH-1211 Geneva 14 and United Kingdom add new findings to cardiology body of knowledge

Cell Biology - New findings from Italy, Germany and the United States in the area of cell biology described

Cell Biology - Recent studies from France, Israel and the United States add new data to cell biology research

Cell Biology - Reports from Scotland, the United States and Japan add new data to cell biology research

Cell Biology - Research from the United States, Germany and United Kingdom add new data to cell biology body of knowledge

Cell Biology - Research from the United States, United Kingdom and Iran in cell biology provides new insights

Cell Biology - Researchers from the United States and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of cell biology

Cord Blood - Researchers from Japan, Australia and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of cord blood

Diagnostics - Data from the United States and Hungary advance knowledge in diagnostics research

Diagnostics - Studies from Israel, Taiwan and France add new findings to diagnostics body of knowledge

Genetics - Research from Japan, the United States and Brazil add new data to genetics body of knowledge

Helicobacter - Research from Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in helicobacter provides new insights

Hepatitis C Virus - Findings from the United Kingdom and Italy in hepatitis C virus provide new insights

Hepatitis C Virus - Researchers from the United States and Denmark publish new studies and findings in the area of hepatitis C virus

Ischemia - New findings from South Korea, United Kingdom and Canada in the area of ischemia detailed

Leukemia - New data from the United States and Italy lluminates research in leukemia

Leukemia - New findings from Italy, Spain and the United States in the area of leukemia described

Leukemia - Reports from Italy, Netherlands and the United States add new data to leukemia research

Leukemia - Reports from the United States and Switzerland advance knowledge in leukemia research

Leukemia - Researchers from Japan, the United States and Spain report recent findings in leukemia

Leukemia - Researchers' findings from the United States and Australia advance leukemia research

Leukemia - Studies from the United States, Japan and United Kingdom advance knowledge in leukemia research

Neurology - Reports from the United States and Japan add new data to neurology research

Oncology - Recent findings in oncology described by researchers from Japan and the United States

RNA - Researchers from the United Kingdom and United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of RNA

Surgery - Recent findings from Taiwan, the United States and Japan illuminate research in surgery

Surgery - Researchers from the United States, India and Poland detail new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Transplants - Data from France, Germany and Denmark advance knowledge in transplants research

Transplants - Recent studies from France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom add new data to transplants research

Transplants - Research from the United States and Turkey in transplants provides new insights

Transplants - Researchers from Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom report details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Transplants - Studies from Spain, Japan and the United Kingdom describe new findings in transplants research

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