Blood Weekly

Blood Separation - Polyurethane foaming membranes recover CD34+ cells from peripheral blood

Nosocomial Infections - Thirty percent of nosocomial infections can be avoided

Sepsis - Role of protein C in sepsis clarified

Tissue Engineering - Osteogenic characteristics of platelet-enriched fibrin glue superior to platelet-rich plasma

Transfusion Medicine - G-CSF mobilized granulocyte transfusion feasible and safe in pediatric bacterial sepsis

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Acute myeloid leukemia-associated MLL partial tandem duplications persist lifelong

Adipose Tissue - Osteogenic induction of human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells achieved

Aneurysm Therapy - Neurosurgeon reports benefits of InnerCool system in inducing hypothermia during aneurysm surgery

Angiology - Acute stent thrombosis risk factors are determined

Angiology - Inhibition of thrombin generation is reversed by a recombinant factor

Antibacterial Agents - Chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing reduces vascular and epidural catheter colonization

Antifungal Therapy - Published study finds Candida albicans rapid diagnostic text saves on antifungal therapy costs

Antifungal Therapy - U.S. FDA approves Schering-Plough's posaconazole for preventing invasive fungal infections

Aspergillosis - European Commission grants OMP designation to Nektar's Amphotericin B Inhalation Powder

Biofilms - Staphylococcal biofilm formation on indwelling catheters influenced by catheter lock solutions

Blood Disorders - New once-daily oral iron chelator treats iron overload

Blood Pressure - Systolic blood pressure may be related to decline in lower limb function in older adults

Breast Cancer - Atypical ductal hyperplastic tissues associated with invasive breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Breast progenitor epithelial cell line studies response to DNA damage

Breast Cancer - Breast stem cells protected from carcinogen-induced tumorigenic progression

Breast Cancer - German biotech AdnaGen reports on diagnostic blood test to detect breast cancer spread

Business & Finance - China Pharma Holdings provides preliminary 2007 outlook

Business & Finance - Life Therapeutics expects US$74.7-89.6 million in revenues for 2007 financial year

Business Update - Chromos and Y's Therapeutics sign cell line engineering contract

Business Update - Daxor announces significant blood volume data using BVA-100

Cancer Therapy - Hana provides Talvesta (talotrexin) for Injection update

Cancer Therapy - Tumor angiogenesis and proliferation is attenuated by tetrathiomolybdate analogue

Cardiology - Cardiac endothelial cells produce glia maturation factor-gamma during angiogenesis and inflammation

Cardiology - Women with atrial fibrillation were more prone to anticoagulant-related bleeding than men

Cardiovascular Research - National survey shows patients are unaware of serious heart risks of triglycerides

Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer oxygen tension inversely correlates with circulating endothelial progenitor cells

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Some adult chronic myeloid leukemia patients respond poorly to imatinib

Collaborations - Clavis Pharma and Mount Sinai School of Medicine collaborate on cancer drug development

Critical Care Medicine - Severely injured patients examined for toll-like receptor expression

Diabetes Research - Stanford discovery looks at relationship between calcineurin and diabetes

Diagnostics - HemoCue introduces the new point-of-care blood glucose test system

Diagnostics - Magellan Biosciences subsidiary granted U.S. FDA CLIA waiver for blood-lead testing system

Down Syndrome - Down syndrome diagnosed in newborn with leukemia

Drug Development - Calpain proposed as novel target for cancer therapy

Drug Development - Critical Therapeutics announces results of CTI-01 Phase II trial

Drug Research - Vasopressin and related V_1a and V₂ receptor agonists may treat hypertension or diabetes

Drug Resistance - KT-5720 could reverse multidrug resistance in hematological malignancies

Embryogenesis - Ethanol exposure during embryogenesis affects the generation of neurons and astrocytes

Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells injected into amniotic cavity enhance reclosure of open neural tube defect

Facilities - Memorial Blood Centers opens new $10 million central donor center in Minnesota

Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer biomarkers may be identified by proteome analysis

Genetics & Genomics - Ryanodine receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with cardiomyopathy

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Graft-versus-host disease is a major determinant of long-term quality of life of survivors

Hematology - Cancers linked to increased numbers of regulatory T cells

Kidney Transplantation - Chronic transplant dysfunction is linked to advanced glycation end-product accumulation

Kidney Transplantation - Surgical marsupialization is the preferred primary treatment for lymphocele

Leukapheresis - Low doses of GM-CSF and G-CSF after cyclophosphamide enhance progenitor cell harvest

Leukemia - Aptamers evolved from live cells are effective as molecular probes for cancer study

Leukemia - IgV(H)3-72 B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients linked to good prognosis

Leukemia - Leukemia linked to abnormal expression of programmed cell death 5 gene

Leukemia - Leukemia pathogenesis linked to c-Abl overexpression

Leukemia - Leukemia patients were recommended daily dose of 5 mg/m²day of semisynthetic homoharringtonine

Leukemia - Leukemia patients' illness perception, lay theories, and coping strategies analyzed

Leukemia - Leukemia prognosticated by expression of myeloperoxidase gene

Leukemia - Leukemia risk in Hong Kong Chinese linked to human leukocyte antigen

Licensing Agreements - Cell Therapeutics announces licensing agreement with Novartis for Xyotax in treating NSCLC

Medical Devices - All intravascular devices pose a risk of bloodstream infection to patients

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA clears Spire's nanocrystalline, silver coated dialysis catheters for market

Melanoma - Melanoma cell survival promoted by erythropoietin via phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway

Multiple Sclerosis - U.S. FDA gives fast track status to Serono's oral cladribine for treating multiple sclerosis

Myeloid Leukemia - Myeloid leukemia cell line with MLL-ENL fusion gene established

Myocardial Infarction - Myocardial infarction tissues yield angiogenic growth following scaffold grafting

Myocardial Ischemia Treatment - Hemoglobin oxygen carrier preserves regional myocardial function after myocardial ischemia

Obesity Therapy - Blood pressure, blood glucose, and obesity are lowered by brisk walking

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria - Monoclonal antibody drug eculizumab improves PHN hemolytic anemia symptoms, study shows

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation - Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome is a common complication in pediatric stem cell transplantation

Penile Reconstruction - Porcine matrix grafts offer penile tunica albuginea reconstruction

Personnel - CytoDyn adds Dr. Robert H. Keller to its scientific advisory board

Postsurgical Infection - Postsurgical infections are reduced with specialized nutrition support

Prenatal Testing - Innogenetics inks agreement with AdnaGen that may revolutionize prenatal testing

Renal Disease - Endoglin pushes the onset of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury