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Hematology Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 25th, 2003

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Hypertension Therapy - Perindopril reduces risk of recurrent ischemic events

Staphylococcal Infection -  S. aureus-collagen binding plays key role in infected thrombi development

Behcet Disease - Patients with active disease have higher thrombomodulin than controls

Cancer Vaccine - Immunotherapy for lymphomas reviewed

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - CLL subset expresses high AID, is of unmutated heavy chain, poor prognosis type

Stem Cell Transplantation - Non-TCD stem cell transplants from mismatched family donors feasible for children

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Serial MRD monitoring after stem cell transplantation has little value for ALL patients

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Mortality risk factors identified for AML patients undergoing reduced-intensity HSCT

Anemia - CREATE trial providing valuable information on epoetin treatment for anemia

Anemia - Treatment for anemia underused for patients with kidney disease or heart failure

Bleeding Disorders - Impaired G alpha(i1) expression and signalling may affect platelet aggregation

Blood Testing - AvoSure PT PRO is has advantages over previous portable monitors

Cancer Therapy - Stem cell factor may help prevent anemia during chemotherapy

Cardiology - Streaming blood flow exists in early embryonic heart

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - New Genasense trial launched in patients with CLL

Drug Safety - In vitro toxicity of alkylating agents in myeloid clonogenic assays compared

GI Bleeding - Positive phase III results reported for proton pump inhibitor

Graft Versus Host Disease - Tolerized CD4+ T cells can stop GVHD response of naive alloreactive cells

HIV/AIDS Immunology - Exocytic granules from cytoxic T cells do not carry CAF

Hemodialysis - Single C-reactive protein measurement predicts mortality during peritoneal dialysis

Hemophilia A - Advate, a clotting therapy, gets FDA approval

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Patch or gel formulations may cause fewer venous blood clots

Hurler Syndrome - Stem cell transplantation can be beneficial for Hurler syndrome patients

Hypertension - Role of platelet activation in hypertension reviewed

Infectious Disease - Different Norovirus strains bind to different histo-blood group antigens

Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Stool culture rejection protocol delayed detection of nosocomial Salmonella outbreak

Leukemia - CLL and MM may have different mechanisms of cell survival

Leukemia - Complete remission of CLL can be associated with Chinese herbal extract

Lymphoma - FDG-PET has high sensitivity for indolent NHL

Microbiology - Manipulation of archaic bacteria could lead to blood substitute

Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Recombinant erythropoietin effective for MDS patients

Policy - Spain approves stem cell research

Septicemia - Transcriptome data used to unravel fine structure of genes involved in sepsis

Sickle Cell Disease - Beta7-beta132 salt bridge plays key role in hemoglobin stability

Stachybotrys Chartarum - ELISAs can detect stachylysin to measure exposure to Stachybotrys chartarum

Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic cell-released interleukin-15 modulates protein expression

Stem Cell Transplantation - HLA-DR11 expression protects against acute GvHD

Stem Cell Transplantation - Novel murine model may aid study of human NK cell development

Stem Cell Transplantation - Optimism linked to improved short-term survival in stem cell transplant recipients

Transfusion Medicine - Soluble complement receptor 1 can treat immune-mediated destruction of red cells

Umbilical Cord Blood - High-level production of cord blood-derived erythroid cells possible

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