Hematology Week

Bone Marrow - Marrow adipocytes lacking in hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency

Genetics - Pathogenetic role for BCL6 translocation in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation can cure myelodysplastic syndrome

Stem-Cell Research - GVHD associated with lower relapse after ALL hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Allergy - Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis occurs in 6% of chronic rhinosinusitis

Allergy - Unknown mechanism of action involved in expression of cytokines in mast cells

Alzheimer Disease - APP contributes to inflammatory condition in Alzheimer disease

Angiology - Enhanced iNOS expression associated with progression of CAL in Kawasaki disease

Angiology - Patients with moderate thrombocytopenia do not require treatment

Apoptosis - Fas-mediated apoptosis enhanced in ageing human keratinocytes

Artificial Organs - Flow visualization useful for predicting thrombus formation in blood pump

Blood Banking - Prestorage plasma filtration activates the complement cascade

Blood Cancer - $14.9M in grants to fund research for blood cancer treatments

Blood Safety - Blood donors in Lagos, Nigeria, misinformed regarding safety of donating blood

Breast Cancer - Minimal residual breast cancer detected using CK19 and EGF-R primers in RT-PCR

Cell Therapy - TALL-104 cells injure glioma cells by apoptotic and necrotic pathways

Chemotherapy - HDCT improves cure rate of young children with medulloblastoma and stPNET tumors

Citrobacter Rodentium - Novel C. rodentium type III secreted proteins reduce colon hyperplasia

Cryptococcosis - Mononuclear phagocytes are a vehicle for cryptococcal dissemination

Cytokines - Cytokines IL-8 and IL-10 are prognostic factors in burn sepsis

Cytomegalovirus - Myeloid progenitor genes affected by latent CMV infection identified

Dengue Virus - No new cases detected following dengue 3 epidemic in Havana

Diabetes Therapy -  Boerhaavia diffusa leaves possess antidiabetic activity

Diabetes Therapy - Puerarin mediates beta-endorphin to reduce glucose in diabetic rats

Diagnostics - Immunonephelometric FLC test useful for monitoring monoclonal gammopathies

Dialysis - Novel hemoperfusion method attenuates dialysis-related amyloidosis

Dialysis - Serum growth factor activity characterized in hemodialysis patients

Drug Resistance - Gleevec reverses cellular resistance to topotecan and SN-38

Endocrinology - Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 represents cell differentiation marker in tumors

Endocrinology - Vasopressin release reduced in ovariectomy restored by oestradiol replacement

Enzymology - Trypsin IV is a novel agonist of protease-activated receptors 2 and 4

Epstein-Barr Virus - EBV nuclear antigen leader protein induces B-cell TARC expression

Gastroenterology - Enteral absorption of CsA good in very small children following liver transplant

Genomics - Beta-catenin regulates the gene of unique novel matrix metalloproteinase-26

Genomics & Genetics -  Caenorhabditis elegans eukaryotic IFF-1 required for germ cell proliferation

Graft-Versus-Host Disease - Ultraviolet light exposure prevents graft-versus-host disease in animal study

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Nonmyeloablative regimens reduce incidence of GVHD better than myeloblative

HIV/AIDS - HIV-1 viral load increase confers virus escape risk via recombination diversity

HIV/AIDS Research - IKK2 inhibitor alleviates kidney and wasting diseases in murine AIDS model

HIV/AIDS Research - RH116 differentially regulates cell growth, death and HIV-1 replication

HIV/AIDS Treatment - HLA-B*5701 and Hsp70-Hom M493T alleles necessary for abacavir hypersensitivity

Heart Surgery - Early HITT diagnosis crucial for Lepirudin efficacy

Hematology - NADPH oxidase is the object of arsenic-induced leukemia cell destruction

Hematology - Some para-sulfonato-calix-[n]-arenes possess hemolytic properties

Hemolytic Anemia - Rituximab rapidly effective for patients with cold and warm autoantibodies

Hepatitis C Epidemiology - Risk factors for hepatitis C in Alaska natives reported

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV compartmentalization in circulating B cells and monocytes is common

Hepatitis C Virus - High viral loads and diverse viremia characterize pediatric HCV infection