Blood Weekly articles from August 2000

Blood Weekly archives from August 2000

Routine HIV-1 Test Misses Preseroconversion in Blood Donation.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Routine HIV-1 tests may not be sensitive enough to detect all infectious window-period donations, according to a study in the July 12, 2000, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Cases...

Inadequate Antimicrobial Treatment Leads to Significant Mortality Rate in ICUs.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A two-year study conducted at an urban teaching hospital's medical and surgical intensive care units showed that 147 (almost 30%) of 492 critically ill patients who had a bloodstream infection received...

HIV Infected Hemophiliacs Respond Well to Antiretroviral Therapy.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV infected men with hemophilia respond well to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), indicate data from a two-decade-long study in England. "Many hemophilic individuals infected with HIV died...

TpP Superiority Affirmed in Evaluating Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- American Biogenetic Sciences, Inc. (ABS), Copiague, New York, reported that in a comparison of coagulation markers, ABS's diagnostic Thrombus Precursor Protein (TpP(TM)) demonstrated 100% sensitivity and...

Treatment for Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Phase I/II trial examined neutrophil transfusions for the treatment of patients with infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. "We examined the feasibility of a community blood bank...

Blood Leukocytes Provide Clue to Genotypic Nature of Hepatitis Infection.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- New findings from a study conducted at the Nigata University School of Medicine in Japan reveal that peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) hold the possibility of predicting the development of hepatocellular...

Pre-Clinical Results of Noninvasive Ultrasound Therapy Announced.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study in the July 11, 2000, issue of Circulation, noninvasive therapeutic ultrasound could be a useful therapy for dissolution of blood clots. The use of catheter-based therapeutic...

Gene Transfer Strategy Induces Immune Tolerance in Valve Homografts.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in England have developed a gene transfer strategy that induces immune tolerance of valve endothelial cells. "We and others have demonstrated an immune response to homograft valve endothelial...

Surgical Technique Alleviates Need for Major Transfusions.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery reports that a surgical technique called "endorectal pull-through" can eliminate the need for large blood transfusions in patients who suffer from vascular...

Genetic Tests Making U.S. Blood Supply Safer.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- New genetic tests have made the blood supply in the U.S. safer, allowing donation banks to detect viral infections sooner and keep them from slipping into transfusions, scientists said. Dr. Michael Busch...

Gene Therapy Explored in Preclinical Experiments.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in France conducted preclinical studies of gene transfer experiments with a murine model of congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP). "CEP is a genetic disease characterized by an...

Enterococcus faecium Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Blood Products.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Evidence suggested that an outbreak of Enterococcus faecium at a hospital in Brazil was linked to contaminated blood products. "The isolation of E. faecium from four patients in a short period of time (48...

Some Renal Grafts are Tumorous at Donation.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Kidney allografts should be examined prior to transplantation for the presence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), researchers from Germany recommend. "Numerous studies have reported an increasing prevalence of...

New Data Further Demonstrate Efficacy of Humate-P.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results from studies provide additional evidence that treatment with Humate-P (Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complex [Human] Dried, Pasteurized) results in "excellent/good" efficacy for treating...

Findings Reveal Public Concern.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results from two new surveys announced by The Coalition for Transfusion Safety, a consortium dedicated to elevating awareness of the need for safer blood transfusions, uncover significant concerns about the...

Anticoagulant Receives FDA Approval.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co., Wilmington, Delaware, announced that its once-daily low molecular weight heparin medication Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...

In-Home Kidney Machine Offers Excellent Clinical Results.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the testing of a new artificial kidney machine co-developed by Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of...

DNA Probes Introduced to Detect IGH/BCL2 and Other IGH Gene Rearrangements.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vysis, Inc. (VYSI), Downers Grove, Illinois, announced at the 13th International Symposium on Treatment of Leukemia and Cancer, held in New York, New York, during July 2000, that it has expanded its line of DNA...

Proposal Reduces Wait from 24 to 14 Months, Improves Equity for Blacks and Women.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A proposed new system for assigning kidneys to patients waiting for transplants would reduce the median waiting time for transplantation from approximately 24 to 14 months and improve equity for...

Orphan Drug Designation Received for Arsenic Trioxide.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Arsenic TriOxide (ATO), a cancer drug treatment by Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI), Seattle, Washington, has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) by the U.S....

Antibodies May Hold Secret of Unravelling Mystery of Autoimmune Disease.
August 3, 2000... 2000 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study by Adelaide University, Australia, medical researchers has identified a possible link between the symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome and an antibody in the blood which interferes with nerve...

Deformed Prion Shape Alone Causes Infection, Disease.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have shown for the first time that pure prion proteins can trigger normal proteins to change shape and become infectious. The case for this novel form of infection has been established over the...

Recipients Have Less Incidence of Graft-vs-Host Disease.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cord-blood transplant recipients have less incidence of graft-versus-host disease than do bone marrow transplant recipients from an HLA-identical sibling, researchers in the United States reported. ...

Ultrasensitive Test Measures HIV-1 RNA in Plasma.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists in Italy have updated an HIV-1 RNA detection assay. "An ultrasensitive version of an 'in-house' reverse transcription-competitive polymerase chain reaction assay described previously for...

Scientists Link Protein to Hemorrhaging.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a part of the Ebola virus that likely is responsible for the massive internal bleeding leading to most of those deaths. Ebola...

Plasma Versus Serum: Scientists Decide Serum Specimens are Best.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study contradicting the idea that plasma is the best fluid for quantifying vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cancer patients has been reported by scientists in the International Journal of...

Erythropoietin Raises Hemoglobin Levels Prior to Surgery.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Canada have found that preoperative erythropoietin can raise the hemoglobin levels of patients prior to head and neck oncologic surgery. R.M. Gall and colleagues from the University of...

Novel Therapeutic Approaches Explored.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists in Canada believe new strategies for the treatment of hemophilia are promising. "The life-long episodic bleeding associated with inherited deficiencies of blood coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII)...

Technology Overcomes Safety Hurdle for Testing Adenovirus-Based Gene Therapy Drugs.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists reported new technology that could have far reaching implications affecting potential safety issues associated with human clinical trials of intravenously (IV) administered adenovirus-based drugs,...

Calcium May Reduce Transfer of Lead to Fetus.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Increased dietary calcium intake during pregnancy can reduce the amount of lead transferred from mother to fetus, although it will not prevent decreased birth weight and length caused by lead exposure,...

Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Used in Phase I Trial of Heart Patients.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Maryland, recently reported one of the first studies of its kind in the American Journal of Cardiology. According to these government...

NIH Grant Awarded to Support Cord Blood Transplant Program.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (ASTM), Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced that it was awarded a U.S. National Institutes of Health grant providing funding of up to $829,000 over a two-year period. The grant will...

Autohemotherapy Resulted in Hepatitis B Infection Outbreak.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study in the July 29, 2000, issue of The Lancet emphasizes the continuing risk of transmission of bloodborne viruses in health care settings where skin-piercing procedures are used. In more developed...

Gene Delivery Via Adenovirus and Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors Compared.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Both adenovirus (AD) and adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors have merits and drawbacks for use in vascular gene therapy, suggests recent research from the United States. "Gene transfer offers the...

HBsAg Positive Blood Donors Followed for Hepatitis.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Turkey recommend that asymptomatic , hepatitis B surface antigen postive (HBsAg) blood donors should be followed-up for signs of hepatitis. A. Mert and colleagues at the University of...

Trial Provides Information on Reducing Bleeding and Thrombosis.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A clinical trial conducted in Japan has provided valuable insight into factors associated with coagulation and fibrinolysis in liver transplantation. "Bleeding and thrombosis are major complications in...

Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Found in Hematology Unit.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A hematology unit in Poland reported isolating a glycopeptide-resistant strain of Enterococcus faecium in infected patients. A. Samet and colleagues from the Public Hospital #1, the University School of...

Emerging Field Will Lead to Individualized Drug Therapy and Result in Healthcare Savings.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Why do some patients respond to some drugs and not to others? Which patients will have minimal or even no toxic effects from a given drug? Why do some individuals require higher or lower doses for optimum...

Long-Term Anticonvulsant Therapy Hinders Positive Effects.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, discovered that some antiseizure medicines given to children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can decrease the chance of...

Researchers Developing New Bilirubin Test for Liver Problems.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- University of Wyoming researchers say they are about to receive a $750,000 grant to help market new blood-testing technology. Chemistry professors Robert Corcoran and Keith Carron have been developing a...

Broad Gene Therapy Patent Issued for Treatment of Hemophilia B.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Avigen, Inc. (AVGN), Alameda, California, announced the issuance of United States Patent No. 6,093,392 covering methods of treating hemophilia B using recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors carrying...

Mexico and U.S. Make Transplant Pact.
August 10, 2000... 2000 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. transplant network agreed to share with Mexico its experience in distributing organs, inaugurating an information exchange that officials hope will boost Mexico's less-developed system and help...

Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin Does Not Exacerbate Lung Injury.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States report that liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin (LEH) does not exacerbate endotoxin-induced lung injury. R. Rabinovici and colleagues, Yale University, Connecticut, conducted...

Research Initiative Launched to Expedite Cures for Blood-Related Cancers.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- To accelerate the discovery of breakthrough therapies to cure or control blood-related cancer - leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society announced one of the most ambitious research...

Negative Immunomagnetic Purging Reduces Breast Cancer Tumor Cell Contamination.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Italy found that negative immunomagnetic purging of peripheral blood stem cell harvests from breast cancer patients reduced tumor cell contamination without affecting hematopoietic recovery in...

Immune Response Can be Blocked.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research funded by ML Laboratories PLC, London, United Kingdom, published in the August 4, 2000, issue of Nature Immunology, has demonstrated for the first time that an immune response in a host responsible...

Cord Blood Better for Hematopoietic Reconstitution.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cord blood (CB) is less likely to cause graft-vs-host disease (GVHD), according to researchers in The Netherlands. "Hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution performed with CB shows better engraftment and a...

Blood Exposures Reduced By Using Safety Device for Subcutaneous Injections.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Risk of exposure to blood can be reduced if safety devices are used to provide subcutaneous injections of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), researchers in France say. "Subcutaneous injections account...

Cluster of Cases Reported in Leicestershire, U.K.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Surveillance Unit has advised the U.K. Department of Health that it has identified a cluster of four confirmed cases and one probable case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob...

HIV Patients in Macedonia Often Coinfected with Hepatitis B and C.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV patients in Macedonia are often coinfected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Because the diseases are transmitted similarly, V. Grunevska and colleagues from the Clinic of...

Study Shows Invader Technology Offers Advantages Over Polymerase Chain Reaction.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Third Wave Technologies, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, announced findings from a study published in Clinical Chemistry comparing its Invader operating system with allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

Scientists Decipher Central Protein Complex in the Human Immune System.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A key building block of the human immune system was identified up to the atomic detail using the method of X-ray crystallography by scientists of the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried,...

Nature and Origin of Neural Stem Cells Challenged.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York challenge the established views of the nature and origin of neural stem cells, suggesting an unprecedented source for new nerve cells. This research,...

U.K. Launches Organ Donor Promotion.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Heart transplant patient Sophie Parke, aged 11, and U.K. health minister Lord Hunt on July 25, 2000, helped launch an exciting new scheme developed jointly by the Department of Health and the Boots The...

FDA Application Filed for SynerGraft Heart Valve.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- CryoLife, Inc. (CRY), Atlanta, Georgia, announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to conduct human clinical...

Mothers Who Have C-Sections Lessen Risk of Transmitting GBV/Hepatitis G.
August 17, 2000... 2000 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- GB virus type C (GBV-C)/HGV can be vertically transmitted from mother to infant the way other types of hepatitis viruses can be. A report published in the journal Transfusion states that cesarean section...

Safety Devices Adopted at University Hospital.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Employee involvement eased adoption of safety devices at a University Hospital in the United States. "Continuous quality improvement (CQI) teams provide employees an opportunity to take an active part in...

Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases Reduced in Croatia.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Croatia have determined that the risk of being infected with a virus from a blood transfusion in that country has been reduced significantly. In evaluating the risk, D. Grgicevic and...

Novel System Enables CD34(+) Stem Cell Generation for Therapeutic Applications.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Japan have developed a long-term in vitro system for producing human cord blood CD34(+) stem cells from Lin(-)CD34(-) cells. "Human CD34(-) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have been...

Team Reports on Non-Directed Donation.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Almost one year after the first nondirected kidney donation was performed at Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota physicians report on the success of the...

Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Studied at Teaching Hospital.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States evaluated healthcare workers' (HCW) risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens at a community teaching hospital. "Because occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens can...

Genetically Modified Pigs May Solve Organ Shortage Crisis.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Organs from genetically modified pigs may be the solution to the organ shortage crisis, suggested a researcher from the United Kingdom. "Given the worldwide shortage of organs for human...

Kidney Protein May Play Role in Cyclosporine-Induced Hypertension.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have uncovered a potential explanation for how cyclosporine and related anti-rejection drugs can elevate blood pressure and cause...

Red Cross Offers $53 million to Tainted Blood Victims.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Thousands of people who sued the Canadian Red Cross over a tainted blood scandal that left more than 11,000 infected with HIV or hepatitis C will vote on whether to accept a $53 million compensation package....

Hepatitis C Patients at Higher Risk after Liver Transplantation.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to scientists in Canada, hepatitis C virus infection has been linked to the onset of diabetes mellitus. Research results produced by these scientists suggest that patients who must have liver...

U.S. Government Considers Research Finance Rules.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new era of biotechnology economics that promises some scientists great wealth may cause conflicts of interest that affect patient safety and undermine medical research, experts say. At a U.S. National...

Vectors Injected into Bone Marrow Space Transduces Hematopoietic Cells.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from the United States, retroviral vectors injected into the bone marrow of neonatal animals resulted in transduced hematopoietic cells expressing the transgene of choice. "We...

Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws Two Lots of Kogenate Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant).
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) said it had been informed that the Bayer Corporation has voluntarily withdrawn two lots of Kogenate Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant). The lot numbers are: ...

Mortality Rates Lower for Patients in Treatment Centers.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- The July 15, 2000, issue of Blood highlighted an article that compared mortality among persons with hemophilia who received medical care from U.S. federally funded hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) to that...

Helixate NexGen Therapy Offers Safety and Convenience.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Aventis Behring LLC, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, announced that the European Commission has approved Helixate NexGen for the treatment of hemophilia A. The formulation provides tremendous benefits for...

Diagnostic Tests Compared for Identifying Serological Responses.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands have found that different assays have different uses in determining serological responses to herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). "Detection of HSV-2-specific antibodies by...

United Resource Networks Adds Transplant Management Products.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- United Resource Networks announced the addition of two products to their transplant management portfolio. The Transplant Access Program and Extra Contractual Services join The United Resource Networks...

UNOS Proposes to Refine Medical Urgency for Transplant Candidates.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), USA, has approved for public comment a proposed scale to help better determine the medical urgency of patients awaiting a liver transplant and identify those at...

Urgent Patients Receive Higher Proportion of Donated Organs.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- A United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) analysis of recent changes to U.S. liver transplant policy indicates that urgent patients receive a large and increasing proportion of donated livers. Patients...

Urban Paramedics have Higher Hepatitis C Infection Rate than General Population.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings presented at the Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation National Conference indicate that pre-hospital care providers, and more specifically, urban paramedics, have a higher hepatitis...

CellCept Approved for Expanded Use for Liver Transplant Patients.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, announced that it has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for expanded use of CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) for the...

Most Healthcare Workers Exposed to HIV Choose Prophylaxis.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Most healthcare workers (HCW) exposed to HIV through work-related injuries complete postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), researchers in the United States reported. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate...

Journal Article Suggests Prescribing Clean Needles.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors should consider prescribing sterile syringes for patients who use injected drugs, according to an article in a recent issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The reuse and sharing of syringes...

Fragmin Post-Operative Dosing Approved for Prophylaxis.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pharmacia Corp. (PHA), Peapack, New Jersey, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a post-operative once-daily dosing regimen for the anti-clotting agent Fragmin (dalteparin...

Human Allograft Valve Data Reported.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Steven G. Anderson, CryoLife, Inc. (CRY) discussed at the Surgical Biomaterials 2000 Institutional Investors Conference, sponsored by Stephens Inc., clinical results of human allograft valves processed with...

Cloned Piglet Sets Stage for Genetically Modified Organ Transplants.
August 31, 2000... 2000 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Her name is Xena, and she joins that other famous female, Dolly, in the ranks of the barnyard cloned. Xena's debut is reported in the August 18, 2000, issue of Science. Xena's name underscores one...