Blood Weekly articles from August 2002

Blood Weekly archives from August 2002

Veto cell expansion can reduce rejection risk.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Israel and Europe say that they have developed a novel method for reducing the risk of hematopoietic stem cell graft rejection. "Stem...

Selective plasma filtration can improve utility for patients with liver failure.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Selective filtration of plasma used to treat fulminant liver failure could improve patient outcome, researchers in Hong Kong say. "Plasma exchange may be...

FLT3 inhibitor may be valuable for high-risk patients.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that a novel agent may be beneficial for some high-risk acute myeloid leukemia patients. "Constitutively activating...

Bleach-producing enzyme found to modulate blood vessel dilation during inflammation.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An enzyme that stimulates the production of chlorine bleach in cells to kill bacteria and other invading pathogens also turns off a signal that regulates blood vessel dilation during inflammation,...

Rapamycin with T-cell costimulatory blockade promotes MHC-mismatched engraftment.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that they have developed a novel technique for improving hematopoietic stem cell engraftment in major histocompatibility...

Millennium initiates phase I clinical trial of MLN518.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MLNM) announced the initiation of a phase I clinical trial of MLN518 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This open-label study is being conducted to...

Stricter donor guidelines may mean dramatically reduced blood supply.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) blood donor guidelines that focus on European travel and residence will affect the New York/New Jersey metropolitan community blood supply. The...

Complex gene-swapping spawns a form of lymphoma.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have identified how a form of lymphoma develops when large pieces of chromosomes swap locations. Their observations about how chromosome rearrangements, or translocations, cause pro-B cell...

T-cell infusions can resolve refractory infection in stem cell recipients.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - T cells specific for cytomegalovirus (CMV) can help resolve refractory CMV infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, researchers in Europe...

Low-cost reminder helps prevent infections for heart patients.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helping doctors remind their patients with valvular heart disease to take antibiotics before dental procedures can help prevent bacterial endocarditis, according to a report in the June 25, 2002,...

Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells increases viral replication in macrophages.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Apoptotic cell consumption by HIV-infected macrophages promotes enhanced viral replication, researchers in Brazil report. "Clearance of apoptotic cells...

New cholesterol disorder discovered - as predicted from gene's role.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team lead by University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) medical researchers has discovered a new disorder that can cause severely elevated blood cholesterol levels and may affect several hundred...

Clinical study confirms that red clover isoflavones help maintain healthy cholesterol.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings reported at the 10th World Congress on the Menopause in Berlin, Germany, have confirmed previous results indicating the health benefits for women who take the red clover isoflavone supplement...

Promising phase II study of Trisenox leads to expansion of trials.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTIC) reported that Trisenox (arsenic trioxide) may reduce blood and platelet transfusion requirements and slow progression to acute leukemia in patients with myelodysplastic...

Blood test may predict low-weight babies.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A blood test early in pregnancy may be able to identify women at risk of having a low-birth-weight baby, a study suggests. That, in turn, could enable mothers-to-be to take precautions, which can...

Decitabine increased fetal hemoglobin levels in 100% of sickle cell patients in clinical study.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SuperGen, Inc., (SUPG) announced that its anticancer drug decitabine significantly elevated fetal hemoglobin levels in 100% of sickle cell anemia patients taking part in a clinical study. Results...

Lhx2 expression immortalizes engraftable stem cells.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Sweden say that they have discovered a way to improve the ex vivo expansion of self-renewable stem cells. "Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)...

Blood banks urge summer donations.
August 1, 2002... 2002 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The summer slump in blood donations started earlier than usual this year and could lead to dire shortages, say blood banks that issued an urgent appeal for people to give. Summer shortages are...

Novel dendritic cell subset found in mice.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have found a novel and multifunctional class of antigen-presenting cells in mice. Pilar Martin and colleagues at Complutense...

Excess iron could heighten mortality risk.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Elevated iron levels could heighten the mortality risk after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, researchers in Spain report. "Iron overload (IO) is...

Low hemoglobin means high risk for mobility problems in elderly women.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The amount of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin circulating in the blood of older women could have an impact on the risk for mobility problems, Johns Hopkins physicians have found. Hemoglobin levels of...

Gene profiles predict survival.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The activity of as few as 17 genes can be used to predict lymphoma patients' response to treatment, scientists reported at the 18th UICC International Cancer Congress in Oslo. In a large group of...

Novel selective T-cell depletion method may reduce graft-versus-host disease risk.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Canada have developed a novel technique for selectively destroying activated T-cells, which they say could help prevent graft-versus-host disease...

Leukocyte depletion does not eradicate HTLV-1.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Leukocyte depletion of blood products may not prevent transfusion-related infection by a relatively common cancer-causing virus, researchers in the United...

New low-cost technologies offer practical solutions for developing world.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New study data from several African countries reveal progress in identifying practical solutions for improving HIV testing, prevention and treatment in highly affected countries. The study results,...

Management changes part of global expansion.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The board of directors of CRYO-CELL International, Inc., (CCEL) announced a number of executive changes. Daniel D. Richard, founder, chairman, and CEO has resigned from these positions to devote full...

LifeTrak receives additional 510(K) clearance from FDA.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mediware Information Systems, Inc., (MEDW) a healthcare delivery solutions company, has received additional 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for marketing its LifeTrak Lab...

U.S. researchers develop bioengineered cornea cell implant using ThermoGenesis' Gel Technology.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (KOOL) announced that a research team at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) has successfully used ThermoGenesis' CryoSeal FS System in conjunction with human corneal...

FDA concurs with Vitex pivotal phase III Inactine red blood cell program.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- V.I. Technologies, Inc., (Vitex) (VITX) announced that it has reached written agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate its pivotal phase III clinical trial program with the...

Cholesterol 1,2,3 not subject to CLIA regulations.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IMI International Medical Innovations, Inc., (TSX:IMI) announced that it has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that Cholesterol 1,2,3, the world's first noninvasive cholesterol...

Dendritic cell subtype affects viral transmission ability.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the Netherlands have shed new light on the transmission of HIV infection by antigen-presenting cells. "Dendritic cells (DC) support human...

Women's risk of stroke death elevated.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elevated cholesterol is a risk factor for stroke death in younger women, particularly African American women with no history of cardiovascular disease, according to a large, long-term analysis in the...

Clinical development program expanded for Revimid.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celgene Corporation (CELG) announced the initiation of five additional trials of Revimid (CC-5013) in hematological and solid tumor cancers. The trials, conducted in partnership with the Comprehensive...

New drug treats newborns with compromised lung function.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators from Duke University Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have developed a new drug that appears in preliminary testing to be successful in...

Pediatric cord blood recipients may be at risk for HHV-6 encephalitis.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Children who receive umbilical cord blood transplants may be at risk for human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6)-related encephalitis, researchers in Hong Kong warn. ...

Aspirin within 2 days of ischemic stroke reduces deaths.
August 8, 2002... 2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Giving patients aspirin within 48 hours of the onset of an acute ischemic stroke can reduce death and severity of stroke, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Stroke Association...

Nonmyeloablative conditioning may raise cytomegalovirus infection risk.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Stem cell transplant conditioning regimens that spare the recipients' bone marrow may also increase their risk of post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV)...

Epsilon aminocaproic acid lowers blood loss during hip surgery.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) can be used to control blood loss during hip replacement surgery, researchers in Canada say. Dr. Brian J. Harley and...

Viral coat protein disrupts CD4 cell antigen responses.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The effects of HIV on helper T cell function may be more extensive than previously believed, researchers say. "The interaction between the HIV-1 envelope...

Intensive preconditioning not always required for stem cell transplantation.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Clinicians can expect that genetically modified stem cells would engraft successfully in unconditioned recipients, based on new evidence. Scientists at...

Fibrin glue induces bone formation.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Wound sealants based on the coagulation protein fibrin can induce de novo bone tissue formation, researchers in India report. "Fibrin sealant or fibrin...

Measuring a specific immune response may aid in diagnosis.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a step that might eventually make colon cancer easier to detect and treat, a study published July 16, 2002, in the journal Cancer Research finds that the immune system naturally identifies the...

Hormone prompts adult stem cells to differentiate into islet cells.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone can cause adult islet stem cells to mature into pancreatic beta cells, the insulin-secreting cells...

Prehospital administration of Retavase can accelerate important heart-attack treatment.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology found that the time required to begin the treatment of heart attack patients could be cut by more than half by having the...

Bone marrow stem cells involved in pathogenesis.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hematopoietic stem cells may play a key role in arthritis development, according to researchers in Japan. "Recent studies have suggested the involvement of...

$30M granted to control initiative gives hope to developing countries.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imperial College London has announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $30 million to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a partnership at Imperial...

Government welcomes support for stem cell research.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.K. government announced publication of its Response to the House of Lords Select Committee's Report on Stem Cell Research. Health Minister Philip Hunt welcomed the publication in February of...

Recombinant erythropoietin therapy controls post-transplant anemia if timed right.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - If initiated at the right time, recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) therapy can resolve anemia in stem cell graft recipients, researchers say. ...

Two contract HIV from donation.
August 15, 2002... 2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two people have contracted HIV from blood transfusions provided by a regional blood bank that failed to detect an infected donor, officials say. The incident marks the second time since the...

Nonmyeloablative conditioning may raise cytomegalovirus infection risk.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Stem cell transplant conditioning regimens that spare the recipients' bone marrow may also increase their risk of post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV)...

Epsilon aminocaproic acid lowers blood loss during hip surgery.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) can be used to control blood loss during hip replacement surgery, researchers in Canada say. Dr. Brian J. Harley and...

Viral coat protein disrupts CD4 cell antigen responses.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The effects of HIV on helper T cell function may be more extensive than previously believed, researchers say. "The interaction between the HIV-1 envelope...

Intensive preconditioning not always required for stem cell transplantation.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Clinicians can expect that genetically modified stem cells would engraft successfully in unconditioned recipients, based on new evidence. Scientists at...

Fibrin glue induces bone formation.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Wound sealants based on the coagulation protein fibrin can induce de novo bone tissue formation, researchers in India report. "Fibrin sealant or fibrin...

Measuring a specific immune response may aid in diagnosis.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a step that might eventually make colon cancer easier to detect and treat, a study published July 16, 2002, in the journal Cancer Research finds that the immune system naturally identifies the...

Hormone prompts adult stem cells to differentiate into islet cells.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone can cause adult islet stem cells to mature into pancreatic beta cells, the insulin-secreting cells...

Prehospital administration of Retavase can accelerate important heart-attack treatment.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology found that the time required to begin the treatment of heart attack patients could be cut by more than half by having the...

Bone marrow stem cells involved in pathogenesis.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hematopoietic stem cells may play a key role in arthritis development, according to researchers in Japan. "Recent studies have suggested the involvement of...

$30M granted to control initiative gives hope to developing countries.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imperial College London has announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $30 million to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a partnership at Imperial...

Government welcomes support for stem cell research.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.K. government announced publication of its Response to the House of Lords Select Committee's Report on Stem Cell Research. Health Minister Philip Hunt welcomed the publication in February of...

Recombinant erythropoietin therapy controls post-transplant anemia if timed right.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - If initiated at the right time, recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) therapy can resolve anemia in stem cell graft recipients, researchers say. ...

Two contract HIV from donation.
August 22, 2002... 2002 AUG 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two people have contracted HIV from blood transfusions provided by a regional blood bank that failed to detect an infected donor, officials say. The incident marks the second time since the...

Novel immunoassay suitable for blood donor screening.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel immunoassay can be effectively used to find HIV contamination in blood products, researchers in Luxembourg report. "Fourth-generation assays for...

Polymerase chain reaction blood tests valuable.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Molecular blood tests can be accurate and cost-effective for prostate cancer staging, researchers in Japan say. "There have been several studies on the...

New test identifies B-cell tumor markers.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the United States, multiple myeloma accounts for about 1% of all cancers, and approximately 12,500 new cases are diagnosed every year. This uncommon cancer affects men and women equally, and is...

Scientists explore role of COX-2 in fracture healing.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fracture or break a bone, and you pop an ibuprofen. Research being conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center calls that common practice into question. In an article published in the...

Viral infection after tolerance induction can trigger graft failure.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Viral infections can prevent engraftment after stem cell tolerance induction, researchers in the United States report. "Tolerance-based stem cell...

Visual cues don't indicate blood thinner use.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Contrary to conventional wisdom, blood thinner use cannot be accurately judged by sight during surgery, researchers say. "Many surgeons believe they can...

FDA approves Aranesp for anemia associated with chemotherapy.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amgen (AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with nonmyeloid...

rhATIII PK study completed.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc., (GTC) has completed data gathering and analysis in the pharmacokinetic study of recombinant human antithrombin III (rhATIII) in patients with a hereditary deficiency of the...

i-STAT names Greg Shipp VP of medical affairs.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- i-STAT Corp. (STAT), a leading manufacturer of point-of-care diagnostic systems for blood analysis, announced the appointment of Greg Shipp, MD, as vice president of medical affairs, a new position for...

Pretransplantation stimulus improves effects of bone marrow cell implants.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - By exposing bone marrow cells destined for transplantation to hypoxia, doctors have improved postimplantation angiogenesis in treated rats. Sometimes, the...

Chimeric gene amplifies number of progeny formed after stem cell stimulation.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new amplifier gene has enabled scientists to increase the number of genetically modified cells that develop after stem cells are implanted into a nonhuman...

American Red Cross releases homeland security guidelines.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using the U.S. government's color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System, the American Red Cross has tailored specific disaster readiness information for families, individuals, schools, neighborhoods...

Record $2.8M in net income reported for 4Q.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immucor, Inc., (BLUD), the global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, reported financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and 12 months...

National Blood Foundation awards $200,000 in grants.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Blood Foundation's (NBF) Scientific Research Grant Review Committee (GRC) has announced the names of four scientific researchers each selected to receive a $50,000 grant to pursue research...

HyperBaric Systems signs agreement to build platelet cooling instrument.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HyperBaric Systems (HYRB) announced that a development and supply contract has been signed with MMR Technologies of Mountain View, California, to build a computerized blood platelet cooling instrument....

Vitex's Inactine system inactivates Borrelia burgdorferi in blood.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- V.I. Technologies (Vitex), Inc., (VITX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing products that improve the safety of the transfusion blood supply by pathogen reduction or removal, announced...

ProdiGene begins scale-up of aprotinin from plants.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ProdiGene, Inc., has begun commercial scale-up of aprotinin, a protease inhibitor used in cardiac surgery, wound healing, and as a component in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Aprotinin,...

Prescient obtains allowance for cell therapy packaging technology.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeuroPharma, Inc., (PRE) President and CEO Anthony J. Giovinazzo announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a notice of allowance for claims to a method for producing neuronal cell...

Alternatives to PVC should be used for patients receiving certain treatments.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The FDA has issued a Public Health Notification recommending that healthcare providers take precautions to limit the exposure of the developing male to di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP) - a chemical...

FDA gives orphan product designation for ex vivo-produced bone marrow stem cells.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., (ASTM), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan product status to the company's SC-I autologous bone marrow stem cells produced using the...

ViaCell to expand research to develop new treatment options for diabetes.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViaCell, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of cellular therapies, in conjunction with its ViaCell Endocrine Science subsidiary, will expand research to assess and...

Autologous immune cells needed for antileukemia activity.
August 29, 2002... 2002 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Successful autologous stem cell transplantation requires innate antileukemia activity, researchers in the United Kingdom say. "Although it has been known...