Blood Weekly articles from December 27 1999

Blood Weekly archives from December 27 1999

Fibrin Tissue Adhesive Reduces Transfusion Requirements.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Fibrin tissue adhesive effectively and safely reduced blood loss in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a report from Israel. Total knee arthroplasty is...

Findings Support Use of Humate-P to Treat Bleeding Episodes.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of a clotting factor concentrate product may successfully treat urgent bleeding in patients with von Willebrand disease (vWD), according to researchers in the United States. Humate-P is a...

Another Component of the Clotting Machinery Unraveled.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried/Munich, Germany, have determined the structure of an important domain of coagulation factor Va. This opens new insights into the...

Modified Ultrafiltration Does Not Affect Cytokine Levels.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Improved hemodynamics achieved by modified ultrafiltration in cardiopulmonary bypass patients does not seem to be related to the removal of cytokines, according to a report from the United States. Plasma...

Viral DNA in Blood at Birth is Sensitive, Specific Marker.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The determination of viral DNA in the blood at birth seems to be a sensitive, specific marker for the diagnosis of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection, according to a report from Italy. The diagnosis of...

Stem Cells May Help Detect Radiation-Induced Chromosome Aberrations.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Blood-derived hemopoietic stem cells may serve as a biological indicator to detect chromosome aberrations induced by radiation, according to researchers from Germany. L. Kreja and colleagues performed a study...

Reduction of Transfusion Requirements Remains a Challenge.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Innovative blood management practices are needed to improve hemoglobin levels and to reduce allogeneic transfusion rates in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty for deep prosthetic infection, researchers from the...

Desmopressin Infusion Shortens Bleeding Time.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Desmopressin may interact directly with platelets and facilitate their activation with the effect of shortening bleeding time in patients with platelet disorders, researchers from Italy report. Desmopressin...

Transfusions During Surgery Can Cause Inflammatory Reactions.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers for the first time have shown that patients who receive blood transfusions during heart surgery had a significantly enhanced inflammatory reaction and more postoperative complications than patients who...

Researchers Learn More About Blood Vessel Receptors.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- After studying more than 500 human blood vessels, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, researchers have defined which types of an important class of contraction-controlling receptors line different types...

Leukoreduction Reduces Transfusion-Associated Infection.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The risk of transfusion-associated cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection by using CMV safe blood components was zero, according to findings of a retrospective review performed in the United States. I. Lopez-Plaza...

PBSC Purging Offers Survival Advantage to Patients.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Purging peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who have no other therapeutic option offers a survival advantage to these patients, reports researchers from Italy. ...

Prothrombin Complex Concentrates Effectively Given at Home.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- It is possible for patients with factor X deficiency to administer prophylaxis with prothrombin complex concentrates in the home setting, according to researchers from the United States. Lynn Kulzer and Peter...

Acute Leukemia Is First Manifestation in Unusual Case.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Acute leukemia was the first hematologic manifestation of Fanconi anemia (FA) in a young child, according to a report from Slovenia. J. Jazbec and J. Anzic reported their findings at the International Society...

Stem Cells Have Advantage over BMT for Some Patients.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the largest study ever to compare outcomes of cancer patients transplanted with marrow versus stem cells, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers have found that for certain patients, stem cells offer...

Recombinant Factor VIIa Decreases Transfusion Requirements.(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recombinant factor VIIa may reduce transfusion requirements in liver transplant recipients, according to researchers in Denmark. Liver transplantation in patients with end stage liver disease frequently is...

Children with Sickle Cell Aided by Ultrasound.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new ultrasound application can diagnose and help the survival rates of children with severe sickle cell disease, according to a study by physicians at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) at...

Lamivudine May Be Useful Therapy.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Lamivudine was shown to have an impact on transfusion-transmitted virus infection in a study from Spain. The report was presented by Rafael Barcena and colleagues at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American...

TTV Not Easily Spread In Utero.(Statistical Data Included)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intrauterine transmission of transfusion-associated virus (TTV) from mother to child is rare, a report from Italy suggests. Researcher Daniele Prati and colleagues from Milan's Hospital Maggiore found that...

Transplantation Conference To Be held January 2000.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- United Resource Networks, a provider of transplant benefit management services in the U.S., announced their medical management conference, "The Evolving Science of Blood and Marrow Transplantation." The...

Draft Guidelines for Stem Cell Research Published.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has published in the Federal Register its draft guidelines for research involving human pluripotent stem cells. The draft guidelines recommend procedures to help...

Grants Received for Tuberculosis, Iron Overload Therapy.(Statistical Data Included)
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, announced that it has received two Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services totaling...

Platelet Aggregation Test System Receives FDA Clearance.
December 27, 1999... 1999 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Array Medical, Somerville, New Jersey, has received FDA clearance to market Plateletworks(TM), the company's proprietary bedside platelet aggregation technology used on the Ichor(R) hematology analyzer. The...