Blood Weekly articles from December 2001

Blood Weekly archives from December 2001

Even With Additive, Non-PVC Bags Unsuitable For Storage.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Blood products should continue to be stored in PVC bags despite the development of improved blood storage solutions, researchers in the United States say. ...

High Stem Cell Doses May Be Detrimental.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hematopoietic stem cell grafts with high levels of CD34[superscript]+ cells may reduce the chance of survival after allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell...

Flow Cytometry Can Differentiate Hematogones From Neoplastic Cells.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Texas say that flow cytometry can be used to distinguish healthy but immature B cells from potentially malignant cells. "Bone marrow...

Calcium Mobilization Induces Th2-Type Dendritic Cell Activity.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Dendritic cells mobilized with calcium may be beneficial for patients with some autoimmune disorders, researchers in the United States say. "Mature...

Stocking, Heparin Eliminate 'Coach Class' Syndrome.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In healthy individuals, compression stockings reduced the incidence of leg blood clots that are common on long-haul flights. Compression stockings put pressure on the leg muscles to help return blood...

Study Reveals Novel Role For Measles Virus In Cancer Therapy.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The measles vaccine could soon be taking on a new role in medical therapy. Medical investigators at the Mayo Clinic say they have determined a common strain of...

Enriched Graft Recipients Have Dysfunctional Stem Cell Precursors.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - CD34[superscript]+-selected stem cell grafts may have a deleterious effect on native stem cell precursor populations, researchers in Japan warn. "The...

Baxter Acquires Proprietary Recombinant Erythropoietin Drug.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baxter International, Inc., announced that one of its subsidiaries has purchased from a small privately held company the assets and exclusive worldwide rights to the technology for a unique and...

Dragon Pharma Gets Worldwide Manufacturing Rights To Erythropoietin.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (DRUG) has entered into an agreement providing the company with the sole worldwide manufacturing rights as well as exclusive marketing rights in Asia for the slow-release...

Pulse Waves Promote Vessel Growth To Ease Chest Pain.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Delivering measured pulse waves through special thigh and lower leg cuffs promotes the release of chemicals that trigger new blood vessel growth, thereby reducing chest pain, according to new research...

Physician Calls For Universal Hepatitis C Testing In Donations.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the hours and days following the September 11 tragedy, hundreds of thousands of Americans lined up at blood banks across the country to give the gift of life. But now thousands of first time donors...

Using A Patient's Own Bone Marrow Cells Can Help Ailing Heart.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first study of its kind, researchers have used a person's own bone marrow cells to improve blood flow in otherwise untreatable coronary arteries, according to research presented at the American...

Animal Model Developed.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Taiwan have developed a murine model of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which they believe will aid study of the malignancy. Yu-Chia Su...

Electron Beam CT Detects Artery Disease In Former Kawasaki Patients.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electron beam CT scans detected calcium buildup in coronary arteries of people who had been treated for a Kawasaki disease-related aneurysm as children. This may predict a risk for future heart...

Vitex Reports Third Quarter 2001 Results.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- V.I. Technologies, Inc., (VITX), a biotechnology company that develops products that inactivate and remove pathogens in blood, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September...

Blood Inflammatory Marker May Provide Risk Information.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) may provide information about the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in middle-age men, according to an article in the November 12, 2001, issue of the Archives...

Drug Demonstrates Improved Viral Loads And Liver Function.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) has announced results from a large, multinational Phase III clinical trial (Study 437) which demonstrated that its investigational agent adefovir dipivoxil 10 mg...

Researchers Find One Type Of T Cell Acts Strangely.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ischemia, or an interruption in blood flow to tissue, greatly decreases the success of transplanted kidneys. There's no specific treatment, partly because physicians don't know exactly how the injury...

Fibrin Sealant Reduces Postoperative Blood Loss.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that a sealant containing fibrin, the protein that constitutes blood clots, can safely reduce blood loss after surgical...

Trisenox Recommended For Approval In Europe.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) has received a recommendation for approval from the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) for Trisenox (arsenic trioxide) injection in the treatment of...

Levels Of Antibodies At Liver Stage May Predict Resistance To Disease.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High levels of antibodies against the liver stage of the malaria parasite appear to predict resistance to the disease say researchers from Brown University and the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute....

Researchers Identify Gene In Burkina Faso Population That Prevents Disease.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One in 10 people in the West African country of Burkina Faso have a gene that defends them against malaria - one of the region's biggest killers - researchers report in Nature. The gene codes for a...

Stem Cell Transplantation Effective.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Australia say that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be an effective method for treating rheumatoid arthritis. "Trials of high...

Possible Neurohematopoietic Stem Cell Population Found.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in California have identified a population of cells that can act as both neural and hematopoietic stem cells. "It was recently reported that...

Topotecan-Filgrastim Combination Effective For Stem Cell Mobilization.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The combination of the chemotherapy drug topotecan and the hematopoietic growth factor filgrastim is superior to filgrastim alone for mobilizing stem cells,...

Growth Factors In Plastic Encourage Blood Vessel Formation.
December 6, 2001... 2001 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A spongy plastic material impregnated with two kinds of growth factor has been shown to encourage the formation of healthy new blood vessels in living rats, according to a tissue engineering research...

High-Dose Factor VIII Treatment Should Be Quickly Initiated.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy argue that hemophiliacs with factor VIII inhibitors should begin intensive factor VIII treatment as soon as possible to maximize...

HLA-B27 Carriers Have Elevated Risk.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients whose blood cells express HLA-B27 have a heightened risk of developing hematological malignancies, according to researchers in Hong Kong. "Human...

Tiny Filter Traps Debris From Procedure, Could Prevent New Heart Attack.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time, researchers have successfully tested a device that traps potentially artery-blocking debris that is dislodged into the bloodstream during coronary angioplasty, according to a report...

Blood Pressure Knowledge Is Alarmingly Low In U.S., Canada.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in the United States and Canada is alarmingly low, concludes an analysis in the November 2001 issue of the American Journal of Hypertension of...

Warfarin, Aspirin Provide No Significant Difference In Prevention.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Warfarin and aspirin provide no significant difference in preventing another stroke in ischemic stroke patients After a decade of earlier research that verified the benefit of the blood thinner...

Thrombopoietin Antibodies Can Trigger Platelet Loss.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that they have discovered a previously unseen mechanism for the development of thrombocytopenia. Junzhi Li and...

Enoxaparin Is An Attractive Replacement For Standard Heparin.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a combination heart attack therapy trial announced by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Boston, Massachusetts, suggest that the low-molecular-weight heparin enoxaparin, when...

Dexamethasone Can Reduce CD4 Cell Loss.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The anti-inflammatory steroid dexamethasone has a protective effect on CD4 cells in HIV patients, researchers report. Previous studies had shown that...

Breast Cancer Resistance Protein Can Confer Drug Resistance.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have shown that a protein known to confer resistance to multiple anticancer drugs is often expressed by acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...

Hemophilia Foundation Names New Director Of Government Relations And Blood Safety.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Hemophilia Foundation has appointed Cheryl A. Hayden as its new director of government relations and blood safety. Hayden was formerly the assistant director of government relations...

Self-Inactivating Lentiviral Vectors Increase Therapeutic Options.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical investigators believe self-inactivating lentiviral vectors might offer an advantage over other vectors presently being considered for use in gene...

Synthetic Coronary Bypass Graft Successful In Preclinical Study.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiotech International, Inc., has reported completion of the first phase of the development program to commercialize its proprietary CardioPass synthetic coronary artery bypass graft. The...

Ten-Year Study Finds Increased Incidence Of Sepsis In U.S.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Between 1988 and 1998, the incidence of sepsis in the United States increased 23.3%, according to a study presented at CHEST 2001, the 67th annual international scientific assembly of the American...

New Tools Help Improve Rheumatic Practice.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - Advances in technology typically result in advances in diagnostics and therapeutics, according to several presenters at clinical symposia at the 65th Annual...

Phase III Study of Tifacogin In Severe Sepsis Fails To Reduce Mortality.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation has announced the results of its Phase III trial, OPTIMIST, for the evaluation of tifacogin in severe sepsis. The results from the trial indicate that tifacogin did not meet the...

Effectiveness Of Drug Can Now Be Determined Sooner.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients being treated for the hepatitis C virus - a blood-borne disease that attacks the liver - now can learn earlier than ever before if they are likely to benefit from an investigational drug...

PET Scans Provide Important Post-Treatment Prognostic Data.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning after treatment for Hodgkin disease (HD) can identify patients likely to need further medical interventions,...

DNA Vaccine Is Safe And Immunogenic.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Incorporated, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center has announced results of initial Phase II human testing for safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy of a multigene DNA vaccine...

High CD34 Cell Counts Predict Disease Progression.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy say that high levels of circulating hematopoietic stem cells are an unfavorable portent for patients suffering from myelofibrosis with...

CEP-1347 Increased Success Of Brain Cell Transplantation In Animal Models.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cephalon, Inc., announced that studies conducted by its development partner, H. Lundbeck A/S, demonstrate that CEP-1347 improves the survival of transplanted dopamine neurons in a preclinical model of...

Industry Group Certifies Five Companies In Quality And Safety.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) has certified five companies that successfully met the criteria of the international Quality Standards of Excellence Assurance and Leadership (QSEAL)...

Researchers Find Mechanism For Protein Travel Through Cells.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For some proteins made deep within a cell and that work elsewhere in the body, there is a complex journey aboard carrier vessels with many possible stops before they exit the cell and continue through...

Early, Aggressive Treatment For Severe Infection Reduces Mortality.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients treated more aggressively for severe infection in the emergency department before they are admitted to the hospital have lower death rates, less risk of organ failure, and shorter lengths of...

Electroporation Effective For Genetic Modification.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Illinois say that electroporation is an effective and efficient technique for genetic engineering of cord blood stem cells. "Human...

Cytokine Levels Can Predict Organ Dysfunction.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Nebraska say that cytokine levels can be used to identify patients at risk of impaired organ function during conditioning for stem cell...

Extensive T-Cell Depletion Can Lead To Post-Transplantation Complications.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Removing T cells from allogeneic stem cell grafts reduces the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), but researchers in the United Kingdom warn that...

Filgrastim-Primed Bone Marrow Safer Than Primed Peripheral Blood Cells.
December 13, 2001... 2001 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Stem cell transplants using bone marrow primed with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) are safer than grafts of G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood...

Blood Transfusions May Improve Outcome For Elderly Patients.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Blood transfusions can reduce the short-term mortality risk for some elderly heart attack patients, according to researchers in New England. "Anemia may...

Low-Dose Acenocoumarol May Be Effective Over The Long Term.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The anticoagulant acenocoumarol may have long-term therapeutic benefit for patients suffering from sickle cell disease, researchers in the Netherlands say. ...

High-Dose Idarubicin-Based Regimen Effective.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy have found a chemotherapy regimen that may provide effective treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS patients. "Intensive...

Tumor Necrosis Factor-(alpha) Inhibits Hematopoiesis.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Mexico may have found the culprit behind suppressed hematopoietic progenitor cell function in patients suffering from aplastic anemia (AA). ...

Recombinant Hemoglobin Safe For Anesthetized Patients.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Recombinant human hemoglobin (rHb1.1) appears to be safe for use as a surgical blood substitute, researchers in the United States report. Dr. John K....

Low-Dose Radiation Prevents Restenosis In Leg Arteries.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood vessels and arteries in the legs can become blocked just like those in the heart, but a new study being conducted at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago seeks to offer patients...

Conditioning Regimen May Affect Chimerism Rate.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The choice of conditioning regimens for stem cell transplantation may determine the rate of donor cell chimerism, researchers in Japan say. Dr. Yoichi...

Interleukin-2 Improves Lymphocyte Function.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The cytokine interleukin (IL)-2 can restore proper lymphocyte function to HIV patients, researchers say. "Increased susceptibility to apoptosis and loss of...

Leukotriene Levels Raised In Aspirin-Induced Asthma.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Aspirin raises levels of some allergic mediators in patients suffering from asthma triggered by the drug, according to researchers in Turkey. "The...

Sepsis Screens Can Be Ineffective During Leukopenia.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - One sign of possible systemic infection is not reliable in patients with low white blood cell counts, researchers in Italy warn. "Procalcitonin (PCT) has...

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Still Useful.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is still useful for finding pulmonary morbidity in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) patients, researchers in the United States report....

Vitamins May Prevent Repeat Blockage Of The Coronary Artery.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine cardiologists, in conjunction with the Swiss Cardiovascular Center, have found vitamins that cost only pennies prevent repeat blockage of the...

Collaboration Aims For Tests To Detect vCJD And Mad Cow Disease.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gradipore (GDP) has entered into a development agreement with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) for the early detection of abnormal variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD) prions...

HMSR To Merge With Point Therapeutics.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HMSR, Inc., (HMSR) has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Point Therapeutics, Inc. Following the merger, Point Therapeutics, Inc., will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HMSR, which will...

Scientists Say T Cells Compete To Fight Infection.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like any competitive sport, your immune system needs to field its best players in order to win the match against pathogens. Investigators report in the January 2002 issue of Nature Immunology that...

Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Comparable With Unfractionated Heparin.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results presented at the 2001 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association in Anaheim, California, demonstrated that there were no significant differences in efficacy or safety when...

SuperGen Obtains FDA Approval To Market Anticancer Drug Daunorubicin.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SuperGen, Inc., (SUPG) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market daunorubicin as a treatment for a variety of acute leukemias. "We are pleased that the FDA...

Using Gene Chips, Scientists Identify Unique Form Of Disease.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have discovered that a rare but lethal blood cancer that strikes infants in their first year is a genetically distinct type of leukemia and might someday be...

Chlorophyllin Shown To Decrease Risk Significantly.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking chlorophyllin greatly reduces the levels of aflatoxin-DNA damage byproducts in the body, which are indicators of exposure to carcinogenic aflatoxins and increased risk of liver cancer. ...

Angioplasty, Stent Procedures For Leg Pain Cheaper, Easier On Patient.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using angioplasty and stents to treat a common cause of leg pain is not only just as effective as surgery but is also easier for patients, has an equivalent effect on quality of life and costs about...

New Imaging Technique Sheds Light On Proteins' Functions.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new technique for observing large proteins that gives scientists the most detailed picture yet of the biological workhorses in action and...

Final Findings From TAXUS I Drug-Eluting Stent Clinical Trial Reported.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced final six-month findings from its TAXUS I clinical trial, including angiographic edge effect analysis and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) follow-up...

Reprogrammed Human Cells Supply Tissue For Transplantation.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., (ACT) announced publication of its research on human somatic cell nuclear transfer and parthenogenesis. The report provides the first proof that reprogrammed human...

T-Cell Depletion Has Little Effect On Infection Risk.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - T-cell depletion of stem cell allografts has only a limited impact on the incidence of posttransplant complications, researchers in Spain say. "T-cell...

Study Supports Use Of BioGlue In Phrenic Nerve Environment.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife, Inc. (CRY) announced a recent study by Baylor College of Medicine demonstrates that a barrier of chlorhexidine gluconate gel, such as Surgilube, protected the phrenic nerve against acute...

Stem Cell Apoptosis Higher In Patients.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have provided new information about the defective hematopoiesis seen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Dr. Helen...

BioNumerik, CALGB Collaborate To Improve Clinical Trials Data.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) will collaborate to use advanced information technology to improve the performance of clinical trials data and information...

Interferon Effective For Hepatitis C Patients With Low Platelet Counts.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors can employ the use of interferon therapy to treat patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related thrombocytopenia without risking adverse effects,...

Officials Advise Air Travelers On Avoiding Blood Clots.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Passengers on long-haul flights should perform simple leg exercises in their seats and get up and walk around when possible to reduce the risk of developing blood clots in their legs, British officials...

FDA Comments On Application For Blood Substitute.
December 20, 2001... 2001 DEC 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Northfield Laboratories, Inc., (NFLD) has received comments from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) on its Biologics License Application (BLA),...