Blood Weekly articles from February 2000

Blood Weekly archives from February 2000

Prevalence in Blood Recipients Similar to That of Donors.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- No clinical evidence of disease potentially linked to TT virus (TTV) infection was observed in patients with TTV DNA carriage over several years, according to researchers in...

Coagulation Markers in Women Extend from Many Causes.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have determined that many factors affect coagulation factors in women. Some of these include the effects of age, ethnicity, blood group type, menstrual cycle phase, and oral contraceptive use....

Study Addresses Hemoglobin Conversion to Methemoglobin.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings may shed some light on the effects of heat treating blood components, according to research from the United States. Focal regions of T-1-shortening have been observed in magnetic resonance...

Intraethnic Differences Exist in Platelet Activities.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Platelet catechol sulfotransferase activity appears to vary by gender and ethnic group, according to a report from Italy. A. Brittelli and colleagues performed an investigation to determine whether there...

Alcoholic Chlorhexidine Is Effective Skin Preparation.(People)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Alcoholic chlorhexidine performed better than aqueous povidone-iodine as a skin preparation to reduce blood culture contamination, researchers from France reported. Chlorhexidine is better than...

Catheterized Patients Require Careful Management.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients undergoing Hickman-Broviac catheterization require careful monitoring for the development of bloodstream infections, according to a recent report. Patients frequently experience infectious...

Fibrinogen Protein Plays a Role in Red Blood Cell Aggregation.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation is commonly found in association with coronary artery disease (CAD). Researchers have found that premature CAD may be associated with plasma fibrinogen, which is known to...

Immunocompromised Patients Require Examination.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Thailand suggested that serum samples from immunocompromised patients in that country be examined for cytomegalovirus DNA. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) constitutes the most widespread cause of...

Genetically Rooted Immune Mechanismas Play a Key Role in Beta-Thalassemic Heart Failure.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Immunogenetic studies reveal that whether a beta-thalassemic patient suffers left-sided heart failure depends on the patient's genetic background. Failure of the left ventricular systolic function is the...

Hemophilia Cohort Exhibits Long-Term HIV Nonprogression.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from the United States, 7 long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs) have been identified in a cohort of 128 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infected individuals with hemophilia. "Studies...

Prostaglandin Compound is Indicator for Serious Condition.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- There may be a link between high levels of free 8-iso-prostaglandin F-2 (alpha) from decidua basalis tissue and preeclampsia in pregnant women, according to a study from Norway. A compound known as...

Assay Detects Parvovirus B19 Infectivity.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Japan used an infectivity assay using an erythroid cell line to detect infectivity and inactivation of human parvovirus B19. E. Miyagawa and colleagues developed a human parvovirus B19...

Awareness Needed of Lab and Clinical Variables.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Clinicians and pharmacists need to be aware of anticoagulant therapy variables and how they may impact patient safety, according to a report from the United States. The effectiveness and safety of oral...

Heparin Removal Model May Not Be So Simple.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A previous in vitro model for the removal of heparin may be oversimplified, according to researchers in the United States. The protamine bioreactor was developed to prevent adverse effects due to heparin...

Eosinophils Do Not Express Affinity Membrane Receptors.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Eosinophils do not express functional high affinity membrane receptors for immunoglobulin E (IgE), according to researchers working in England. S. J. Smith and colleagues performed a study to determine...

Second-Generation Recombinant Clotting Factor Is Safe.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A second-generation recombinant factor VIII product does not place hemophilia patients at risk for antibody formation, according to researchers working in the United States. A deficiency of the human...

HIV Based Gene Transfer Systems Are Effective.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings indicate that HIV-based gene transfer systems offer an effective way for transducing human hematopoietic stem cells. The efficient transduction of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) to...

Electroporation Transfects Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were successfully transfected with electroporation, reported researchers from the United Kingdom. "To explore the feasibility of ex vivo lymphocyte gene therapy, we...

Treatment Programs Now in Place Throughout Country.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared liver dialysis treatment program is now in place at 15 medical centers throughout the United States, announced David Mazepink, HemoTherapies, Inc. ...

Storing Your Own Blood Before Surgery May Not Be Necessary.(Health & Fitness)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2000... 2000 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- New Mayo Clinic research shows which patients may benefit most from autologous donation, storage of one's own blood before surgery. "Autologous collection is an expensive process, which ultimately results...

Data Consistent with 30-Year-Old Epidemic in US.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study suggests the existence of a 30-year-old epidemic of human T lymphotropic virus type II in the United States. The demographic and geographic determinants of human T lymphotropic virus types...

Cilostarol Effective, Safer Than Ticlopidine.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cilostarol with aspirin is an effective antithrombotic regimen and is safer than the standard ticlopidine with aspirin, researchers say. Triclopidine, frequently administered as an antithrombotic after...

No Difference in Engraftment Kinetics Based on Collection Type.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The actual type of apheresis collection procedure used did not appear to have any effect on engraftment kinetics posttransplantation, according to a recent report. Apheresis devices designed for the...

World Health Organization Develops New Classification System.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Oncologists and pathologists from around the world worked together to develop a new classification for hematologic malignancies such as lymphoid, myeloid, histiocytic, and mast cell neoplasms. The World...

Expression of E-Selectin by Bone Marrow Endothelium Defined.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- E-selectin mediates stromal derived factor-induced chemokinesis of long-term culture-initiating cells through endothelial cells, according to a report from the United States. Homing of hematopoietic stem...

Compound 48/80 May Provide Relief under Septic Conditions.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A compound may provide therapy for instantaneous relief of hypercoagulation under septic conditions, according to a report from the United States. Hypercoagulability is a commonly exhibited endotoxemia...

Hypokalemia Linked to Multiple Electrolyte Disturbances.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hypokalemia may indicate multiple concurrent interrelated electrolyte disturbances in patients with acute leukemia, researchers have found. Patients with acute leukemia frequently suffer from electrolyte...

Rearrangement of p190 BCR-ABL May Be a Secondary Effect.(myeloproliferative disorders)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have found that p190 BCR-ABL rearrangement may be a secondary cytological event in some cases of myeloid disorder. PH1 chromosome with m-BCR rearrangement is a feature of a few chronic...

Thrombin Generation Not Prevented with Glycoprotein IIb-IIa Antagonist.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The administration of platelet glycoprotein inhibitor IIb-IIa does not prevent thrombin generation in patients undergoing thrombolysis, according to researchers from the United States. Thrombin activity...

Growth Factors to Reduce Platelet Requirements May Be Needed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Therapeutic results of dexamethasone, cytarabine, and cisplatin need to be improved by adding strategies to reduce myelotoxicity, according to researchers working in Canada. R. Haq and colleagues designed...

Study Addresses Adenosine Diphosphate's Role.(role in platelet activation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings may shed some light on how adenosine diphosphate is involved as a cofactor in platelet activation. Although adenosine diphosphate (ADP), per se, is a weak platelet agonist, its role as a...

Plasmapheresis and Cyclophosphamide Can Control Relapse.(glomerulonephritis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- For patients experiencing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis relapse following renal transplantation, plasmapheresis plus cyclophosphamide can effectively control the condition, according to a report from...

Lower Cost with Use of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells.(versus bone marrow cells)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of stem cell transplantation from peripheral blood was associated with lower costs than cells obtained from bone marrow. S. Jerjis and colleagues evaluated the costs of unpurged autologous stem...

Low-Dose Granulocyte-Colony-Stimulating Factor Recommended.(for peripheral blood progenitor cell collection)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Low-dose granulocyte-colony stimulating factor after chemotherapy may enable adequate peripheral blood progenitor cell collection at a reduced cost. The optimal dose of post-chemotherapy...

Novel Approach for Identifying Adhesin Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists in Brazil have reported a method for identifying the adhesin that they believe causes T. foetus to selectively adhere to red blood cells in different animal species. Tritrichomonas foetus is a...

Interleukin-10 May Augment Host Immune Response.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the United Kingdom investigated the way proinflammatory cytokines mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It is well known that adaptive immune...

Ganciclovir Given Early after Transplant Prevents GVHD.(graft-versus-host disease)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Future clinical trials need to address prevention, rather than treatment of graft-versus-host disease, according to a recent report. Donor T cells are beneficial for engraftment, immune reconstitution,...

Expression of Therapeutic Transgene Shown in Rodent Study.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vector administration into the amniotic cavity may be a safe way to treat hemophilia B, according to a recent report. Based on previous studies on gene delivery into the amniotic cavity, Holm Schneider et...

Transfusion Requirements for Older Patients Addressed.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hip fracture patients over the age of 80 years required more blood transfusions post-operatively than did younger patients, according to a report from the United States. Transfusions in elderly hip...

Professional and Patient Groups Join to Advocate for Safer Blood.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Calling for stepped up efforts to protect blood transfusion recipients from serious and deadly diseases like AIDS and hepatitis, the Committee of Ten Thousand, the Hepatitis B Foundation, and other...

FDA Clears Virtually Pain-Free Blood Glucose Monitor.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a breakthrough product that will provide a virtually pain-free blood glucose test alternative to the 16 million Americans with diabetes. FreeStyle, a...

Orthostasis May Cause Hemodynamically Mediated Brain Damage.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- In patients with diabetes mellitus orthostasis may lead to hemodynamically mediated brain damage following hemodialysis, suggest researchers from Japan. Orthostatic hypotension is a serious problem in...

Blood Test to Predict Diabetes in Children.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Medical researchers at the Sophia Children's Hospital and Rotterdam Erasmus University have developed a reliable blood test to diagnose diabetes in children at an early stage. The test allows them to...

Global Plasma Therapeutics Association Formed.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The European Association of the Plasma Products Industry (EAPPI) and the International Plasma Products Industry Association (IPPIA) announced their plans today to join forces to create a single, global...

Platelet System Clinical Trial Continues After Independent Review of Safety and Efficacy Data.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cerus Corporation announced that the European clinical trial of its pathogen inactivation system for platelets has clearance to continue to enroll patients following a routine review of safety and efficacy...

Company Initiates Phase I Human Testing for Orally Active Thrombin-Inhibitor.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (3DP) announced that it has begun Phase I human testing of its oral anticoagulant thrombin inhibitor, 3DP-4815. 3DP-4815 is being developed for the treatment of...

Genetically Engineered Vessel Resistant to Oxidative Stress.
February 10, 2000... 2000 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the United States have developed a genetically engineered blood vessel that is resistant to oxidative stress. The researchers examined the effects of oxidative stress upon the process of...

Survey Presents Personal Opinions of Medical Staff.(concerning cancer patients and blood transfusions)(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Clinical condition, not influenced by a cancer patient's terminal stage, is what should be the primary determinant for blood transfusion, according to a recent survey. Beni Habot and colleagues performed...

Ibesartan Prevents Thromboxane A2-Induced Vasoconstriction.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Irbesartan, a novel orally active nonpeptide angiotensin II (Ang II) AT1 receptor antagonist, prevents thromboxane A2-induced vasoconstriction, researchers say. P. Li and colleagues isolated coronary...

Effects of Angiotensin II, Endothelin-1, Protein Kinase C Inhibitor on Vascular Cells.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Angiotensin II (Ang-II) and endothelin 1 (ET-1) have similar effects on spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, according to researchers. Ang-II and ET-1 induce a prolonged...

Antibody Screening of Blood Donors for Cytomegalovirus Can Be Reliable.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- It is possible to perform antibody screening for human cytomegalovirus in blood donor samples, provided a sensitive immunoglobulin G detection assay system is used, according to a report from Luxembourg. ...

Computer-Assisted Safety System for Prescription of Blood Components.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A research letter published in the February 5, 2000, issue of The Lancet illustrates how the use of a computerized program can increase safety and efficiency for patients who are given blood transfusion. ...

T-Cell Selection Processes Play Essential Role in Children.(after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation)(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- T-cell selection processes play an important role in the complete restoration of the T-cell immune repertoire in children after allo-BMT, according to researchers working in the Netherlands. B. C....

Genetics Involved in Lipoprotein Differences.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genetics appears to play a key role in the difference in lipoprotein concentration between race and gender groups, according to a recent report. Race and gender differences in lipoproteins and...

Rapid Delivery of Insulin with Regulated Gene Therapy Achieves Correction of Experimental Diabetes.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., reported, in a research article published in the February 4, 2000, issue of Science, the development of a novel gene regulation technology that allows rapid, pulsatile delivery of...

Mucosal Vascular Addressin Plays Role for Lymphocyte Presence.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) may play a role in the circulation of lymphocytes to inflamed livers, scientists report in the journal Liver. Scientists already know the role that...

Angiogenesis Growth Factors Critical to Pathogenesis.(Primary effusion lymphomas)(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor stimulation of vascular permeability may play a key role in the pathogenesis of primary effusion lymphomas, according to a recent report. ...

Nitric Oxide May Have a Beneficial Role.(in Plasmodium falciparum malaria)(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Nitric oxide may have a beneficial instead of an adverse role in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, according to researchers working in Germany. To date, there have been conflicting reports concerning the...

Low Dose Pills Associated with Resistance to Anticoagulant.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Investigators in The Netherlands have gathered additional evidence that third generation birth control pills containing desogestrel can lead to the resistance of activated protein C (APC). APC regulates...

Myoglobin-Like Heme Proteins Found in Ancient Microorganisms.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A University of Hawaii research team has discovered a new class of myoglobin-like proteins in ancient microorganisms. In animals, myoglobin (found in muscle) and its close relative hemoglobin (the main...

Current Pain Management Discourages Self-Reliance.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The organization and delivery of management for the pain of a sickle cell crisis discourages self-reliance and encourages hospital dependence. Scientists from the University of London examined how...

Precursor of CD34(+) Cells Shown in CD34(-) Cell Population.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Japan report the first in vitro demonstration of the precursor of CD34(+) cells in the human CD34(-) cell population. The human Lin(-)CD34(-) cell population contains a newly defined...

Study: Antenatal Screening For Hemoglobin Disorders Is Inadequate and Inequitable.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Only half of the couples at risk of passing on the hemoglobin disorder thalassaemia to their children have full access to information about their condition and the choices available to them, find the authors...

Cross-Linking Process Creates Discerning Permeable Membrane.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cross-linking of hemoglobin using the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester disuccinimidyl glutarate creates a cross-linked hemoglobin membrane with permeability between hemoglobin and small molecules, according to a...

Survival of Genetically Engineered Blood Cells in HIV-1 Human Study Reported.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Enzo Biochem, Inc., reported the survival in circulation of genetically engineered blood cells in an HIV-1 human study. The study, a Phase I clinical trial sponsored by Enzo Therapeutics, is being...

Combo Chemotherapy and Donor Lymphocyte Infusion Help Relapse.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Combination chemotherapy and donor lymphocyte infusion is a satisfactory treatment regimen for some relapsed cancer patients. Relapse after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) remains an...

Novel Assay May Be Helpful in Treating Diseases.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A novel assay should be useful for detecting inhibitors between human herpesvirus 8 polymerase and processivity factor, according to researchers working in the United States. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)...

Drug Combo and Stem Cells Help Multiple Myeloma Patients.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- An escalated dose of topotecan, combined with melphalan, topotecan, and VP-16 phosphate, followed by autologous stem cell rescue was well tolerated in a cohort of patients with multiple myeloma. D. M....

Approval Given for Human Clinical Testing of Adsorbent Polymer Technology.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- RenalTech International, New York, announced that it has received approval from the Italian Ministry of Health to conduct human clinical testing of its adsorbent polymer technology for blood detoxification....

Research Sheds Light on Cytokine Involvement.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Primitive myeloid progenitor cells of patients with severe congenital neutropenia have defective responsiveness to not only various cytokines, including early- or intermediate-acting hematopoietic factors,...

US Patent Issued for Radioimmunotherapy for B-Cell Lymphomas.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Coulter Pharmaceutical and SmithKline Beecham announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a composition patent relating to radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of B-cell...

Phase III Clinical Trial for Radiotherapy Announced.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- NeoRx Corporation, Seattle, Washington, and PPD, Inc., Wilmington, North Carolina, announced an agreement for PPD to perform the Phase III clinical studies for NeoRx's skeletal targeted radiotherapy product...

Hepatitis C Virus Nucleic Acid Controls for Blood Screening Released.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- AcroMetrix, Berkeley, California, announced the release of hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleic acid controls for blood screening and medical diagnostic laboratories worldwide. The NAC HCV RNA controls are...

New Institute Formed To Distribute Human Stem Cells.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2000... 2000 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- In an effort to move human embryonic stem cell technology into the mainstream of academic and corporate research, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has established a private subsidiary whose primary...

Some Cord Blood Stem Cells Are Not Susceptible to HIV-1 Infection.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- It may be possible to use certain human placental cord blood stem cells and their progeny to design gene therapy for perinatal HIV-1 infection, according to researchers in the United States. The AC133 is...

Erythropoiesis Associated with Initial Hemoglobin Level.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Initial hemoglobin concentrations and the time between the first autologous blood collection and surgery independently correlate with red cell regeneration, according to researchers in Germany. M....

Drugs Improve Red Cell Deformability.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The direct action of nitric oxide and prostacyclin on red cells induces improved red cell deformability and aggregability, according to a report from Poland. Although many diseases of the heart and...

Autoclaving Monitors Can Prevent HCV Contamination.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study has demonstrated that autoclaving the monitors used for the dialysis of kidney patients can prevent the spread of hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study is reported in the February 2000 issue of the...

Hepatitis C Virus Transmission Still Problematic for Dialysis Patients.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists say that dialysis patients in Germany are at risk for acquiring hepatitis C virus, according to a study report published in the February 2000 issue of Journal of Medical Virology. This risk...

FDA Clears Gene Therapy To Enter Human Trial.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- UroGen Corp. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a Phase I human clinical trial of its Factor VIII gene therapy...

Low Molecular Weight and Unfractionated Heparins Compared.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings may help account for the superior antithrombotic efficacy of low molecular weight heparin compared to unfractionated heparin. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is released to...

Venous Thrombosis Complicates Heparin Resistance.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients with burn injury complicated by venous thrombosis could develop factor VIII-related heparin resistance, according to researchers in the United States. Anticoagulation with heparin is required in...

Multi-Organ Donation Transmits Plasmodium vivax.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- An multi-organ donor transmitted Plasmodium vivax malaria to several recipients, according to a report from Germany. L. Fischer and colleagues published their report in Clinical Transplantation...

Endothelial NO Synthase Regulates Renal Vascular Resistance.(nitric oxide)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2000... 2000 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Endothelial nitric oxide synthase is important in regulating renal vascular resistance, according to a report from Germany. The level of renal blood flow (RBF) is controlled by opposing vasoconstrictor...