COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR : Faster CFC assays for hematopoietic progenitors in cord blood

Fourteen Patient Kidney Exchange with Novel Blood Therapy Seen As Way to Make Matches, Address Racial Disparities, Increase Number of Transplants
Surgeons at two Washington hospitals have performed seven kidney transplants involving 14 recipients and donors who did not match, using a process that virtually eliminates the chances of organ rejection. [Georgetown University Hospital, Washington]

Potential Risk Identified in Transfusions of Platelets Before Bone Marrow Transplant
Research on blood transfusions points to a potential risk of transfusing donated platelets, especially to patients with bone marrow failure syndromes who are subsequently candidates for bone marrow transplantation. [Emory University, Atlanta]

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

A Human Monoclonal Antibody Drug and Target Discovery Platform for B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Based on Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Phage Display
Mining post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation antibody repertoires offers a novel route to discover fully human mAbs and identify antigens of potential therapeutic relevance to B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and possibly other cancers. [Blood]

Differential Gene Expression Signatures of Adult Peripheral Blood Versus Cord Blood Monocyte-Derived Immature and Mature Dendritic Cells
The results of this study suggest that specific genetic signatures might be responsible for differential dendritic cell differentiation and maturation between adult peripheral blood versus cord blood and may provide insight into molecular mechanisms regulating differential immune responses between neonates and adults. [Exp Hematol]

POLICY NEWS

Senate Confirms New NIH Director
The Senate on Friday confirmed Dr. Francis Collins, a scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code, as director of the National Institutes of Health.

Legislature to Duke It Out Over Stem Cell Regulations
Opponents of embryonic stem cell research in Michigan have mobilized to push for proposals requiring in-vitro fertilization patients to sign a consent form that addresses issues such as potential excess embryos, costs to store leftover embryos and a statement on the prohibition of accepting anything valuable in exchange for frozen embryos.

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (United States)

FDA Issues Final Rules to Help Patients Gain Access to Investigational Drugs

2009 Meeting Materials, Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee

Bone Marrow Collection/Transfusion Kit; Approved Products - Fenwal Inc.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Reminder of NIH Requirements for Submission of Financial, Administrative, and Scientific Closeout Reports in a Timely and Accurate Fashion (NOT-OD-09-128)

Events

2nd TERMIS World Congress In Conjunction With 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium
August 31-September 3, 2009
Seoul, South Korea

XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Society for Artificial Organs 2009   
September 2-5, 2009
Compiègne, France

16th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress
September 6-10, 2009
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

International Society for Hematology and Stem Cells 38th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 9-12, 2009
Athens, Greece

51st ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 9-12, 2009
New Orleans, LA

2010 BMT Tandem Meetings
February 24-28, 2010
Orlando, Florida

The European Group for Blood & Marrow Transplantation Annual Meeting
March 21-24, 2010
Vienna, Austria

Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium Annual Meeting
April 7-10, 2010
Vancouver, BC

16th Annual International Society for Cellular Therapy Meeting
May 22-26, 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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