Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is limited by the availability of suitable marrow donors
and risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and opportunistic infection. In an attempt to …

Human umbilical cord blood (CB) is being increasingly used both as an alternative to bone
marrow to transplant children and for experimental insight into the ontogenic and …

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematopoietic disorders characterized by
ineffective hematopoiesis and refractory cytopenias. 1 Recently, we and others have used …

Similar to other cellular systems, the production of blood cells (hematopoiesis) is a tightly
regulated system that is responsive to cytokine-mediated cell survival, growth, and …

… Broxmeyer: We have looked at endothelial cells only from cord blood. We have not used
maternal plasma or placental stroma. Why would you think the maternal plasma would have a …

After reading the recent article by Sala et al 1 I felt that several issues required clarification.
We have reported a role for acidic isoferritins as suppressor molecules of myeloid colony …

Interleukin 12 (IL-12), a heterodimeric cytokine with potent biologic activity, was evaluated for
effects on retroviral-mediated gene transduction into human myeloid progenitor cells in vitro…

Preparations of human interferon (HuIFN) immune (y)(2 x lo7 units/mg protein), HulFN
leukocyte zyxwvutsrqponmlkji (a)(1.4 x lo* units/mg protein) and HulFN fibroblasts (a)(lo6 U/mg …

Preclinical studies of primary cancer cells are typically done after tumors are removed from
patients or animals at ambient atmospheric oxygen (O 2 , ~21%). However, O 2 …

The International Conference on Leukocyte Biology will be held October 14-18, 1990 at the
Capsis Beach Hotel, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The objectives of this congress are to provide …