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SCIENCE NEWS
Researchers at BC Cancer Agency Identify One of the Most Frequently Mutated Single Genes in the Fastest Growing Cancer in North America Scientists have discovered a never before seen DNA spelling mistake, or mutation, in a gene called EZH2 in diffuse large B cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma, the two most common types of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. [BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver]
New Finding in Cell Migration May Be Key to Preventing Clots, Cancer Spread Researchers have discovered how cells in the body flatten out as they adhere to internal bodily surfaces, the first step in a wide range of important processes including clot formation, immune defense, wound healing, and the spread of cancer cells. [University of Illinois, Chicago]
Drug that Modifies Gene Activity Could Help some Older Leukemia Patients Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia might benefit from a drug that reactivates genes that cancer cells turn off. [Washington University, St. Louis]
Treating Anaemia in Patients with Kidney Disease
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents may be warranted for certain chronic kidney disease patients who have severe anaemia and need frequent blood transfusions or who are candidates for a kidney transplant. [Harvard University, Boston]
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CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
LABORATORY RESEARCH
Epigenetic Chromatin States Uniquely Define the Developmental Plasticity of Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Heritable epigenetic signatures are proposed to serve as an important regulatory mechanism in lineage fate determination. To investigate this, researchers profiled chromatin modifications in murine hematopoietic stem cells, lineage-restricted progenitors, and CD4+ T cells using modified genome-scale mini-chromatin immunoprecipitation technology. [Blood]
Haploinsufficiency of Apc Leads to Ineffective Hematopoiesis This study shows that the conditional inactivation of a single allele of Apc
in mice leads to the development of severe anemia with macrocytosis and monocytosis. [Blood]
The Downregulation of Onzin Expression by PKC(epsilon)-ERK2 Signaling and its Potential Role in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cell Differentiation Researchers provide the first demonstration that onzin expression is significantly downregulated during differentiation induction of acute myeloid leukemic cell lines and primary cells by
all-trans retinoic acid and especially by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. [Leukemia]
Development and Function of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Generated from Mouse Embryonic and Hematopoietic Stem Cells Functional myeloid-derived suppressor cells can be efficiently generated from mouse embryonic stem cells and bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells. [Stem Cells]
Wnt Signaling in Hematopoiesis: Crucial Factors for Self-Renewal, Proliferation, and Cell Fate Decisions While in the thymus Wnt signaling provides cytokine-like, proliferative stimuli to developing thymocytes, canonical Wnt signaling in hematopoietic stem cells regulates cells fate decisions, in particular self-renewal versus differentiation. [J Cell Biochem]
Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are Necessary for Early Erythropoietic Expansion in the Bone Marrow but Not in the Spleen Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are essential for normal bone marrow erythropoiesis but they are dispensable for erythropoiesis in the spleen, implying different signaling pathways for homeostatic and stress erythropoiesis. [Haematologica]
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Testing the Natural Killer T Cell Hypothesis in Lenalidomide-Treated Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients Study data challenge the concept that natural killer T (NKT) cell defects contribute to the development of myelodysplastic syndrome, and shows that a clinical response to lenalidomide is not dependent on modulation of NKT cell frequency or function. [Leukemia]
Phase I Study of Recombinant Human Interleukin-7 Administration in Subjects with Refractory Malignancy This study shows the potent biological activity of recombinant human IL-7 in humans over a well-tolerated dose range and allows further exploration of its possible therapeutic applications. [Clin Cancer Res]
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POLICY NEWS
After Long March, Scientists Create 'Chinese National Institutes of Health'
The National Natural Science Foundation of China launched a medical department that expects to disburse about 1 billion renminbi ($150 million) in government grants in 2010. [The National Natural Science Foundation of China, People's Republic of China]
Advisory Committees; Tentative Schedule of Meetings for 2010 [Food and Drug Administration, United States]
Proposed FDA Rulemaking on Informed Consent Requirements (NOT-OD-10-046) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
PHS 2010-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (PA-10-051) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
IACUC 101 and 201 PLUS Workshops: February 24-25, 2010 in Lafayette, LA (NOT-OD-10-044) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2010 (NOT-OD-10-047) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
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36th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood & Marrow Transplantation March 21-24, 2010 Vienna, Austria
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ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting June 16-19, 2010 San Francisco, United States
XXXIst International Congress of the ISBT in joint cooperation with the 43rd Congress of the DGTI June 26-July 1, 2010 Berlin, Germany
ISEH 2010 Meeting September 15-18, 2010 Melbourn, Australia
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