Inhibitors Don’t Differ for Previously Untreated Patients Given Plasma-Derived and Recombinant Factor VIII: Systematic Review
A number of studies have examined the impact of plasmaderived or recombinant factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy on inhibitor antibody development in hemophilia A patients, with conflicting results.
Trend Toward Better Responses in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients Treated with 25% Human Albumin: Pilot Study
Human albumin is known to exert a neuroprotective effect in animal models of cerebral ischemia and humans with various intracranial pathologies.
Immunotherapy May Help to Treat Alzheimer’s
Canadian scientists are working on an intravenous treatment for Alzheimer’s that could halt the progression of the disease and improve cognitive functions.
More Evidence of an Autism Immune Component
A recent study shows that specific autoantibodies found in a modest proportion of mothers with an autistic child may provide more evidence of an immune component related to autism.
Albumin Can Be Grown in Rice
Scientists in China have successfully grown human serum albumin in rice, which has been successfully used to grow other human proteins.
People with Job’s Syndrome Have Impaired Immune Memory
A research team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases found that people with Job’s syndrome have a lower number of immune memory cells.
Bouncer” Protein Halts Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers at the Feinberg School ofMedicine have figured out how the immune cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients become hyperactive and attack their joints and bones.
Less Pain and Shorter Convalescence with Fibrin Sealant vs. Tacks in Mesh Fixation After Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Danish surgeons designed and conducted a randomized clinical trial to compare conventional mesh fixation using titanium tacks against fibrin sealant.
IVIG Produces Sustained Long-Term Clinical Remission in Patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
A recent study showed satisfactory clinical response to intraveinous immunoglobulin was observed in 10 patients with severe and wide-spread epidermolysis.
Human Albumin Improves Endothelial Dysfunction and Survival in Experimental Endotoxemia Model
A recent study confirmed the protective effect of 4% human serum albumin both on [mouse] survival and endothelial dysfuction.