2003 Editor-in-Chief:
Thomas Ortel, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center

2004 ASH News Daily Authors:
Martin Carroll, M.D.
Peter Emanuel, M.D.
Derek Persons, M.D., Ph.D.
Zoe Larned, M.D.
Stephanie Perry, M.D.
Vincent Rajkumar, M.D.

Issue I - Saturday, December 6, 2003

• Bugs in the Blood
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CML
• Radiation and Terrorism
• Stem Cells 101
• Therapeutic and Pathogenetic Advances in Multiple Myeloma
• Thrombosis-New Developments from the Lab to the Clinic
• Treatment of APML

Issue II - Sunday, December 7, 2003

• Childhood Leukemias
• Exponential Growth in Anti-angiogenic Research
• Gaucher Disease-Multiple Lessons from a Single Gene Disease
• Is Upfront Autologous Transplantation Necessary in Multiple Myeloma
• New Ideas and Old Challenges in the Treatment of AML
• Ongoing Efforts to Improve Survival and Minimize Toxicity
• Platelets and the Endothelium--Linking Three Important Syndromes
• Red Cells and Oxygen Sensing
• Stem Cell Transplants Are Not Just for Liquid Tumors Anymore
• Stem Cells Reloaded

Issue III - Monday, December 8, 2003

• An Expanding Arsenal - Venous Thromboembolism
• Death by Design
• Exploring the Value of Rituximab
• From Blood Group Antigens to Renal Failure
• Hematopoietic Stem Cells Go New Age
• High-Tech Detectives Profile Gene Expression - ALL
• Novel Biological Agents Take Center Stage
• Novel Kinase Found in Inherited Thrombocytopenia
• Signaling 2003 - Way Beyond Morse Code
• Thrombotic Events in Polycythemia Vera
• Universal Health Care

Issue IV - Tuesday, December 9, 2003

• Pass The Specificity, Please: Allotransplantation in the New Millenium
• A 'Double Hit' of Tissue
• Beyond the Human Genome Project
• New Discoveries in Oxygen Homeostasis
• Targeting Cancer and its Microenvironment
• A New International Staging System for Multiple Myeloma
• Investigators are at a Loss for Novel Therapeutics in Myeloid Disorders
• Audiences are Aglow With Interest in Radiation Casualities
• Hematopoietic Gene Therapy Using Retroviral Vectors
• Sickel Cell Disease: From Mice to Men and Everything in Between
• Women, Hormones, and Thrombosis