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This invention discloses the use of an E-selectin antagonist and a mobilizer of hematopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells in methods and compositions for treating or preventing immunocompromised conditions resulting from medical treatment. The present invention is particular relevant for prophylaxis and / or treatment of hematopoeitic disorders including neutropenia, agranulocytosis, anemia and thrombocytopenia in individuals receiving or proposed to receive treatments that target rapidly dividing cells or that disrupt the cell cycle or cell division.

The invention relates to receptors of catecholamines and their role in stem cell development and function.

The invention is directed to stable and labile crosslinked water swellable polymeric microparticles that can be further gelled, methods for making same, and their various uses in the hygiene and medical arts, gel electrophoresis, packaging, agriculture, the cable industry, information technology, in the food industry, papermaking, use as flocculation aids, and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric microparticles having labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said microparticle mixed with a fluid and an unreacted tertiary crosslinker comprising PEI or other polyamine based tertiary crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the microparticle on degradation of the labile crosslinker and swelling of the particle, so as to form a stable gel. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric microparticles are injected into a well and when the heat and / or pH of the well cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and when the microparticle expands, the tertiary crosslinker crosslinks the polymer to form a stable gel, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery.

This invention relates to a stabilizer (10) for a steerable drilling system, in particular for use in drilling directional boreholes for oil and gas extraction. There is provided a stabilizer (10) for a steerable drilling system having a first passageway (16) and a second passageway (18) at its outer surface, the passageways being helical and extending along the length of the stabilizer, the first and second passageways being oppositely-oriented, the first and second passageways intersecting one another, the stabilizer having a number of blades (22) between the passageways, the cross-sectional area of the first passageway being larger than the cross-sectional area of the second passageway. The asymmetric passageways enable the stabilizer designer to enhance the performance of the stabilizer during drilling and tripping.