Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 4th, 1998
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Combination Therapies - Gene/Radiation Therapy Damages Tumor Vasculature in Glioma Model
Cancer Vaccines - Idiotypic Immunization Combined with GM-CSF Induced Specific T Cell Responses
Combination Therapies - The Combination of IL-2 and p53 Gene Therapy Potentiated Tumor Regression
Drug Development - A Prodrug of the Prodrug GCV Outperforms GCV in Suicide Gene Therapy Experiments
Vector Development - SV40 Pseudovirions Efficiently Transduced Hematopoietic Cells
Vector Development - Semliki Forest Virus-Based DNA Expression Vector Shows Promise
Blood Banking (Platelet Concentrates) - Transfusion Reaction Associated with Duration of Storage
HHV-8 - Cell Line System Should Help Clarify Pathogenic Role of Viral IL-6
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Annual Screening Reveals Tumors Too Late for Treatment
Cervical Cancer - Product Eradicates Tumors in Preclinical Models of Cancer
Cervical Cancer - Screening Errors May Have Resulted in Eight Deaths
Genetics - In Vivo Data Demonstrate Critical Role for Telomeres
Genetics - U.S. Jews Urged To Help Testing
Immunology - Encouraging Cell Suicide May Help in Cancer, Transplants, Autoimmune Diseases
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Agreement Reached for Marketing NMP22 in Spain and Portugal
Risk Factors - Chernobyl Poisons Ukraine 12 Years After Explosion
Screening (Breast Cancer) - False Alarms Higher than Expected in Mammograms
Screening (Breast Cancer) - Research Improves Accuracy of Cancer Detection
Stem Cell Transplant - Bone Marrow Engraftment Patent Issued Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Treatment (Brain Cancer) - Photodynamic Therapy Clinical Trials Initiated
Blood Safety - "Viral Safety of Platelet Concentrates."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Regional Molecular Surgery for Human Colorectal Cancer with a Recombinant Adenovirus Expressing the Wild-Type p53 Gene."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Differential Transduction of Gene Therapy into Malignant Glioma Cells Using Mutant Adenoviral Vectors."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Accumulation of Intratumoral Dendritic Cells In Vivo Using FLT3 Ligand: A New Tool for Immunotherapy of Melanoma and Lymphoma."
Immunology (Cancer) - "T-Cell Immunity Against Tumors, a Delicate Balancing Act."
Immunology (Myeloma) - "Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Derived from Multiple Myeloma Patients Recognize an Underglycosylated Form of MUC1 Mucin."
Epidemiology - "Increased Incidence of Cancer in Infants in the US: 1980-1990."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Heterogeneous Induction of Apoptosis in Colon Cancer Cells by Wild-type p53 Gene Transfection."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Mechanisms for Ganciclovir Resistance in Gastrointestinal Tumor Cells Transduced With a Retroviral Vector Containing the Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Sites of Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus Integration."
Colorectal Cancer - "Molecular Mimicry of Carcinoembryonic Antigen by Peptides Derived From the Structure of an Anti-idiotype Antibody."
Drug Resistance - "Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Promotes Multidrug Resistance in MCLM Colon Cancer Cells."
Fatigue - "Fatigue in Cancer and HIV/AIDS."
Melanoma - "Interleukin 12 Gene Therapy of MHC-negative Murine Melanoma Metastases."
Prostate Cancer - "Diagnostic Effect of Complete Histologic Sampling of Prostate Needle Biopsy Specimens."
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