Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 4th, 1996
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Vascular Disease - Adenoviral Vectors Damage Normal Arteries: Use Cautioned
Vectors (Alternative) - Fusogenic Liposome Efficiently Transduces Mammalian Cells
Vectors (Design) - Method Constructs Recombinant Adenoviruses Efficiently
Antisense Oligonucleotides (HBV) - Inhibition of HBV Gene Expression Reduces Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Vivo
Cancer Gene Therapy - Adoptive Antitumor Effect Via Engineered Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes
Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - UN AIDS Chief: HIV Vaccine Risks are "Ethically Valid"
Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Unpredictable Evolutionary Leaps Possible for HIV
Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Vaccine Seen As Only Answer To AIDS Epidemic
Funding - Biochemist Awarded Grant for More Than $1 Million
Gene Discovery - Researchers Find Altered Gene in Different Types of Common Cancers
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Companies Join To Develop Gene Transfer/Stem Cell Technologies
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Cystic Fibrosis Family Support Programs To Be Studied
Industry News (Joint Venture) - DNA Chip Agreement Signed for Gene Expression Monitoring
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - U.S. Patent Announced on Packaging Cell Line Used in Gene Therapy
Drug Development (HCV) - "Specific Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Production by Antisense RNA Constructs."
Hepatitis Vaccine - "Long-Term Immunity to Hepatitis B Infection after Vaccination with Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine."
Immunology (HBV) - "Expression of the Interferon-Induced Antiviral Protein MXA is Inhibited In Vitro by the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Capsid Protein."
Immunology (Malaria) - "Cytotoxic T Cell Responses to Circumsporozoite Protein of Plasmodium Falciparum in Naturally Immune Kenya Adults Reactivity of Different Polymorphic Sequences."
Immunology (Malaria) - "Induction of CTL Responses Against Two Distinct Epitopes on the Plasmodium yoelii Circumsporozoite Protein by Immunization with Peptides."
Pathogenesis (HIV) - "Role of vpr in HIV-1 Infection: Nonsense Mutation in vpr Correlates with Persistent HIV-1 Production in Infected Cell Lines."
Therapy (HCV) - "Specific Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus Gene Expression by Antisense Oligonucleotides in a Tightly Regulated Cell Culture System."
Therapy (HIV) - "A Phase I Trial of 131 I-CD4-gamma2 (Recombinant Human CD4-IgG2 Fusion Protein) in HIV-1 Infected Patients. DOUBLEQU
Antisense Technology - "Antimycobacterial Activities of Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide Phosphorothioates in Drug-Resistant Strains."
Antisense Technology - "Antisense Strategies and Therapeutic Applications."
Gene Delivery - "Potentiation of Cationic Liposome-Mediated Gene Delivery by Polycations."
Hematopoietic Stem Cells - "High-Frequency Cell Surface Expression of a Foreign Protein in Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells using a New Retroviral Vector."
Hematopoietic Stem Cells - "Rapid and Efficient Selection of Human Hematopoietic Cells Expressing Murine Heat-Stable Antigen as an Indicator of Retroviral-Mediated Gene Transfer."
Hematopoietic Stem Cells - "Retroviral Transfer of the Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Receptor Gene into Single Hematopoietic Stem Progenitor Cells from Human Cord Blood Increases the Number of Erythropoietin-Dependent Erythroid Colonies."
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