Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 12th, 1996
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Hemophilia - Factor IX Clotting Activity Enhanced by Genetic Replacements
Hemophilia - Gene Therapy May Provide Safe Approaches to Hemophilia Treatment
AIDS Research - Final Recommendations on Research Efforts Available
Antisense Technology - Anticancer Compound Inhibits Tumor Growth in Animals
Cancer Gene Therapy - IL-2 Gene Successfully Delivered In Vivo by a Plasmid DNA Vector
Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Gene Associated with Iron Overload Disease Discovered
Immunology - C4 May Be Single Binding Site for CD4 Receptor
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Alliance Signed To Develop Gene Delivery for Cancer and Pulmonary Disease
Multiple Sclerosis - Genetic Susceptibility Sites Are Identified
Pituitary Adenomas - Gene Therapy May Bypass Risks Associated With Surgery/Radiation
TB Vaccines - Naked-DNA Vaccine Could Be Safer and More Effective
Transplantation - Solution Offered To Human Rejection of Foreign Cells, Tissues, Organs and Viruses
Transplantation (Placental Blood) - Promising Future Is Filled with Quality Control/Ethics Challenges
Vectors (Alternative) - Adenovirus Component System Efficiently Transfects Cardiac Cells
Vectors (Immunology) - Reincorporation of E3 Region Genes Stabilizes Transgene Expression
Atherosclerosis (Gene Therapy) - "Gene Therapy for Atherosclerosis: Modulation of Cholesterol Levels by APOE Secreting Endothelial Cells."
Bioengineering - "Characterization of a Nontumorigenic Human Breast Epithelial Cell Line Stably Transfected with the Human Estrogen Receptor (ER) cDNA."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Use of a T Cell Controlled Suicide Gene to Inhibit GVHD."
Drug Development (Antiviral) - "Insights Into DNA Polymerization Mechanism and Drug Design from Structural Studies of the AIDS Virus Reverse Transcriptase."
Gene Transfer (Arterial Wall) - "Longitudinal Stretch and Pressure Facilitate Gene Transfer Into Rabbit Aortic Media Without Endothelial Denudation."
Immunology (Anticancer) - "Liposomal Formulations of MUC1 Peptides: Anticancer Immune Responses in Mice."
Immunotherapy (Breast Cancer) - "MUC1 Based Antigens for the Immunotherapy of Breast Cancer."
Animal Models - "Transgenic Mouse and Gene Therapy."
Antisense Technology - "Antisense Oligonucleotide Intralesional Therapy for Human PC-3 Prostate Tumors Carried in Athymic Nude Mice."
Gene Delivery - "Adenovirus-Assisted Lipofection: Efficient in vitro Gene Transfer of Luciferase and Cytosine Deaminase to Human Smooth Muscle Cells."
Gene Delivery - "Electrofusion Between Heterogeneous-Sized Mammalian Cells in a Pellet: Potential Applications in Drug Delivery and Hybridoma Formation."
Organ Transplantation - "Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer into Rat Cardiac Allografts - Comparison of Direct Injection and Perfusion."
Periodontal Disease - "Development of a Gene Transfer System in Treponema denticola by Electroporation."
X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease - "Functional Reconstitution of Oxidase Activity in X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease by Retrovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer."
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