Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 20th, 1997
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Hearing Disorders - Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Therapy for Auditory System Studied
AIDS Therapies (Cytokines) - U.S. Studies Find New Treatment Approaches
Cancer Gene Therapy (Adenovirus) - Virus Targets Brain Cancer Cells
Cancer Gene Therapy (Cytokine Delivery) - Superior Antitumor Activity from Gene Gun-Administered IL-12
Cancer Gene Therapy (TNF(alpha)) - Regulatable Adenovirus Vector Paves Way for Safer Treatment
Cancer Genetics - Tumor Suppressor Role of Gene in Colon, Breast, and Other Cancers Discovered
Coinfection (HCV/HBV) - Silent Hepatitis B Mutant May Promote HCV Replication
Drug Development - Agouron Reports Anticancer Collaboration with U.K. Organizations
Endometrial Cancer - Genetic Link to Uterine Cancer Found in PTEN Gene Mutation
Epilepsy - Defective Gene Identified in Animal Model
Funding (NIH) - Grants for Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants and AIDS Gene Therapy Awarded
Genetics - Scientists Develop Powerful Tool for Studying TB
Immunology - TNF(alpha) Facilitates Immune-Mediated Clearance of Adenoviral Vectors
Immunology (HIV/AIDS) - HIV Infected Immune System Can Recover Following Anti-AIDS Therapy
Immunology (HIV/AIDS) - Two-Pronged Attack On Immune System Cells Engineered By HIV Gene vpr
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Genzyme Molecular Oncology, Reprogen Enter Genomics Collaboration
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Company Receives Notice of Broad Patent Claims for Retroviral Vectors
Lung Cancer - Further Proof That an Altered Rb-2/p130 Gene Leads to Disease
Polio Virus - New Vaccine Tests On the Cutting Edge of Science
Suicide Gene Therapy - Drug 'Without a Human Cancer to Treat' Finds a Purpose
Antiviral Therapy (HIV-1) - "Pharmacokinetics of GEM91 in HIV Patients Following Single and Multiple Dosing."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Expression of Melan-A/MART-1 Antigen in Normal and Transformed Cutaneous Melanocytes."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Relationship Between Tumor Phenotype and Ability of erbB2 Peptides to Induce HLA-A2 Specific CTLs in Breast Cancer Bearing Patients."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Transfection of Genomic DNA from Irradiated Mouse Melanoma Cells into Interleukin-2-Secreting Allogeneic Mouse Fibroblasts Results in a Cellular Immunogen that can Prolong the Lives of Mice with Melanoma."
Cancer Vaccines - "Melanoma Cell Hybrids as Cancer Vaccines."
Cancer Vaccines - "Tumor Progression after Immunotherapy with Cancer Vaccine is Predicted by the Ratio of IgG and IgM Antibodies to Sialyl Lex and GM3 in a Murine Model."
DNA Vaccines (HIV-1) - "Induction of Immune Responses Against HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase by DNA Immunization."
Genetic Research (Mycobacteria) - "Expression of M. bovis P36 Gene in Mycobacterium smegmatis and the Baculovirus Insect Cells System."
Genetic Research (Mycobacteria) - "Stability and Compatibility of pJAZ38/pAL5000 in Mycobacterium smegmatis."
Antisense Technology - "Antisense Inhibition of 85-kDa cPLA(2) Blocks Arachidonic Acid Release from Airway Epithelial Cells."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "A Variant Form of ETS1 Induces Apoptosis in Human Colon Cancer Cells."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Identification of a Novel Breast-Cancer-Anti-Estrogen-Resistance (BCAR2) Locus by Cell-Fusion-Mediated Gene Transfer in Human Breast-Cancer Cells. DOUBLEQUOT
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Inhibition of Tumorigenicity in Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells by c-erbB-2 Antisense Expression."
Cystic Fibrosis - "Normalization of Ion Transport in Murine Cystic Fibrosis Nasal Epithelium using Gene Transfer."
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