Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 11th, 1998
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Suicide Gene Therapy - Drug Inducible Transgene Expression System Safely Crosses Blood Brain Barrier
Animal Models - Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer Possible to Adult Rat Retinas
Cancer Vaccines - IL-12 Gene-Modified Autologous Tumor Vaccine Is Promising
Cancer Vaccines - Plasmid DNA/Lipid Complexes Are Effective Vehicles for Autologous Vaccine
Lysosomal Storage Disorders - A Gene Replacement Strategy for Pompe Disease Is Feasible
Drug Delivery - Global Delivery Achieved of Compacted DNA through Disrupted Blood-Brain Barrier
Metabolic Disease - Gene Therapy Successfully Administered Through Bloodstream
RNA Technology - New Gene Therapy Technique May Help Those with Blood Disease
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Stem Cell Technology Granted U.S. Patent
Drug Resistance - HIV Resistance Tests Commercialized
Genetics - Atr Gene and Cell Cycle Checkpoint Regulation Publication Announced
Genetics - Single Gene Can Help Protect Against Cancer
Genetics - TNF(alpha) Gene for All Gene Therapy Applications Licensed
Genetics (Parkinson's Disease) - Animal Cloning Technology Applied to Disease
Immunology - Encouraging Cell Suicide May Help in Cancer, Transplants, Autoimmune Diseases
Industry News (Joint Venture) - DNA Microarray Technology Access Agreement Announced
Xenotransplantation - Firm Reveals Cross-Species Transplant Studies
Vaccine Design - "Feasibility of Gene Transfer in Different Dendritic Cell Subsets: Implications for Viral Vaccine Design."
Zoonosis (Transmission) - "Identification of a Human Population Endemically Infected with Simian Foamy Viruses."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Fusion of Human Breast Tumor and Dendritic Cells as a Novel Antitumor Vaccine."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "High Efficiency Adenovirus/Liposome-Mediated Gene Transfer to Human Dendritic Cells."
DNA Vaccines (Measles) - "Factors Determining Antibody Isotype in Measles Virus DNA Vaccination."
Gene Delivery (Vascular Tissue) - "Constitutive Expression of phVEGF(165) After Intramuscular Gene Transfer Promotes Collateral Vessel Development in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "A B7.1-Antibody Fusion Protein Retains Antibody Specificity and Ability to Activate Via the T-Cell Costimulatory Pathway."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Adenoviral-Mediated Transfer of a Heat-Inducible Double Suicide Gene Into Prostate Carcinoma Cells."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Inhibition of Growth of Malignant Rat Prostate Tumor Cells by Restoration of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Interleukin-2 Gene Therapy of Surgical Minimal Residual Tumour Disease."
Cardiology - "Ex vivo Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer to the Adult Rat Heart."
Gene Transfer - "Cationic Lipid-Mediated Gene Transfer: Analysis of Cellular Uptake and Nuclear Import of Plasmid DNA."
Keratinocyte Gene Therapy - "Keratinocyte Gene Therapy for Systemic Diseases - Circulating Interleukin 10 Released From Gene-Transferred Keratinocytes Inhibits Contact Hypersensitivity at Distant Areas of the Skin."
Liposomes - "Direct Gene Transfer Into the Rat Pancreas Using DNA-Liposomes."
Vector Development - "Effect of Sodium Butyrate on the Expression of Genes Transduced by Retroviral Vectors."
Vector Development - "Engraftment and Migration of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Implanted in the Brains of Albino Rats - Similarities to Astrocyte Grafts."
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