Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 19th, 1998
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Cancer Gene Therapy - Phenotypic Knock-Out of EBV LMP1 Opens the Door for Several Anticancer Strategies
Cancer Gene Therapy - Connexin 43 Affects Suicide Gene Therapy Bystander Effect
Cancer Immunotherapy - Gene-Mediated Suppression of TGF-(beta) Synthesis Inhibits Gliomas In Vivo
DNA Vaccines (FIV) - DNA Vaccine Protects Against FIV Without Inducing Detectable Antibodies
Gene Therapy (Leishmaniasis) - Interferon-Gamma Gene Transfer Elicits Therapeutic Effect In Vivo
Beta Thalassemia - Hemoglobin Instability May Be Important During Febrile Episodes
Blood Group Antigens - Duffy System Links Genetics and Biology
Cancer Gene Therapy (Lung Cancer) - Scientists Suppress Tumor Growth in Animals, Aiming at Gene Therapy
Ethical Issues - Fetuses Destined for Abortion May Be Used To Test Gene Therapy
Plasmodium falciparum - Parasite Blood Infection Levels Are Linked to Chromosome Locus
Antisense Technology - Enabling Technology Reported for New Antisense Cancer Drug
Cancer Gene Therapies - Phase II E1A Tumor Inhibitor Gene Therapy Trials Initiation Announced
Endocrinology - Researchers Find First Steroid Hormone in 30 Years
Epidemiology - United Kingdom Cases of Testicular Cancer Up by 80 Percent
Funding - Award Received To Support Xenotransplantation Program
Genetic - Test Introduced for Analyzing Chromosomal Disorders Before Conception
Industry News (Patents and Technologies) - Patent Issuance on Neurodegenerative Diseases Treatment Announced
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Influence of the Ganciclovir Administration Route on the Tumor Growth Behavior of Liposomal HSVtk Transfected Glioblastoma Cells In Vivo."
HIV Gene Therapy - "Generation of Retroviral Vectors Able to Selectively Transduce CD4+ Human T Cells and to Escape Neutralization By Anti-HIV-1 Antibodies."
Hematopoietic Gene Therapy - "Autologous Transplantation of Interleukin-2 Gene Transduced Bone Marrow in a Preclinical Model."
Hematopoietic Gene Therapy - "High Speed Centrifugation Enhances Efficient Retroviral Mediated Gene Transfer Into Mitotically Quiescent Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells."
Hematopoietic Gene Therapy - "Treatment With Anti-TGF(beta) Antibody (Ab) and Anti-p27 Oligonucleotides (ON) Recruits Quiescent Hematopoiet
Antisense Technology - "Effect of Antisense Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Oligonucleotides on Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Induced by EGF in vitro."
B-Cell Lymphoma - "Treatment of B-Cell Lymphoma with Chimeric IgG and Single-Chain Fv Antibody Interleukin-2 Fusion Proteins."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Combination E2F-1 and p53 Gene Transfer Does Not Enhance Growth Inhibition in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "In vitro and in vivo Effects of Retrovirus-Mediated Transfer of the Connexin 43 Gene in Malignant Gliomas: Consequences for HSVtk/GCV Anticancer Gene Therapy."
Cancer Vaccines - "Gene-Modified Tumor Vaccine with Therapeutic Potential Shifts Tumor-Specific T-Cell Response from a Type 2 to a Type 1 Cytokine Profile."
Gene Delivery - "Stable and Monodisperse Lipoplex Formulations for Gene Delivery."
Gene Transfer - "Leukemic Predisposition of Mice Transplanted with Gene-Modified Hematopoietic Precursors Expressing flt3 Ligand."
Vector Development - "Development of a Self-Inactivating Lentivirus Vector."
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