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Gene Therapy Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 22nd, 2004

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Gene Therapy Weekly | Other Publications

Gastroenterology - Inducible nitric oxide synthase sensitizes colorectal cancer to radiation

Gynecology - The ceruloplasmin promoter shows an affinity for ovarian tumors

Biological Therapy - Silenced clusterin-apolipoprotein J gene causes cancer cells to implode

Gene Transfer - A new cleavage product gives real-time information about transgene activity

Immunology - Gene therapy in a murine multiple sclerosis model corrects disease

Pediatric Cancer - Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase genes diminish nearby neuroblastoma cells

Assisted Reproduction - FDA approves Follistim AQ Cartridge

Asthma - Data supports benefits of second-generation immunomodulatory oligonucleotides

Biological Therapy - Altered Rho GTPase signaling pathways potential target for breast cancer therapy

Biotechnology - "Infectivity PCR" enhances detection of replication-competent adenovirus vectors

Breast Cancer - Androgen receptor polymorphism alters breast cancer risk in hormone therapy

Breast Cancer - Emmprin enhances several malignant properties of cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Prune cAMP phosphodiesterase binds nm23-H1 and promotes breast cancer metastasis

Breast Cancer - Rho GTPases represent signaling convergence points and relay switches

Cancer Therapy - Expanded roles for checkpoint kinases suggest target modification

Cardiology - Protein kinase C-alpha is a nodal integrator of cardiac contractility

Chemoresistance - Genomic alterations make cells more or less resistant to drug therapy

Colon Cancer - Beta-catenin may indirectly impact colorectal tumor progression or dormancy

Coronary Artery Disease - New growth factor protein helps damaged hearts

Diagnostic Imaging - Triple fusion reporter vectors identify gene expression in living subjects

Drug Delivery - Researchers creating polymers that act like biomolecules

Drug Resistance - Cancer-altered apoptosis leads to tumor progression and therapy resistance

Drug Resistance - MUC1 transforming protein confers resistance to genotoxic anticancer agents

Endocrinology - PPAR-delta regulates intestinal adenoma growth in mice

Enzymology - Matrix metalloproteinase-8 plays a key role in cancer metastasis

Finance - Cell-therapy company raises $10.7 million in series B financing

Gene Therapy Vectors - Sheep retrovirus Env efficiently pseudotypes HIV-based lentiviral vectors

Gene Transfer - Vectors encoding for angiostatin and endostatin surpass single-encoded vectors

Genetic Engineering - Genetically altered mice predict toxicity for individual targeted cancer therapy

Hematology - Cynomolgus macaques model the effects of hemophilia B gene therapy

Hepatology - COX-2-independent mechanisms steer the growth of cholangiocarcinoma

Metastasis - Powerful stem cells harnessed to search for cancer spread

Molecular Oncology - Cancer drug target Hsp90 susceptible to inhibition by 17AAG with cell activation

Nephrology - Gene therapy shows promise for treating renal diseases

Oncogenes - Mathematical approach used to understand cancer initiation and progression

Oncogenes - Mutations in more than 1% of cancer genes may contribute to human cancer

Oncogenes - Novel targeted expressed gene display analyzes alterations in genes

Oncogenesis - CBP loss mediates lymphomagenesis in synergy with reduction of p27(Kip1)

Patents - New nanobacteria patent announced

Personnel - Enzyme-focused company adds to management team

Proteomics - Syndecan-2 is required for angiogenic sprouting in developing embryos

Stem-Cell Research - Marrow stromal cells selected by serum deprivation express embryonic genes

Transplant Medicine - Cotransplanted third-party cells improve double cord blood transplantation

Tumor Suppression - SDHD is the first known tumor suppressor gene encoding a mitochondrial protein

Tumorigenesis - Aurora kinase inhibitor VX-680 suppresses tumor growth in vivo

Tumorigenesis - Specific PP2A complexes transform human cells to form or suppress tumors

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