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Table of Contents . . . January 20th, 2005
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Dermatology - Ultraviolet light selection assay can optimize oligonucleotide-based therapy
Gene Therapy - Nuclear factor-kappaB decoy ameliorates endotoxic shock in mice
Oncology - Highly selective adenoviruses show specificity for melanoma cells
Physiology - Diazoxide affects regulation of transporter genes and proteins in hippocampus
Vectors - Scientists achieve nonviral gene delivery in vitro and track it in real-time
Autism - Multimedia product for children with autism launched
Business & Finance - Bacterio-Therapeutics company closes financing, announces new board member
Business Update - Pharma company acquires intellectual property right in immunotherapy
Business Update - Roche renews license agreement for gene targeting technologies
Business Update - Roche selects two antibiodies for clinical development
Cancer Research - Cancer centers get $13.4 million for research
Cancer Research - Investigational new drug application filed for pro-apoptotic cancer candidate
Cancer Research - New drug fights blood cancer patients' mouth and digestive tract mucositis
Cancer Therapy - Company expands oncology pipeline with product candidates from the NCI, PHS
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Tyrphostin AG1024 may be basis of novel therapy for STI571 refractory CML
Drug Development - Pharma companies partner on Cationic Cardiolipin-based NeoPhectin technology
Finance - Cancer-focused pharma company announces sale of 15M shares of common stock
Finance - Company completes call of first tranche of warrants from January 2004 financing
Finance - Hawaii-based biopharma company awarded $15.5 million in NIH funding
Finance - Japanese therapeutics company raises $11.3 million in series C financing
Gene Synthesis - Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances
Genomics - Genetics of marine microbe give scientists insight on bacterial life in the ocean
Infection - Cryoelectron microscopy imaging of vaults localizes two proteins
Microarray - GeneSifter Data Center launched
Multiple Myeloma - Results of 2 clinical trials of T cells in multiple myeloma presented
Oncology - DNA chips to become 'identity cards' for cancer tumors
Oral Mucositis - U.S. FDA approves Kepivance for oral mucositis in marrow-transplant patients
Parkinson Disease - AV201 clinical trials commence
Patent - Drug development company issued patent for regulation of mismatch repair
Personnel - Biotechnology company appoints senior vice president of clinical development
Personnel - Timothy J. Kinsella, MD, joins bioscience company's scientific advisory board
Pulmonary Medicine - Coordinated RhoA and Rac1 is needed for bronchial epithelial wound repair
Smallpox Vaccine - Protein and genome analysis company awarded grant to develop smallpox vaccine
Suicidal Behavior - Serotonergic system genes implicated in vulnerability to suicidal behavior
Transgenics - Transgenic mouse mimics human disease
Tuberculosis - Genome sequencing technology used to understand tuberculosis drug resistance
Vaccine Development - Dendritic cell recruitment may broaden the value of DNA vaccines
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