Gene Therapy Weekly

Genomics and Genetics - Researchers: Therapeutic cloning ban could hurt economy

Hematology - Fetal stem cells are advantageous for developing ex vivo gene therapy

Hematology - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of hematology

Hepatitis B Vaccine - European approval announced for Fendrix, GSK's hepatitis B vaccine

Hereditary Angioedema - Companies sign manufacturing agreement for recombinant human C1 inhibitor

Human Cloning - Proposed amendment would ban human cloning in Arizona

Huntington Disease - Intrabodies confront dysfunctional protein activity

Immunology - Researchers' work adds to immunology body of knowledge

Immunotherapy - Interleukins and gene corrected bone marrow cells remedy immunodeficiency

Legal Issues - Judge rules Texas infant can be taken off life support

Liver Cancer - Nobiletin inhibits hepatocarcinoma cell proliferation in vitro

Malignant Melanoma - Viragen files to expand cancer approval for Multiferon in Sweden

Melanoma - Firefly protein illuminates virus' hunt of metastasized melanoma cells

Metastatic Melanoma - Special protocol assessment for trial of metastatic melanoma treatment completed

Neural Stem Cell Research - Oct-3/4 repression accelerates differentiation of neural progenitor cells

Oncology - Pro-apoptotic gene therapy destroys prostate cancer

Oncology - Recent findings illuminate research in oncology

Oncology - Systems biology-tech firm gets U.S. NCI grant for analysis of cancer networks

Osteoporosis - Pharma company adds time to prepare new drug application for osteoporosis drug

Ovarian Cancer - Researchers evaluating new therapy for advanced ovarian cancer

Personnel - Biopharmaceutical company adds two virologists to its scientific resource board

Personnel - Protein-focused biotech company names Dartmouth cancer researcher to board

Promyelocytic Leukemia - Dominant molecular signatures of PML influenced by independent events

Protein Expression - Targeted in vivo expression of proteins in the calyx of Held reported

Pulmonary Medicine - Survivin and p53 modulate the influence of quercetin on lung cancer cells

Respiratory Medicine - Ultrasonic nebulization supports polyplex stability during aerosolization

Spinal Cord Injury - Addition of gene to stem cell therapy prevents pain syndrome

Stem Cell Research - IREM-1 is an inhibitory receptor expressed by myeloid cells

Stem Cells Research - Stem cells may be target cells in development of cancer

Streptococcus - Antimicrobial gene prevents skin infection

Stroke - Confirmatory study of desmoteplase begins

Transplant Medicine - Alabama boy woos Capitol Hill in marrow transplant campaign

Transplant Medicine - Woman donates kidney to coworker

Vaccine Development - The adjuvant CPG 7909 may allow two-dose hepatitis B vaccine regimens

Vaccines Development - New findings in the area of vaccines development described

Vector Development - Low-pressure chromatography synthesizes PEG-peptides for gene delivery

Virology - Oncolytic adenovirus selects hypoxic tumor cells for destruction

Virology - Recombinant adenoviruses initiate complement activation

Virology - Recombinant baculovirus vectors could transport genes to the nervous system