Gene Therapy Weekly

Genetics & Genomics - New 15-month policy study of risks and benefits of synthetic genomics set

Glucocorticoid Receptors - Glucocorticoid receptor examined, impaired nuclear translocation identified

Hemophilia Therapy - Self-regulating lentiviral vector expresses human factor IX in vivo

Hepatitis B Therapy - Reports advance knowledge in hepatitis b therapy research

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Non-invasive niosomes offer topical immunization against hepatitis B

Hunter Syndrome - Positive trial results of phase 3 enzyme therapy for Hunter syndrome reported

Information Technology - U.S. FDA licenses analysis software for review of pharmacogenomics submissions

Legal Issues - Company files request to withdraw motion for injunction against Insmed, Celtrix

Leukodystrophy - Galactocerebrosidase expression attenuates globoid cell leukodystrophy

Liver Cancer - Angiostatic therapy hinders hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Neurology - Aprataxin analyzed, effect of disease-associated mutations clarified

Neurology - Huntington disease modeled, neuronal vulnerability revealed

Neurology - Research in neurology provides new insights

Niemann-Pick A Disease - Correction of brain pathology in Niemann-Pick A disease reported

Oncology - Findings describe new data in oncology research

Parkinson Disease - Drug therapy for Parkinson disease available in U.K., European launches planned

Patents - Patent application filed on transrenal DNA technology for infectious diseases

Personnel - Cancer therapeutics development company appoints senior vice president

Personnel - Timothy M. Mayleben elected to bioscience company board of directors

Pharmaceutical Research - Consultancy releases study on pharma industry

Product Licensing - License agreement with Merck entered for use of bacterial cell expression

Prostate Cancer - Regulatory filing process for European approvals of prostate cancer drug begun

Stem Cell Research - Australian officials launch new human embryonic stem cell line, drives network

Stem Cell Research - Long-term survival of blood stem cells reported in cloning and stem cells

Stem Cell Research - Study: Cell nuclear transfer in old animals generates youthful immune cells

Stress - Human lens studied, role of reductases in oxidative stress resistance revealed

Transplant Medicine - New findings in transplant medicine described

Urology - Genetic markers predict clinical outcomes in bladder cancer patients

Vaccine Vector - Two nonviral gene therapy vectors for somatic integration compared

Vector Development - Protein expression using bacterial hemoglobin fusion vector reported

Vector Development - Studies advance knowledge in vector development research

Vector Development - Transduction with viral vectors modulates human dendritic-cell function

Virology - Adenoviral vector binding is toxic to non-targeted tissues

Virology - Virus-encoded inhibitor blocks RNA interference

Virology Vaccine - Use of recombinant viruses as vaccines against viral diseases reviewed