Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 19th, 2006
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Cardiology - New technique may allow stents deliver gene therapy to patients with heart disease
DNA Research - Human RISC couples microRNA biogenesis and posttranscriptional gene silencing
Genetics & Genomics - A novel genomic DNA expression system utilizes a human artificial chromosome vector
Genetics & Genomics - Aromatase genetic variation may contribute to estrogen-dependent disease
Herpes Simplex Virus - Efficacy of oncolytic HSV-1 vectors are improved by multiple transgenes
Angiology - Beta2 -adrenergic receptor overexpression regulates angiogenesis in response to ischemia
Antisense Technology - RNA ortholog of the Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome is dynamically regulated
Apoptosis - Jurkat T cells can be sensitized to necrosis during cell death
Cancer Gene Therapy - ASH1 gene is a specific therapeutic target for lung cancers
Cancer Gene Therapy - Akt blocks breast cancer cell motility and invasion
Cancer Gene Therapy - Expression of migration stimulating factor is uniquely controlled
Cancer Gene Therapy - Integration of the Sleeping Beauty transposon replicates liver tumor development
Cancer Inhibition - 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside inhibited cancer cells
Cancer Therapy - Adeno-associated virus transduction efficiency improved in human cancer cells
Cancer Therapy - Impaired retinoic acid signal leads to receptor silencing and resistance
Cancer Therapy - Investigational therapy enhances breast cancer treatments, preclinical studies show
Cancer Therapy - SIRT1 is a target for killing epithelial cancer cells
Cancer Therapy - Studies describe new findings in Cancer Therapy research
Cancer Vaccines - Recent studies add new data to Cancer Vaccines research
Cell Differentiation - Key role for integrin in glandular morphogenesis and differentiation revealed
Cervical Cancer - Aberrant cell cycle regulation may aid in progression and development of cervical cancer
DNA Research - Optimized TRAP assay remains nonspecific for telomerase inhibitors
Genetics & Genomics - Gene expression can be altered in an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cell line
Genetics & Genomics - Oct4 pseudogenes are transcribed in cancers
Genetics & Genomics - Pluripotency homeobox gene NANOG expressed in germ cell tumors
Genomics - Researchers beginning to identify genes that are modified in some diseases
Hearing Disorders - Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase contributes to age-related hearing loss
Heart Failure - Heart failure modeled in a transgenic mouse model using inducible Galphaq
Inflammation - p53 regulates gene expression in chronic inflammatory stress
Leukemia - Allogeneic transplant overcame poor prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Macrophages - Induced interleukin-beta expression can be inhibited in macrophages
Marketing - RNAi market predicted to be worth $850 million by 2010, $1.2 billion by 2015, report says
Mergers & Acquisitions - Gene therapy technology acquired by Genzyme
Mergers & Acquisitions - Nucleic acids supplier acquires GenBase and west coast oligo production capability
Metastasis - Melanoma differentiation associated gene is a positive regulator of metastasis
Neuroscience - D-Ser-regulated transcript dsr-2 can be cloned from rat cerebral neocortex
Obesity - Beta2-adrenoceptor gene haplotype may have protective effect against obesity in women
Oncology - Myeloma cell gene regulation produces osteopontin and angiogenesis
Oral Cancer - Transfection efficiency of cationic liposomes is influenced by cell proliferation
Ovarian Cancer - Ets-1 up-regulated by hydrogen peroxide
Pancreatic Cancer - Survivin-specific small inhibitory RNA inhibited growth of pancreatic cancer
Personnel - Joseph "Skip" Klein, III joins RNA-focused pharmaceutical company board
Reconstructive Surgery - New findings in the area of Reconstructive Surgery detailed
Stroke - Growth factor augments bone marrow stromal cell transplantation after cerebral infarction in rats
Varicella-Zoster Virus - A cosmid-based system inserts genes into the simian varicella virus genome
Virology - Mannose-binding lectin genotype BB may be associated with susceptibility to HTLV
Virology - New findings in virology described
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