Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 16th, 2006
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Gene Therapy - Aldehyde dehydrogenase gene targeting produces high acetaldehyde levels
Gene Therapy - Leptin receptor installation improves energy balance and reproductive status of obese females
Gene Therapy - Transcriptional control of therapeutic genes targets proliferating tumor cells
Gene Therapy - Transduction of dendritic cells is enhanced by adeno-associated virus
Stem Cell Research - rAAV transduction determines osteoprogenitor-specific promoter activity in mesenchymal stem cells
Adenovirus Vector - Scientists generated rabbit VH domain antibody specific to c-Met and adenoviral knob protein
Adult Stem Cells - Powerful technique for multiplying adult stem cells may aid therapies
Angiology - Chloride intracellular channel 4 facilitates tubular morphogenesis
Angiology - Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase supports late-stage fibroblast growth factor-1-mediated angiogenesis
Angiotensin - Reactive oxygen species regulate adventitial fibroblast phenotypic differentiation
Antisense Technology - Antisense oligo DNA and small interfering RNA suppress malignant cancer cell phenotypes
Apoptosis - PDCD2_C domain might not be universally associated with apoptosis
Apoptosis - Transcription inhibition proposed as potential strategy for cancer therapeutics
Autoimmune Diseases - CD18 is required for optimal development and function of T regulatory cells
Awards - Three proposals funded through association's TREAT amyotrophic lateral sclerosis program
Breast Cancer - Combined gene therapy effect revealed in syngeneic murine breast cancer models
Breast Cancer - Role of autoimmunity in breast cancer has broad implications in therapy target discovery
Cancer Cell Biology - icb-1 gene expression is inducible in breast and ovarian cancer cells
Cancer Gene Therapy - Adeno-associated virus is tumoricidal because of inhibited angiogenesis
Cancer Gene Therapy - Capsid-modified adenovirus efficiently infects tumor endothelial cells
Cancer Gene Therapy - RNA interference enhances the cisplatin sensitivity of colorectal adenocarcinoma cells
Cancer Gene Therapy - Thymidylate synthase expression is inhibited by retrovirally introduced siRNA gene
Cancer Gene Therapy - Transfected, microencapsulated cells and ifosfamide treat peritoneal cancer
Cancer Therapy - Cancer phenotypes are suppressed through a multifunctional actin-binding protein
Cancer Therapy - Oncolytic herpes simplex virus is useful in therapy of metastatic pleural cancer
Cancer Vaccines - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of cancer vaccines
DNA Research - Positive data presented from test of alkylating anthraquinone on multiple cancer cell lines
Developmental Biology - Bone morphogenetic protein-15 functions in oocyte maturation
Drug Delivery - Gold nanoparticles can assemble themselves to find, treat disease in the body
Drug Development - New method may speed quest for medically useful compounds in fungi
Drug Development - Two antitumor agents can modify cell-bound DNA
Endocrinology - Relaxin triggers gender-specific changes in the collagen metabolism of rats
Finance - NCI SPORE grant will fund basic and translational breast cancer research
Gastric Cancer - MGr1-antigen regulates multidrug resistance in gastric cancer cells
Gastroenterology - Inhibitor of DNA binding protein blockade halts gastric cancer metastasis
Gastroenterology - Recent studies add new data to gastroenterology research
Gene Therapy - Blood flow after vascular endothelial growth factor gene therapy regulates vessel growth
Gene Therapy - Proangiogenic gene therapy may improve thrombus recanalization
Genetic Research - Tumor suppressor genetics reviewed
Genetics - Alpha-spectrin gene mutation detected in hereditary pyropoikilocytosis kindred
Gonadotropins - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone induces actin cytoskeleton remodeling and affects cell migration
Hepatitis B Virus - HBV genotype and promoter mutations affect HBV e antigen expression
Hepatitis C Virus - Researchers' data advance hepatitis C virus research
Hepatocellular Cancer - Protein kinase C alpha expression is regulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma
Herpesvirus - New findings in herpesvirus described
Huntington Disease - Dysregulation mediates aberrant caspase-1 activation in Huntington disease
Hypoxia - HIF up-regulation in hypoxia is required for pulmonary artery fibroblast responses
Infectious Diseases - Toxoplasma gondii from immunocompromised patients are frequently type I
Ischemia - Modified troponin I protein protects against major cardiovascular damage
Leukemia - Leukemia xenografts are inhibited by adenovirus-mediated tissue inhibitor
Lung Cancer - Human lung cancer tumors are suppressed by a nuclear export mediator
Lung Cancer - Iodide sensitizes non-small cell lung cancer cells to ionizing radiation
Lung Cancer - Novel EGFR gene mutation could improve lung cancer patients' response to therapy
Medulloblastoma - Tumor suppressors collaborate with Patched to suppress medulloblastoma formation
Multiple Sclerosis - Responsiveness to interferon in multiple sclerosis is genetically varied
Neurodegenerative Diseases - Determinants of exon 7 splicing identified in spinal muscular atrophy genes
Neuroscience - Thalamocortical neuron receptors are a molecular target for hypnotics
Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian tumor xenografts are imaged and treated using sodium iodide symporter-mediated radioiodide
Patents - U.S. patent application filed for synDNA vaccines and other therapeutic compounds
Patents - U.S. patent covering synthesis and manufacture of RNA granted
Physiology - Microtubules have differential roles in megakaryocyte proplatelet formation
Prostate Cancer - A replicating adenovirus is useful for the treatment of prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer - Adenovirus-mediated expression sensitizes prostate carcinoma cells to apoptosis
Prostate Cancer - Adoptive splenocyte transfer is therapeutic in a mouse prostate cancer model
Proteomics - Cytosolic delivery of a p16-peptide oligopeptide occurs through membrane transduction
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Manipulation of B7-H1 is a viable therapeutic option in patients with RCC
Retinitis Pigmentosa - Retinitis pigmentosa Noerg-1 mutation of rhodopsin characterized and cloned
Stem Cell Research - ATR/Chk1 pathway inhibition induces a p38-dependent S-phase delay in ESCs
Stem Cell Research - Lentiviral expression of Pdx1- and Pdx1-VP16 reprograms liver-stem WB cells
Stroke - Research add new data to stroke body of knowledge
Transplant Medicine - Adenoviral bcl-2 transfer improves post-transplantation survival and early graft function
Vaccine Delivery - Inorganic materials for gene-based nano-medicine delivery are focus of review
Vaccine Delivery - Review describes recent advances in lipid molecular design
Vaccine Delivery - Review examines chromosome engineering for delivery of therapeutic genes
Vaccine Delivery - Review examines nanotechnology for drug and gene therapy
Vaccine Delivery - Study examined delivery of ODN into saphenous veins and adjunct effect of ultrasound
Vaccine Vector - Adenovirus vector-incorporating antibody achieves targeted gene delivery
Vector Development - Antigen-presenting cells in CNS are targeted using hematopoietic stem cells
Vector Development - Findings advance knowledge in vector development research
Vector Development - Researchers develop all-in-one gene delivery system to open new treatment avenues
Vector Development - Trophic activity of rabies equine infectious anemia viral vector mediates neuron gene transfer
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