Cell Therapy News Volume 6.22 | May 23 2005

Krabbe’s Therapy Shows Promise:Cord Blood Found to Increase Survival
Kurtzberg, a professor of pediatrics and pathology at Duke University Medical Center, and other researchers reported that transfusing cord blood from unrelated donors into infants with the disease before symptoms appear resulted in 100% survival for the invariably fatal disorder.
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Study Holds Implications for Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Biology
The study, conducted by scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Hannover Medical School and Hamburg University in Germany, reveals important evidence that tells us more about how blood forming stem cells regenerate.
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Long-term Outcomes Studied for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
The City of Hope Cancer Center and the University of Minnesota assessed 854 cancer patients that had undergone stem cell transplants, taking a detailed look at the after effects of the procedure in the years following the transplant.
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Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path
Embryonic stem cells with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain.
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Jefferson Researchers’ Results Show Promise For Metastatic Eye Melanoma
By simultaneously revving up the immune system and choking off the tumor’s oxygen supply, oncologists at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia may have found a better way to battle this deadly cancer.
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Engineers Improve Plastic’s Potential for Use in Implants by Discovering Way to Link It to Biological Materials
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have found a way to modify a plastic to anchor molecules that promote nerve regeneration, blood vessel growth or other biological processes.
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Dermatologists Use Immunotherapy to Treat Warts
Injection of skin test antigens (preparations used in skin tests for immunity) into warts appears to stimulate the immune system and successfully treat the injected wart and also helps to treat distant non-injected warts, according to a study in the May issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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ABSTRACT, REVIEWS, & SPECIAL REPORTS

Expression of Exogenous Gene in Bone Marrow Stromal Cells by Liposome
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Immunotherapy of Murine Prostate Cancer Using Whole Tumour Cells Killed Ex Vivo by Cytosine Deaminase/5-fluorocytosine Suicide-gene Therapy
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Specific Targets in Tumor Tissue for the Delivery of Therapeutic Genes
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Collection of Autologous Blood for Bone Marrow Donation: How Useful Is It?
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Bush Would Veto House Bill on Stem Cells
President Bush said on Friday he would veto legislation that would loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research and expressed concern about human cloning research in South Korea.
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release: ICOC Appoints Members to Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release: ICOC Appoints Members to Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group
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Stanford Bioethicists Want Stronger Protections For Women Donating Eggs For Stem Cell Research
Now that stem cell researchers have devised an efficient way of creating new human embryonic stem cell lines, biomedical ethicists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say it’s crucial to develop a unique set of protections for the women who donate their eggs to make the research possible.
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BUSINESS NEWS

Aastrom Biosciences Reports Positive Bone Repair Results in Clinical Feasibility Trial
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. announced today the results from its feasibility clinical trial conducted with the Institut de Terapia Regenerativa Tisular (ITRT) in Barcelona, Spain to evaluate the use of Aastrom’s Tissue Repair Cells (TRCs) for the treatment of severe long bone non-union fractures.
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Australian Patent Granted for Norwood Immunology
Norwood’s immunology technology is based on the use of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved GnRH analogue drugs to regenerate the thymus gland and enhance bone marrow function.
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Asklepios Biopharmaceutical, Inc. and Bayer Healthcare, LLC Announce Collaboration on Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Hemophilia
Bayer HealthCare, LLC, Biological Products Division (Bayer BP), and Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. (AskBio), a private development-stage biotechnology company, announced today they have entered into an early-stage research and collaboration agreement to evaluate gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia B.
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Cell Genesys, Inc. Receives Special Protocol Assessment From FDA For Second Phase 3 Trial Of GVAX(R) Vaccine For Prostate Cancer
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Corautus Genetics Inc. Enters Into Long Term Manufacturing Agreement With Boehringer Ingelheim Austria GmbH For Production Of VEGF-2 Plasmid DNA
Corautus Genetics Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim Austria GmbH announced today that they have entered into a long term manufacturing agreement to produce VEGF-2 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 2) plasmid DNA for a Phase III trial and future commercial use for the treatment of cardiovascular disease (severe angina) and other indications.
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CytoGenix Launches Innovative Vaccine Program Using Proprietary Cell-Free DNA Production Process
CytoGenix, Inc. announced today that it has begun an accelerated program to develop DNA vaccines against several diseases including influenza.
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InNexus Teams with Mayo Clinic to Develop Antibodies
InNexus Biotechnology, Inc. today announced a multi-year collaborative research agreement with Mayo Clinic aimed at advancing the leading science of monoclonal antibody development, and for the creation of promising new medicines for cancer, cardiovascular disease and other difficult-to-treat diseases.
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Invitrogen to Acquire Immunological Reagent Provider Caltag Laboratories; Deal Adds Expertise in Assays for Flow Cytometry to Strengthen Invitrogen’s Growing Proteomics Portfolio
Invitrogen Corporation today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held immunological assay manufacturer Caltag Laboratories in a cash transaction totaling $20 million.
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Takara Bio to Introduce ViroMed’s Proprietary Gene Therapy Vector
Takara Bio announced on May 13 that it has concluded a licensing agreement with ViroMed, one of its consolidated subsidiaries in Korea specializing in gene therapy.
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Results of EGF Specific Active Immunotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
CancerVax Corporation announced today that data from a Phase 2 clinical trial showed that treatment with SAI-EGF, a specific active immunotherapy product candidate that targets the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor signaling pathway, was well tolerated, stimulated an antibody response to EGF, and reduced circulating EGF in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
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CANCELLED – Public Meeting: Processing Methods for Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps)
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