Cell Therapy News Volume 6.35 | Aug 29 2005

S.Korean Scientists Clone Pigs for Cancer Cure Supplements
South Korean scientists said Wednesday that they have successfully cloned pigs that can produce a protein used as a supplement to cancer treatment.
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First Clinical Trial of a Biologic Nanoparticle Designed to Give Back to Cancer Patients the Tumor-busting Gene They Have Lost
The phase I clinical study will enroll 20 patients with advanced solid cancers (including most common tumor types), and is the culmination of more than a decade of work by a team of researchers led by Professor Esther H. Chang, Ph.D. at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Malfunctioning Bone Marrow Cells Sabotage Nerve Cells in Diabetes
Malfunctioning bone marrow cells that produce insulin appear to cause a dangerous nerve condition called neuropathy that disables many people with diabetes, said a research team led by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
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Yerkes To Develop First Transgenic Nonhuman Primate Model For Inherited Neurodegenerative Diseases
The goal of this four-year, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored study is to develop treatment and prevention options specifically for Huntington’s disease.
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Stem Cells With Heart Bypass Surgery Trial To Begin At University Of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been granted approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety and feasibility of injecting a patient’s own bone marrow-derived stem cells directly into the heart during conventional heart bypass surgery.
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ABSTRACT, REVIEWS, & SPECIAL REPORTS

Adenovirus-mediated Interferon Alpha Gene Transfer Induces Regional Direct Cytotoxicity and Possible Systemic Immunity Against Pancreatic Cancer
Abstract

Applications of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules Expressed as Single Chains
Abstract

Improved Stem Cell MR Detectability in Animal Models by Modification of the Inhalation Gas
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BUSINESS NEWS

Stem Cell Therapeutics And Medicon A/S Report Positive Preliminary Response From Danish Regulatory Agency For Proposed Phase I Clinical Trial And Sign Letter Of Intent To Initiate
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. and Medicon A/S of Birkerod, Denmark announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) for SCT to retain Medicon to conduct SCT’s first Phase I clinical trial in the NTx(TM)-265 therapeutic program for the treatment of stroke.
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Immunotope Vaccine to be Evaluated in Cancer Trial
Immunotope has submitted an investigational new drug application (IND) to the FDA in collaboration with Duke University to initiate a Phase I ovarian cancer clinical trial.
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Firm Makes Headway in Cell Therapy
Cellerant would help fight radiation using adult stem cells, not ones taken from embryos.
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Wall Street Biotech Insider Gets No. 2 Job at the FDA
Only a month ago, Dr. Scott Gottlieb was a Wall Street insider, promoting hot biotech stocks to investors. Now Gottlieb holds the No. 2 job at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the federal agency that approves new drugs, oversees their safety and affects the fortunes of companies he once touted.
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Invitrogen Corporation And The Scripps Research Institute Announce Research Collaboration
Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of essential life science technologies for disease research and drug discovery, and The Scripps Research Institute today announced a research collaboration directed towards the expression and characterization of membrane proteins.
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MARKET REPORTS

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The Immunotherapy Reports cover the most recent developments in the immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer.

A Shift in Cancer Immunotherapy Strategies?
Immunotherapy Strategies Executive Summary
Immunotherapy Strategies Table of Contents

Future Perspectives in Cancer Immunotherapy
Future Perspectives Executive Summary
Future Perspectives Table of Contents

NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts – Week Of August 26, 2005
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Draft Guidance for Industry: Gene Therapy Clinical Trials – Observing Participants for Delayed Adverse Events
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Services for the Pre-Clinical Development of Therapeutic Agents – NIH-NIAID-DMID-06-09
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NIH Announces Final Ethics Rules
Ban on Outside Consulting with Industry Remains in Force
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ICH Workshop on Oncolytic Viruses
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Public Workshop – Update On: Leukocyte Reduction of Blood and Blood Components (Transcript)
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2005 Meeting Schedule – Update
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UNITED STATES

FDA
Definition of Primary Mode of Action of a Combination Product; Final Rule
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NEW THIS WEEK

2nd Tumor Progression & Therapeutic Resistance. Boston, MA
September 18 – 20, 2005
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ICH Workshop on Oncolytic Viruses. Chicago, Illinois
November 7, 2005
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FEATURED MEETINGS

Emerging Cardiac Cellular Therapies: Incorporating cGMP Federal Regulations into Clinical Trials. Bethesda, MD
Co-sponsored by AABB and ISCT
September 15 – 16, 2005
This year, a Cardiac Cell Therapy Workshop has been created to precede the annual Somatic Cell Therapy Symposium. This workshop was designed to address questions related to the various cell types being used in the context of cardiac repair.
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Fifth Annual Somatic Cell Therapy Symposium. Bethesda, MD
Co-sponsored by AABB, ISCT and FDA
September 16 – 18, 2005
The annual Somatic Cell Therapy Symposium is a forum provided to engage FDA and industry in an ongoing dialogue regarding the regulatory issues pertaining to somatic and other cell therapies.
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Acting President
San Diego, California (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine)

Cell Therapy Supervisor 
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

Cell Therapy Technologist 
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

Cellular Production Lead Technician
Seattle, Washington (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Los Angeles, California (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)

Clinical Consultant  
Deerfield, Illinois (Baxter Healthcare)

Cord Blood Director 
Minneapolis Minnesota (The National Marrow Donor Program™)

Consultant– (AABB)

Cytotherapy Technologist Stem Cell 
New York, New York (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

Director of Cell Therapy
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

Director of Research Programs 
Toronto, Ontario (Ontario Genomics Institute)

Instrumentation Engineer II 
Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte)
 
Laboratory Supervisor (Stem Cell Lab)
Charlottesville, Virginia (University of Virginia Health System)

Manager, Device Engineering
Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte)

Manager, Quality Assurance 
Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte)

Marketing Manager 
Denver, Colorado (Gambro BCT)

Medical Laboratory Technologist (Stem Cell)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, New York)

Program Leader: Cell Biology (Professor/Associate Professor) 
Melbourne, Australia (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)

Research Associate II 
Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte) 
 
Scientific Review & Program Officers 
San Diego, California (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine)

Scientific Sales Representative
Vancouver, British Columbia (StemCell Technologies)

Scientific/Technical Officer,Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory/Haematology 
Sydney, Australia (SWAPS, Liverpool Hospital)

Senior Hospital Scientist 
Sydney, Australia (Australian Stem Cell Facility Sydney Children’s Hospital)

Senior Officer for Medical & Ethical Standards 
San Diego, California (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine)

Stem Cell Lab Lead Technologist
Boston, Massachusetts (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Stem Cell Specialist
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaA (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

Supervising Medical Laboratory Technologist (Quality Assurance)
Buffalo, New York (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)

Supervising Medical Laboratory Technologist (HLA, Stem Cell, Therapeutic Apheresis) 
Buffalo, New York (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)

Therapy Scientist (Therapeutic Aphaeresis and Cell Therapy)
Denver, Colorado (Gambro BCT)

Vice President of Manufacturing Operations 
Dallas, Texas (ODC Therapy Inc.)

2005 Cell Therapy Audioconference Series

5th Annual Somatic Cell Therapy Symposium. Bethesda, Maryland
Sept. 15-18, 2005
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Current Volume: Volume 7, Number 3/ July 2005

Cytotherapy publishes original research, reviews, meeting reports, special focus issues and letters in the general field of cell therapy. The scope of the journal includes basic and applied research with hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic stem cells , immune cells, and antigen-presenting cells. Therapeutic topics within the scope of Cytotherapy include ex-vivo and in-vivo aspects of gene therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplantation and tissue regeneration. Cytotherapy particularly welcomes
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