The Immune System – News and Features

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NHGRI Awards $54 Million to Three Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
Caltech, Yale and University of Washington receive five-year grants.

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Medarex and GenPat77 Announce Therapeutic Antibody Co-Development Agreement
The companies plan to use Medarex's UltiMAb Human Antibody Development System® to generate antibodies to disease targets.

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Olympus and VisEn Sign Exclusive Japanese Distribution Agreement
Japanese distribution agreement with VisEn will allow Olympus to combine its imaging systems with VisEn’s products.

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Study Finds Mutant Enzyme is Able to Help Protect DNA from Damage
Study in mice shows that the enzyme, called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein, continues to be activated and function normally.

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Researchers Discover Pattern of Gene Activity that can Predict Liver Cancer Spread
Researchers found that metastasis-specific profile included gene activities responsible for increased production of certain cytokines.

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Med BioGene Reports Pre-Clinical Results of its Diagnostic Lymphoma DNA Bioarray
The study suggest that MBI's Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray differentiated between genes in both the diseased and healthy control samples.

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Discovery in 'Bubble Boy' Disease Gene Therapy
Researchers determine why gene therapy treatment caused leukemia in some severe immune deficiency patients.

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UF Scientists Test Improved Gene Therapy Method for Hereditary Heart Conditions
UF researchers used the approach to reverse symptoms in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy that damages the heart.

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Sigma-Aldrich Expands Lentiviral shRNA Gene Family Sets
The MISSION™ TRC shRNA Human Kinases Gene Family is the second in a series of shRNA target sets that allows for RNAi cell-based screens in mammalian systems.

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Shanghai Genomics Announces Collaboration on Drug Discovery Project
Shanghai Genomics adds Centocor to a growing list of international research partners.
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