From the Journal of Gene Medicine.
Gene Information Technology Unit
 To foster a more favourable environment for the products of gene technology by providing clear, accurate and unbiased information.
Gene Therapy - An Overview
 From Biotech Applied
Gene Therapy: Potential, Pitfalls and Prospects
 By Inder M. Verma for an NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture (WAL)
Human Genome Project Information - Gene Therapy
Introduction to Gene Therapy
 Provides access to information presented in a course here at Vanderbilt Univerity Medical Center
Lentiviruses/HIV: Pathogenesis
 Relevant to new lentivirus vectors
Questions and Answers About Gene Therapy
 CancerNet from the National Cancer Institute
FELIX Home Page
 FIV Vector Homepage, Nolan Lab
Retroviral Vectors
Retroviruses
 Another great Dr. Alan Cann site!
Retroviruses
 Resources at NCBI
What is Gene Therapy?
 Neala Kendall, Kenyon College, Ohio

Labs/ Centres /Societies

American Society of Gene Therapy ClinicalTrials.gov
NLM and NIH
Commercial and Research work into the human genome
Department of Botany
 Miami University, Ohio
Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Pittsburgh University
DNA Sequencing at Pittsburgh University
Gene Therapy Program
 University of California
Gene Therapy Trial Information
 Information from Wiley & Sons, updated every three months
Gene Therapy Vectors in Current Trials
 Information from Wiley & Sons, updated every three months
Gene Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease
     Medical University of South Carolina, Gazes Research Institute and the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
Haemophilia A Mutation, Structure, Test and Resource Site (HAMSTeRS)
Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy of Cancer
 National Cancer Institute
Institute for Human Gene Therapy
 Providing a foundation for basic research necessary to assure the successof human gene therapy
Laboratory of Liposome Research
Murdoch Institute Gene Therapy National Gene Vector Laboratories
 Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and composed of an interactive group of academic production labs whose goal is to provide eligible investigators with clinical grade vectors
Newly Cloned Gene Could Aid in Treating Melanoma
 CANCER FACTS:National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health
Nolan Lab Homepage
 Gene transfer using retroviruses and more
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
 A private, non-profit corporation created in 1981. Its mission is to provide long-term economic benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, development and commercialization statewide.
Optimization of Retroviral Infection and Transduction Parameters
 From the Nolan Lab
Questions and Answers About Gene Therapy
 CANCER FACTS:National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health
Rare Genetic Diseases in Children
An Internet jump-station to sources of information on rare genetic diseases affecting children.
Trono Lab Home Page
Trono II!
University of California, San Diego
Gene Therapy Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 Haemostasis Research Group at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London
Virus Vectors & Gene Therapy: Problems, Promises & Prospects
 Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Leicester

Projects / Personal Sites

B-Lymphocyte Differentiation
 Gene Therapy from Dept of Biochemistry at the Karolinska Institute
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Dr. William French Anderson, Father of Gene Therapy
 Director of the Gene Therapy Laboratories at the University of Southern California School of Medicine
Gene Therapy in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
 A term Paper by Arthur L. Romano & Carmen R. Costable
Jim HU
Lung Gene Therapy, Hospital for Sick Children
Mike's Gene Therapy Homepage
 "Gene therapy is based upon the idea of replacing dysfunctional genes with functional genes."
Using Gene Therapy to Treat Brain Cancer
 "Jim Mullins is a writer, editor, and photographer who lives in San Francisco."

Site Libraries

Gene Therapy Sites and Links Genomics: A Global Resource
 The purpose of this website is to provide a dynamic and accessible information resource on emerging genomics-related issues.
Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy
 From All the Virology on the WWW"

News Clippings

First nationwide Interleukin-12 gene therapy trial
 From the Doctors Guide to the internet
Human Genome Bears a Virus Related to HIV
 From Dr. Bryan Cullen, Howard Hughes Medical Institiute

Regulatory Bodies

European Regulatory Framework of Gene Therapy Trials
International Workshop
 Genetic Manipulation Advisory Council (GMAC) Human Genetics Advisory Commission (HGAC)
 Offers the UK Government independent advice on issues arising from developments in human genetics.
European Society of Gene Therapy (ESGT) Office of Recombinant DNA Activities Home Page

Conventions and Conferences

Forum on Gene Therapy: Implications for HIV
 From 1994
Gene therapy and molecular biology conference
 Sofitel Capsis Hotel, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 1999
Human Genome Meeting, 2001
International Gene Therapy Meetings
International Symposium on Gene Therapy (1997) for Hemophilia

Journals/ Books

Annual Review of Genetics
Cancer Gene Therapy
 Internet publication from Robert E. Sobol & Kevin J. Scanlon
Electronic Genetics Newsletter: Gene Therapy
 A New Approach for Treating Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
Electronic Genetics Newsletter: Principles of modern genetics
 West End Educational Publishing
Gene Targeting by Manuel A. Vega from CRC Press Gene Therapy
Center for Healthcare Education & Studies US Army
Gene Therapy Weekly
Genetic Engineering News Introduced in 1981, it was the first publication in the field of biotechnology
Human Gene Therapy
Immunotherapy of Human Melanoma
 Using Gene-Modified Tumor Cell Vaccines - Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
Internet Book Of Gene Therapy
Journal of Gene Medicine
Somatic Gene Therapy by Patricia L. Chang from CRC Press Waging War on Melanoma
 University of Southern California Chronicle

Commercial Interests

Avigen Inc.
 Biosynthesis Incorporated
"Your source for custom DNA, peptides, and molecular biology products".
Cell Genesys, Inc.
Collateral Therapeutics
Curagen Corporation
Engineering cures through genes
Emergen Labs
Genopoietic
 A research and development company, specialized in gene therapy
Garvan Institute
MediGene, Inc
Molecular Medicine
Produces viral based gene therapy reagents.
Nature Technology Corporation (NTC)
Nexell Therapeutics Inc.
Schering-Plough
A worldwide pharmaceutical company committed to discovering and marketing new therapies and treatment programs
Selective Genetics
Somatix
 "A Leader in the Emerging Field of Gene Therapy"
Targeted Molecules Corp.
The Immune Resposne Corporation
 A biopharmaceutical company based in Carlsbad, California, with technologies in four core areas: HIV, autoimmune disease, gene therapy and cancer".
TRANSGENE
 A leading French integrated gene therapy company, dedicated to the discovery and development of gene delivery technologies and gene therapy products
Transkaryotic Therapies
Valentis, Inc
Variagenics

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