Nature Biotechnology 2001 - Abstracts

Nature Biotechnology 2001
TitleSubjectAuthors
A biodegradable polymer as a cytokine delivery system for inducing bone formation.Businesset al, Naoto Saito
A clearer vision for in vivo imaging.(Progress continues in the development of smaller, more penetrable probes for biological imaging.)BusinessRalph Weissleder
Adding new meanings to the genetic code.(Two New Approaches Offer the Means to Expand the Repertoire of Amino Acids Available for Protein Engioneering)BusinessNina Mejhede
A DNA computing readout operation based on structure-specific cleavage.(Research article)(Illustration)BusinessLiman et al Wang
Affinity capture of proteins from solution and their dissociation by contact printing.BusinessPeter Sonderegger, Andre Bernard, Dora Fitzli, Emmanuel Delamarche, Bruno Michel, Hans Rudolf Bosshard, Hans Biebuyck
A high signal-to-noise Ca2 probe composed of a single green fluorescent protein.BusinessJunichi Nakai, Masamichi Ohkura, Keiji Imoto
A high-throughput alphavirus-based expression cloning system for mammalian cells.BusinessDaniel et al Koller
Alteration of Cre recombinase site specificity by substrate-linked protein evolution.(Research article)(Illustration)BusinessFrank and Stewart Buchholz A. Francis
A method for the amidation of recombinant peptides expressed as intein fusion proteins in Escherichia coli.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessAlan Colman, Ian R. Cottingham, Alan Millar, Elisabeth Emslie, Angelika E. Schnieke, Colin McKee
A motif-based profile scanning approach for genome-wide prediction of signaling pathways.Businesset al, Michael B. Yaffe
An industry imperiled by regulatory bottlenecks.(stem and immune cell treatments)BusinessGail Naughton
An infectious transfer and expression system for genomic DNA loci in human and mouse cells.(Technical report)(Illustration)BusinessRichard et al Wade-Martins
An intellectual property clearinghouse for agricultural biotechnology.(proposing a means for sharing intellectual property while preserving patent rights)BusinessDavid Zilberman, Gregory Graff
Antigen-specific downregulation of T cells by doxorubicin delivered through a recombinant MHC II-peptide chimera.BusinessSofia Casares, Alexandru C. Stan, Constantin A. Bona
A peptide carrier for the delivery of biologically active proteins into mammalian cells.BusinessMay C. et al Morris
A RACHITT for our toolbox.(A new twist on DNA suffling increases recombination frequency and expands access to sequence space, facilitating the engineering of new protein activities.)BusinessJoelle N. Pelletier
A sensitive transgenic plant system to detect toxic inorganic compounds in the environment.BusinessOlga et al Kovalalchuk
A systemic approach to the analysis of protein phosphorylation.BusinessRuedi Aebersold, Julian D. Watts, Luilin Zhou
Aurora throws light on Vertex's aspirations.(Vertex Pharmaceuticals)(Aurora Biosciences)Business 
A yeast sensor of ligand binding.(Research article)(Illustration)BusinessChandra L. and Fields ucker Stanley
Bactericidal antisense effects of peptide-PNA conjugates.Businesset al, Liam Good
Bar-coding ciomolecules with fluorescent nanocrystals.(Microbeads embedded w/ quantum dots)BusinessSandra J. Rosenthal
Beyond comparison - antibiotics from genome data? Microbial genomics is producing a plethora of candidate targets for developing new classes of antimicrobial agents.BusinessMichael N. Alekshun
Big pharmas seek biotechs that deliver.Business 
Bioassay of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) using microcantilevers.BusinessGuanghua Wu, Ram H. Datar, Karolyn M. Hansen, Thomas Thundat, Richard J. Cote, Arun Majumdar
Bioethics programs evolve as they grow.BusinessDavid Magnus
Biotech industry faces new bottleneck.BusinessKen Garber
Biotechnology in the Baltic.(Estonia is Using its Genes as Bait for Foreign Investments to Support its Embryonic Biotechnology Industry)BusinessFrank Lone
Biotechnology patents in the food sectors.(A closer look at the field, the players, and their strategies reveals a game of follow the leader.)BusinessShyana V. Ramani
Breaking the code of resistance.(insect pests' resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis)(Illustration)BusinessBruce E. Tabashnik
Bungled law threatens Italian tech transfer.(New legislation from the Italian goverment)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessAnna Meldolesi
Canadian farmer found guilty of Monsanto canola patent infringement.Business 
Can bioremediation bounce back? As the market for bioremediation using genetically modified microorganisms is eroded by controversy over the technology, transgenic plants may take center stage for environmental cleanup.BusinessMyrna E. Watanabe
Cell factories for fighting cancer.BusinessDouglas Hanahan, Gabriele Bergers
Combined transductional and transcriptional targeting improves the specificity of transgene expression "in vivo."BusinessPaul N. et al Reynolds
Comples biology with no parameters.(Human genome sequence)BusinessJames E. Bailey
Crafting crop resistance to corn rootworms.(Transgenic corn)BusinessKen Ostlie
CREating breakthroughs.(utilizing a recombinant Cre recombinase)(Illustration)BusinessChun-Ming Chen, Richard C. Behringer
Designing an optimal intellectual property system for plants: a US Supreme Court debate.(Illustration)BusinessMark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan
Designing a polyvalent inhibitor of anthrax toxin.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessGeorge M. Whitesides, Michael Mourez, Ravi S. Kane, Jeremy Mogridge, Steve Metallo, Pascal Deschatelets, Bret R. Sellman, R. John Collier
Differentiation and integration.(Mergers and acquisitions likened to the product of incremental quantities)(Brief Article)Business 
Direct and sensitive detection of a human virus by rupture event scanning.BusinessMatthew A. et al Cooper
Disease genes less elusive than once thought, say researchers.BusinessChristopher Morrison
DNA shuffling method for generating highly recombined genes and evolved enzymes.Businesset al, Wayne M. Coco
Drug discovery--an operating model for a new era.BusinessScott Myers, Ann Baker
Efficient metaphase II transgenesis with different transgene archetypes.(Technical report)(Illustration)BusinessAnthony C.F. et al Perry
Enrichment analysis of phosphorylated proteins as a tool for probing the phosphoproteome.BusinessYoshida Oda, Takeshi Nagasu, Brian T. Chait
Epigenetic regulation of gene structure and function with a cell-permeable Cre recombinase.(Illustration)BusinessDaewoong Jo, Abudi Nashabi, Christie Doxsee, Qing Lin, Derya Unutmaz, Jin Chen, H. Earl Ruley
Expression profiling using microarrays fabricated by an ink-jet oligonucleotide synthesizer.Businesset al, Timothy R. Hughes
Feeder-free growth of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessChunhui Xu, Margaret S. Inokuma, Jerrod Denham, Kathaleen Golds, Pratima Kundu, Joseph D. Gold, Melissa K. Carpenter
Genetic rescue of an endangered mammal by cross-species nuclear transfer using post-mortem somatic cells.(Illustration)BusinessMichael Clinton, Pasqualino Loi, Grazyna Ptak, Barbara Barboni, Josef Fulka Jr., Pietro Cappai
Genetic selection and the lure of SIN.(A rapid method for exploring gene function uses alphavirus expression cloning)BusinessGarry P. Nolan
Genotyping of dinucleotide tandem repeats by MALDI mass spectrometry of ribozyme-cleaved RNA transcripts.BusinessMartin Forster, Stefan Krebs, Doris Seichter
GlaxoSmithKline presents a biotech facade.BusinessDorey. Emma
Going for the big one: blockbuster patents enrich university coffers, but can also affect future patenting and research divisions.Business 
Group II introns as controllable gene targeting vectors for genetic manipulation of bacteria.BusinessMichael et al Karlberg
Growing better blod vessels.(Methods for engineering mature blood vessels)BusinessPeter and Conway Carmeliet Edward M.
Growing pains for biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals have provided a swift means of swelling pharmaceutical company pipelines, but they may not be such a fast "fix" for the industry in the future.BusinessGabby Ashton
High-yield selection and extraction of two promoter-defined phenotypes of neural stem cells from the fetal human brain.BusinessH. Michael et al Keyoung
Holistic approaches to glycobiology.(The Genetic Selection of Mutant Cells in a Glycoconjugate Biosyntheitc Pathway may Provide Insights into Metabolic Disease)BusinessPauline et al Rudd
Hotwiring biosensors.(integrated circuits with biomolecules)(Illustration)Business 
Illegal Bt cotton in India haunts regulators.BusinessKS Jayaraman
Immobilized RNA switches for the analysis of complex chemical and biological mixtures.Businesset al, Sukeerthi Seetharaman
Indian regulatory system stifles industry growth.BusinessKS Jayaraman
Indian seed bill forges new ground.BusinessK.S. Jayaraman
Informatics and multiplexing of intact protein identification in bacteria and the archaea.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessFanyu Meng, Bengamin J. Cargile, Leah M. Miller, Andrew J. Forbes, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Neil L. Kelleher
In silico predictions of Escherichia coli metabolic capabilities are consistent with experimental data.BusinessJeremy S. Edwards, Rafael U. Ibarra, Bernhard O. Palsson
In vitro differentiation of transplantable neural precursors from human embryonic stem cells.BusinessSu-Chun et al Zhang
In vitro selection of necleoprotein enzymes.BusinessMichael P. Robertson, andrew D. Ellington
In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging of osteoblastic activity.BusinessAtif et al Zaheer
Isjolation of high-affinity ligand-binding proteins by periplasmic expression with cytometric screening (PECS).BusinessGang et al Chen
Italy performs GMO trial about-face.BusinessAnna Meldolesi
Knockout drug screens.(recognizing compounds with gene-selective properties)(Illustration)BusinessGeorge C. Prendergast
Listening for viral infection.BusinessPaul W.H.I. Parren, Erica Ollmann
Living on the edges.(molecular component interactions)BusinessHarvey Bialy
Local endostatin treatment of gliomas administered by microencapsulated producer cells.BusinessRupert Timpl, Tracy-Ann Read, Dag R. Sorensen, Rupavathana Mahesparan, Per Enger, Bjorn R. Olsen, Mari H.B. Hjelstuen, Olav Haraldseth, Rolf Bjerkvig
Magnetodendrimers allow endosomal magnetic labeling and in vivo tracking of stem cells.BusinessJeff W.M. et al. Bulte
Market woes drag down biotech shares.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)Business 
Molecular biology meets microelectronics.BusinessErwin Neher
Monoclonal antibodies in the clinic.(Despite initial teething problems, the number of clinically effective monoclonal antibodies is growing.)BusinessJanice M. Reichert
More biotechs gamble on convertibles.BusinessPete Mitchell
Multiphoton-evoked color change of DsRed as an optical highlighter for cellular and subcellular labeling.BusinessJonathan S. et al Marchant
Multiplex metallica. Molecular tag made of small metal rods may enable parallel and quantitative single-tube assays.BusinessDavid J. Lockart, Mark O. Trulson
Nanopores with a spark for single-molecule detection.(DNA sequencing)BusinessHui Wang, Daniel Branton
Neural progenitors from human embryonic stem cells.BusinessReubinoff et al.
New Zealand's comprimise calms GMO lobby.(compromise found with the genetically-modified foods lobby)BusinessCheryl Norrie
Nonenzymatic autoligation in direct three-color detection of RNA and DNA point mutations.BusinessYanzheng Xu, Nilesh B. Karalkar, Eric T. Kool
Nuclear security breached. DNA chemistry may provide a solution to the deceptively difficult problem of enhancing DNA nuclear transport in nonviral vectors.(introduction to article in this this issue by Rebuffat et al)BusinessJon Wolff
OECD says industrial biotech not realizing potential.(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)(Brief Article)Business 
Overexpression of a cyanobacterial fructose-1, 6-/sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase in tobacco enhances photosynthesis and growth.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessYoshiko Miyagawa, Masahiro Tamoi, Shigeru Shigeoka
PDL's mAb technology finds right timing.Business 
Phytodetoxification of TNT by transgenic plants expressing a bacterial nitroreductase.(genetically-modified tobacco plants used to decontaminate soil of TNT)BusinessNerissa et al Hannink
Pigs expressing salivary phytase produce low-phosporus manure.Business 
Pink water, green plants, and pink elephants. Tobacco has been engineered with a bacterial nitroreductase that facilitates degradation of trinitrotoluene.(introduction to article in this issue by Hannink et al)BusinessRichard B. Meagher
Plastid engineering bears fruit.(The tomato has been engineered to express in its plastids high levels of a recombinant protein)BusinessPal Maliga
Polymeric system for dual growth factor delivery.(Research article)(Illustration)BusinessRicardson, Thomas P.; Peters, Martin C.; Ennett, Alexandra B. and Mooney, David J.
Production of calves from G1 fibroblasts.(methods for cloning calves)BusinessPoothappillai et al Kasinathan
Protein hinges for bioelectronics.(The creation of chemoresponsive bioelectronic sensors)BusinessItamar illner
Protein solubility and folding monitored in vivo by structural complementation of a genetic marker protein.BusinessPhilip J. Thomas, W. Christian Wigley, Rhesa D. Stidham, Nathan M. Smith, John F. Hunt
Proteomics comes to the surface.(studying protein function on a genome-wide scale)BusinessGavin MacBeath
Putting a price on biotechnology.(Many bioentrepreneurs incorrectly estimate the value of their technology by failing ot account adequately for the cost, risk, and time inherent in product development.)BusinessJeffrey J. Stewart, Peter N. Allison, Ronald S. Johnson
Quantitative profiling of differentiation-induced microsomal proteins using isotope-coded affinity tags and mass spectrometry.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessRuedi Aebersold, David K. Han, Jimmy Eng, Huilin Zhou
quantum-dot-tagged microbeads for multiplexed optical coding of biomolecules.BusinessMingyong et al Han
Quicker drug approvals on the way for Europe.BusinessSylvia Davidson
Quorex Pharmaceuticals.(New Antimicrobials Quiet Bacterial Talk)Business 
Realism in drug discover - could Cassandra be right?(commentary)(Critical Essay)BusinessDavid F. Horrobin
Recent patents in molecular evolution.(list of U.S. patents with brief description, company, etc.)Business 
Receptor-targeted optical imaging of tumors with near-infrared flurorescent ligands.Businesset al, Andraes Becker
Recombinant maxi-K channels on transistor, a prototype of iono-electronic interfacing.BusinessBernhard Straub, Elisabeth Meyer, Peter Fromherz
Redefining priorities in gene-based drug discovery.BusinessMehran M. Khodadoust, Thomas P. Klein
Re-engineering adenovirus regulatory pathways to enhance oncolytic specificity and efficacy.(Reasearch article)(Illustration)BusinessMurali et al Ramachandra
Regulation and exploitation of genetically modified crops. Functional foods, nutraceuticals, and plant-derived mediciens may improvempublic relations for transgeneic crop technology, but could leave manufacturers with tricky business decisions to make.Businesset al, Gijs A. Kleter
Selection of insertional mutants using subgenic-resolution arrays.(Research article)(Illustration)BusinessVasudeo et al Badarinarayana
Selective enhancement of gene transfer by steroid-medicated gene delivery.BusinessAlexandre et al Rebuffat
Shedding light on molecular timing.(use of jellyfish's green fluorescent protein in cellular research)BusinessFred Schaufele
Single-mismatch detection using gold-quenched fluorescent oligonucleotides.BusinessBenoit Dubertret, Michel Calame, Albert H. Libchaber
Single-molecule observation of protein-protein interactions in the chaperonin system.BusinessMasasuke Yoshida, Hideki Taguchi, Taro Ueno, Hisashi Tadakuma, Takashi Funatsu
Stable, genetic transformation of tomato plastids and expression of a foreign protein in fruit.BusinessStephanie Ruf, Marita Hermann, Irving J. Berger, Helaine Carrer, Ralph Bock
Stem cells with brainpower. Two studies demonstrate the efficient generation of brain cells from human ES cells.(introduction to two articles in this issue discussing stem cell research)BusinessLorenz Studer
Suppression of a P450 hydroxylase gene in plant trichome glands enhances natural-product-based aphid resistance.Businesset al, Erming Wang
Switching nucleic acids for antibodies. Can ribozymes replace antibodies i future array formats for proteomics and metabolomics?BusinessAndrew D. Ellington, David Hoffman, Jay Hesselberth
The complexities of bioethics.(Commentary)BusinessRichard C. Strohman
The HIV Tat protein transduction domain improves the biodistribution of Beta- glucuronidase expressed from recombinant viral vectors.BusinessHaibin et al Xia
The path not taken.(Protein paths)BusinessEdward M. Maracotte
The potential of nucleic acid repair in functional genomics.BusinessMichael C. Rice, Kirk Czymmek, Eric B. Kmiec
The right chemistry for marker gene removal?BusinessDavid W. Ow
Toward knockout sheep.(The Targeted Disruption of two Genes in Sheep Confirms the Feasibility of Gene TArgeting in large Animals, but Falls Short of Producing Viable Offspring)BusinessKevin Wells
Toward the phosphoproteome.(Two chemical protocols for the rapid analysis of protein phosphorylation by mass spectrometry promise to expand the schope of proteomics research.)BusinessNatalie G. Ahn, Katheryn A. Resing
Training needs in regulatory science for the biopharmaceutical industry.BusinessLarry E. Gundersen
Transplantation of brain cells assembled around programmable synthetic microenvironment.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessW. Mark Saltzman, Melissa J. Mahoney
Use of isogenic human cancer cells for high-throughput screening and drug discovery.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)BusinessKenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Christopher J. Torrance, Vijai Agrawal
US presidential transition prompts biotech policy frenzy.BusinessJeffrey Fox
Vaccines to die for.(Induction of Apoptotic Death by Modified Caspases Enhances the Function of "Naked" DNA Vaccination)BusinessNicholas P. Restifo
Vironcology -- not yet, but soon?BusinessRichard G. Vile
Why biodefense won't work.(The problems of defending against bioterrorism)(Brief Article)Business 
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