Advances in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Molecular Therapy

Blood stem cell transplantation has become an established therapeutic option in the treatment of malignant diseases. At the same time molecular therapeutic approaches (i.e. gene therapy) are promising alternatives to the classical treatment of cancer. The proceedings give an overview of the biology of hematopoietic progenitor cells, peripheral stem cell transplantation in patients with hematological malignancies, recent developments in molecular diagnosis and gene therapeutic concepts, and show that successful future developments require cooperative research connecting basic science with clinical application.

blood stem cell transplantation as therapeutiic option for malignant diseases -gene therapy as alternative treatment- overview of the biology of hematopoietic progentior cells, peripheral stem cell transplantation as well as developments in molecular diagnosis and gene therapeutic concepts. importance of cooperation between basic science and clinical application.

Inhalt
Mobilization and Selection of CD34+ Cells.- Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.- Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.- Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma Following High-Dose Melphalan-Based Therapy.- Molecular Monitoring of Residual Disease in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients After Therapy.- Delineation of Genomic Regions in Chromosome Band 7q22 Commonly Deleted in Myeloid Leukemias.- Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Low-Grade B-Cell Neoplasias: a Comparative Genomic Hybridization Study.- Applications of Gene Transfer in Hematologic Malignancy.- Dendritic Cells for Somatic Gene Therapy.- Construction of Immunogenic Tumor Cell Surfaces by Somatic Gene Transfer.- Adeno-associated Virus Type 2 Vector for Transduction of Hematopoietic Cells.- Protection of Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicity by Multidrug-Resistance 1 Gene Transfer.- Regulated Gene Expression After Retroviral Vector-Mediated Delivery of Cancer-Relevant Therapeutic Genes.- Specific bcr-abl-Directed Antisense Nucleic Acids and Ribozymes: A Tool for the Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia?.- The Use of Ribozymes in Gene Therapy Approaches to AIDS.