TheNATO
AdvancedStudiesInstituteseries"TargetingofDrugs"wasoriginatedin
1981. It is nowamajorinternationalforum,heldeverytwo yearsin
CapeSounion,Greece,in
whichthepresentandthefutureofthisimportantareaofresearch in
drugdeliveryisdiscussed in greatdepth.
PreviousASIsoftheseriesdealtwith drugcarriersofnaturalandsynthetic
origin,theirinteractionswith thebiologicalmilieu, waysby
whichthefunctionofdrugcarriers iscircumvented and,morerecently,with
avarietyofapproaches to carrierdesignor
modificationthatcontributeto optimalcarrierfunction.
Thepresentbookcontainsthe proceedings ofthe8thNATO ASI,
"TargetingofDrugs:Strategies for Oligonucleotideand GeneDelivery in
Therapy", held in CapeSounionduring24June-5 July 1995. Asthetitle
implies,thebookdealswith avarietyofsystemsin termsoftheirability to
transportnucleic acidsto targetareasin vitro andin vivo in
waysthateffectivelymodify,supplement, correct,
orcurtailthefunctionofgenesin therapy. Weexpressourappreciation to
Mrs. ConchaPerringfor herassistance with the organizationoftheASI.
TheASI washeldunderthesponsorship ofNATO ScientificAffairs Division
andco-sponsored andgenerouslyfinancedby
SmithKlineBeechamPharmaceuticals (KingofPrussia).
Financialassistance wasalsoprovidedby SandozPharma(Baseland
Athens),GeneMedicine (Houston,USA),
ChironCorporation(Emeryville,USA), BYK GuldenLombergChemische
(Konstanz,Gernlany),HelpSA(Athens,Greece),Avanti Polar Lipids Inc
(Birmingham,USA), OxfordMolecular(Oxford,UK), Pfizer(Kent,UK),
andAlza Corporation(PaloAlto, USA). GregoryGregoriadis
BrendaMcCormack v CONTENTS Gene Therapy for Inherited Genetic
Disease: Possibilities and Problems c. *Coutelle Gene Delivery and
Therapy: The Case for Cystic Fibrosis 15 E. W. F. W. Alton Immune
Responses with Direct Gene Transfer: DNA Vaccines and 21
Implications for Gene Therapy H. L. Davis Oligonucleotides:
Molecular Versions for Optimal Use in Vivo 31 E. Saison-Behmoaras,
A. Van Aerschot, I. Duroux, C. Hendrix, C. Helene, and P. Herdewijn
Retrovirus Vectors in Gene Therapy: Targeting to Specific Cells 45
AJ. Kingsman, Y. Bae, J. c. Griffiths, N. Kim, E. E. Ramsdale, G.
Romano, Y. Soneoka, P. M. Cannon, and S. M. Kingsman Adenovirus as
Vectors for Gene Therapy 53 M. G. Lee Receptor-Mediated Gene
Delivery with Synthetic Virus-like Particles 67 E. Wagner, M.
Cotten, and K. Zatloukal Controllable Gene Therapy: Recent Advances
in Non-Viral Gene Delivery 79 A.
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