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Issue 1-2/2009

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Release date: 02/16/2009

Tissue Culture & Engineering

Composite Hydrogel

A Novel Hydrogel for Tissue Engineering

K. Cai, Chongqing University, P.R. China

page 04

RNA Technology

Towards an RNAi-based Gene Therapy

A New Approach against HIV-AIDS

B. Berkhout, O. ter Brake, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

page 07

An RNA Sensor Platform for CTC Detection

Nanotechnology for Detection of Tumour Cell Marker RNAs

G. Clawson et al., Hershey Medical Center of Penn State University, Hershey, USA

page 010

Drug Discovery

Hitting the Right Kinase Targets

Protein Kinase Selection for Drug Discovery

S. Pelech, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

page 012

Bioprocessing

Glycosyltransferases

Novel Biocatalysts for the Glycosylation of Small Molecules

E.-K. Lim, D. Bowles; University of York, United Kingdom

page 016

Disease Biology

From Flow Cytometry to Confocal Microscopy

Redesigning a Homogeneous HIV-1 Entry Assay for High Content Read-Out

Géry Dams et al., Tibotec, Belgium

page 019

Targeted Therapeutics

A Promising Approach to Treatment of Solid Tumours

R.E. Kontermann, University of Stuttgart; G. Bendas, University of Bonn; Germany

page 022

Cover Story

Safety Considerations for ECM-based Biomaterials

Ensuring Reliable Research Results in vitro and in vivo through New LDEV-free Standards for Matrigel

BD Biosciences Europe, Belgium

page 026

Chip Technology

Fiber-based Microfluidic Bioreactors

For Highly Efficient Protein Digestion

G. Chen, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

page 028

Proteomics

BIFC

A New Tool for Studying Weak Protein Interactions in Vivo

S. Ventura Zamora et al., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

page 030