Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Nation BRIEFINGS
Findings in cancer vaccines reported from University of Yamanashi, Medical Department.
"We previously have shown that nona-arginine protein transduction domain (R9-PTD) induced efficient protein-antigen (Ag) transduction of dendritic cells (DCs) in vitro, resulting in the efficient induction of strong Ag-specific immune responses mediated by CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and in superior antitumour effects in vivo in cancer-bearing mice. The Ag-specific immune responses caused by intradermal (i.d.) injections of R9-PTD-containing protein Ags without DC preparation were investigated," scientists in Chuo, Japan report (see also Cancer Vaccines).
"We also investigated the antitumour effects by intratumoral (i.t.) injections of rR9-containing protein Ags. Synthesized …
NOTHING REMOTELY LIKE ALASKA.(SPORTS)
Byline: ROB STREETER
They say that getting there is half the fun. They haven't been to the wilderness of Alaska.
Hunting in most areas of Alaska involves a flight in a bush plane, usually a two-seat Cub, the workhorse plane of most outfitters, which can be rigged with floats or tundra tires. Such was the case on a recent trip I made with my friend Bob Condon, who lives in Soldatna on the Kenai Peninsula, as we trekked one at a time from our base camp to a remote site on a mountain lake.
The trip started in Soldatna with a flight in a float-equipped Cessna 185 through Lake Clark Pass into a remote area near a river called the Mulchatna, more than 150 …


