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Food biotechnology Expression vectors and delivery systems Web alert Sylvie Miot* and Jean-Louis Boulay† A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Addresses Department of Research, University Hospital, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland *e-mail: [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2002, 13:413–414
Food biotechnology Dr Duke’s: Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ This resource has been created and is maintained by Jim Duke at the agricultural research service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland. It provides access to phytochemical and ethnobotanical databases that can be searched by plant, chemical or activity. Access is also available to the Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary and to other relevant sites and databases. Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Human Health http://phytochemicals.tamu.edu/ This educational site, owned by the Texas A&M University, proposes lectures relevant to phytochemicals that can be downloaded as slide sets. A list of phytochemical websites of interest is provided as well as news related to this field. Probiotics and Prebiotics: can Regulating the Activities of Intestinal Bacteria Benefit Health? http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7189/999 This page reproduces the editorial written in 1999 by George Macfarlane and John Cummings for the British Medical Journal on the prebiotic and probiotic concept. Topics include the relationship between probiotics and gut infection and positive effects on immunity and mutagenesis. The Probiotics Web Page http://www.highveld.com/probiotic.html This page provides a description of the book Probiotics: A Critical Review, edited by Gerald Tannock. Chapter summaries provide an overview on probiotics and prebiotics. In addition, this site provides access to links and resources on probiotics and intestinal microbiology. Welcome to the Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network http://www.nutranet.org/ The Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network (SNN) was established to support the growth and development of the nutraceutical, functional food and dermaceutical industries in this Canadian province. The network is supported by the
Canada-Saskatchewan Agri-Food Innovation Fund. Sections provide information on relevant websites and nutrition information on oils, herbs, functional foods and ingredients. Centre for Human Nutrigenomics http://www.nutrigenomics.nl/ This site for the Centre for Human NutriGenomics, based in the Netherlands, is maintained by Dione Bouchaut. The Centre focuses on biomolecular research for healthy and safe foods. Research projects are described together with a list of up-coming conferences and links relevant to the integration of applied genomics technologies in the life sciences with nutritional sciences.
Expression vectors and delivery systems Intramuscular and Intratumoral Gene Electrotransfer for Gene Therapy of Cancer http://www.cancerprev.org/Meetings/2002/Abstracts/1191/534 This page shows an abstract presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Predictive Oncology and Intervention Strategies in Paris in 2002 by Daniel Scherman. The abstract discusses intratumoral and intramuscular gene delivery as a promising strategy for the treatment of cancer. The Prospects for Antisense Therapy http://www.hosppract.com/genetics/9909mmc.htm This article by Alan Gewirtz from the University of Pennsylvania on the prospects for antisense therapy has been published in the journal Hospital Practice. It describes antisense technology and illustrates the use of nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Virus Vectors and Gene Therapy: Problems, Promises and Prospects http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/peel/peel1.html This course from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Leicester, written by David Peel, is dedicated to virus vectors and gene therapy. After an introduction on the use of viruses as vectors, sections 2, 4 and 5 are dedicated to retroviruses, adeno-associated viruses and herpes simplex virus, respectively. ICTVdB: the Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses http://life.bio2.edu/index.htm The ICTVdb database was developed under the auspices of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by Cornelia Büchen-Osmond at the Biosphere 2 Center, Arizona. Information can be searched by virus name, acromym, host or taxonomy. The site also offers access to a virus picture gallery.
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On-line Journals: Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology http://ciim.co.uk/ Nutraceuticals World http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/abo1.htm
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology http://www.jmmb.net/ Frontiers in Biosciences http://www.bioscience.org/current/currissu.htm
Food biotechnology Expression vectors and delivery systems Web alert Sylvie Miot* and Jean-Louis Boulay† A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Addresses Department of Research, University Hospital, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland *e-mail: [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2002, 13:413–414
Food biotechnology Dr Duke’s: Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ This resource has been created and is maintained by Jim Duke at the agricultural research service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland. It provides access to phytochemical and ethnobotanical databases that can be searched by plant, chemical or activity. Access is also available to the Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary and to other relevant sites and databases. Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Human Health http://phytochemicals.tamu.edu/ This educational site, owned by the Texas A&M University, proposes lectures relevant to phytochemicals that can be downloaded as slide sets. A list of phytochemical websites of interest is provided as well as news related to this field. Probiotics and Prebiotics: can Regulating the Activities of Intestinal Bacteria Benefit Health? http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7189/999 This page reproduces the editorial written in 1999 by George Macfarlane and John Cummings for the British Medical Journal on the prebiotic and probiotic concept. Topics include the relationship between probiotics and gut infection and positive effects on immunity and mutagenesis. The Probiotics Web Page http://www.highveld.com/probiotic.html This page provides a description of the book Probiotics: A Critical Review, edited by Gerald Tannock. Chapter summaries provide an overview on probiotics and prebiotics. In addition, this site provides access to links and resources on probiotics and intestinal microbiology. Welcome to the Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network http://www.nutranet.org/ The Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network (SNN) was established to support the growth and development of the nutraceutical, functional food and dermaceutical industries in this Canadian province. The network is supported by the
Canada-Saskatchewan Agri-Food Innovation Fund. Sections provide information on relevant websites and nutrition information on oils, herbs, functional foods and ingredients. Centre for Human Nutrigenomics http://www.nutrigenomics.nl/ This site for the Centre for Human NutriGenomics, based in the Netherlands, is maintained by Dione Bouchaut. The Centre focuses on biomolecular research for healthy and safe foods. Research projects are described together with a list of up-coming conferences and links relevant to the integration of applied genomics technologies in the life sciences with nutritional sciences.
Expression vectors and delivery systems Intramuscular and Intratumoral Gene Electrotransfer for Gene Therapy of Cancer http://www.cancerprev.org/Meetings/2002/Abstracts/1191/534 This page shows an abstract presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Predictive Oncology and Intervention Strategies in Paris in 2002 by Daniel Scherman. The abstract discusses intratumoral and intramuscular gene delivery as a promising strategy for the treatment of cancer. The Prospects for Antisense Therapy http://www.hosppract.com/genetics/9909mmc.htm This article by Alan Gewirtz from the University of Pennsylvania on the prospects for antisense therapy has been published in the journal Hospital Practice. It describes antisense technology and illustrates the use of nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Virus Vectors and Gene Therapy: Problems, Promises and Prospects http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/peel/peel1.html This course from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Leicester, written by David Peel, is dedicated to virus vectors and gene therapy. After an introduction on the use of viruses as vectors, sections 2, 4 and 5 are dedicated to retroviruses, adeno-associated viruses and herpes simplex virus, respectively. ICTVdB: the Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses http://life.bio2.edu/index.htm The ICTVdb database was developed under the auspices of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by Cornelia Büchen-Osmond at the Biosphere 2 Center, Arizona. Information can be searched by virus name, acromym, host or taxonomy. The site also offers access to a virus picture gallery.
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Web alert
On-line Journals: Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology http://ciim.co.uk/ Nutraceuticals World http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/abo1.htm
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology http://www.jmmb.net/ Frontiers in Biosciences http://www.bioscience.org/current/currissu.htm