Live teleconference this month discussed technical aspects and capabilities of cytokines and growth factors; record can be downloaded as an MP3 file
The Science Advisory Board held its third live teleconference, 'Snapshots Live on Cytokines and Growth Factor Kits and Reagents' on 11 June 2003.
The teleconference joined together members of the Science Advisory Board who participated in a cytokine and growth factor study.
The 30-minute teleconference featured a brief online presentation of the results from the Science Advisory Board-sponsored study by an in-house team of analysts.
An MP3 of the teleconference, along with a Power Point presentation can be accessed through The Science Advisory Board's webpage.
By listening to this Snapshots Live recording, visitors can learn more about the technical aspects and capabilities of cytokines and growth factors.
Cytokines and growth factors are small, multifunctional proteins that play critical roles in controlling development and in regulating the body's responses to disease and infection. Among the clinical applications for cytokine and growth factor research are cancer immunotherapy, wound healing, allergy relief, animal health, treatment of autoimmune disorders, anti-viral therapy, obesity, and disease diagnosis.
Although cytokines and growth factors have been studied for many years, these molecules are taking on new importance for two main reasons.
Sequencing of the human genome has revealed a variety of potential new drug targets that are related to previously characterised cytokines, growth factors and receptors, and the drug development pipelines of many pharmaceutical companies contain growing numbers of cytokine, growth factor and receptor-based protein drugs, antibodies and small molecule inhibitors.
Future Snapshots Live events include discussions on microbial genotyping and tissue microarrays.
