Information about several papers discussed at the symposium on cellular therapy of cancer, held in Manchester, England from December 2-3, 2006, is presented. The participants discussed several issues related to gene-modified T cell-based immunotherapies. Those who took part in the discussion included medical experts Balbino Alarcon, Janos Szollosi and Zelig Eshhar.
Presents papers on viral opportunistic infections, which were presented at the Fourth International Symposium on NeuroVirology and at the Tenth Conference on Neuroscience of HIV Infection. Evaluation of a JC virus-specific immunoglobulin M enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Detection of cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for an HLA A-restricted epitope of JC virus VP1 protein; HIV+ patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, anti-JC virus CZD4 T-cell responses following prolonged highly-active antiretroviral therapy.