Gene Therapy
Gene fuelled transporter causes breast cancer cells to self-destruct
Published in Cancer Gene Therapy Week, March 14th, 2011
Using a transport system called a Designer Biomimetic Vector (DBV), Dr Helen McCarthy, from Queen's School of Pharmacy, funded by Breast Cancer Campaign, packaged a gene into a nanoparticle 400 times smaller than the width of a human hair, allowing it to be delivered straight into breast cancer cells in the laboratory.
The gene called...
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