Published in Cancer Weekly, April 12th, 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "replication-competent adenoviruses could provide an efficient method for delivering therapeutic genes to tumors. The most promising strategies among adenovirus-based oncolytic systems are designed to exploit free E2F-1 activity in cancer cells, which in the absence of pRb activates transcription and regulates the expression of genes involved in differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis."
"We previously developed Delta24, an E1A-mutant, conditionally replicative oncolytic adenovirus. Here, we examine the ability of a...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-12)
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