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Oncology
Research in oncology provides new insights
April 19th, 2005
Reports from the United States and Israel highlight recent research on oncology. Study 1: Progression-elevated gene-3 promoter selects cancer cells for gene delivery. "One impediment to effective cancer-specific gene therapy is the rarity of regulatory sequences targeting gene expression selectively in tumor cells. Although many tissue-specific promoters are recognized, few cancer-selective gene promoters are available," according to scientists writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. "Progression-elevated gene-3 (PEG-3) is a rodent gene identified by...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-19)
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