Published in Cancer Weekly, June 5th, 2006
"Subtraction hybridization applied to terminally differentiating human melanoma cells identified mda-7/IL-24, a cytokine belonging to the IL-10 gene superfamily. Adenoviral-mediated delivery of mda-7/IL-24 (Ad.mda7) provokes apoptosis selectively in a wide spectrum of cancers in vitro in cell culture, in vivo in human tumor xenograft animal models and in patients with advanced carcinomas and melanomas," wrote Z.Z. Su and colleagues, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-06-05)
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