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Gene Therapy
Marshfield Clinic details research in gene therapy
April 8th, 2008
A report, 'Functional characterization of the GDEP promoter and three enhancer elements in retinoblastoma and prostate cell lines,' is newly published data in Medical Oncology. "GDEP (gene differentially expressed in prostate cancer aka. PCAN1), a newly discovered gene with remarkable tissue specificity, is a promising candidate for regulatory analysis because it exhibits a high level of expression that is limited to two tissues, the retina and the prostate," researchers in the United States report. "As these two tissues have different origins and disparate functions it is likely that the regulatory mechanisms responsible for expression are not shared in their...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-08)
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