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Gene therapy improves survival and quality of life of dogs with cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 1st, 2008

A new gene therapy has helped pet dogs with cancer live longer and could potentially improve the quality of life and survival of people with cancer, said the therapy's developers. The results of the animal study will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

The single treatment works by increasing muscle strength and correcting common complications of cancer such as weakness, weight loss and anemia, said principal investigator Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, MD, PhD, researcher, VGX Pharmaceuticals Inc., The Woodlands, Tex.

Such complications occur in more than 50 percent of patients with cancer and, along with loss of...

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