Cancer Gene Therapy
Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in the area of cancer gene therapy published
Published in Cancer Weekly, September 9th, 2008
"The profound toxic effects of conventional cancer therapies such as chemo- and radiotherapy and the nonspecific side effects of small-molecule inhibitors of signaling proteins mandate more effective and preferably nontoxic approaches for treating cancer. An ideal cancer therapeutic should specifically and selectively target not only neoplastic cells but also a tumor's blood supply, and should effectively eradicate both primary and metastatic tumors with equal efficiency," scientists in the United States report.
"Although this combination of properties in a single or even multiple agents seems untenable, melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7/interleukin-24...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-09)
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