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Cancer Gene Therapy
Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in the area of cancer gene therapy published
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...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-09)
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