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Cancer Gene Therapy
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute publishes research in cancer gene therapy
November 18th, 2008
Research findings, 'Gene transfer: the challenge of regulated gene expression,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United States, "Gene therapy is expected to have a major impact on human healthcare in the future. However, precise regulation of therapeutic gene expression in vivo is still a challenge." "Natural and synthetic enhancer-promoters (EPs) can be utilized to drive gene transcription in a temporal, spatial or environmental signal-inducible manner in response to heat shock, hypoxia, radiation, chemotherapy, epigenetic agents or viral infection. To allow tightly regulated expression, a regulatable gene-expression system can also be...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-11-18)
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