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Cancer Gene Therapy
Studies from Soochow University reveal new findings on cancer gene therapy
December 16th, 2008
" Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant tumor affecting an ever increasing number of patients with a mean 5-year survival rate below 4%. Therefore, gene therapy for cancer has become a potential novel therapeutic modality," investigators in Suzhou, People's Republic of China report. "In this study we sought to determine the inhibitory effects of adenovirus-mediated human interleukin-24 (AdhIL-24) on pancreatic cancer. Human interleukin-24 gene was cloned into replication-defective adenovirus specific for patu8988 tumor cells by virus recombination technology. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting analysis were used to determine the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-16)
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