Cancer Gene Therapy

Study findings from Kyushu University provide new insights into cancer gene therapy

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 13th, 2009

"The recent clinical application of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-transduced autologous tumor vaccines revealed substantial antitumor activity and valuable clinical results. However, for these vaccines to be optimally effective, the antitumor efficacies must be improved," investigators in Fukuoka, Japan report.

"Recently, Sendai virus (SeV) vectors, which are cytoplasmic RNA vectors, have emerged as safe vectors with high gene transduction. In the current study, the in vivo therapeutic antitumor efficacies of irradiated GM-CSF-transduced mouse renal cell carcinoma (RENCA) vaccine cells mediated by either fusion gene-deleted non-transmissible...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-13)

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