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Data on Cancer Therapy Reported by G.K. Dy and Co-Researchers

Published in Drug Week, June 24th, 2011

2011 JUN 24 -- "There is abundant scientific evidence showing the key role of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (ICE-I receptor, CD221) pathway in the malignant transformation of cells and in mediating resistance to various anticancer therapies. A rational approach in modulating this pathway is through blockade of growth factor signaling at the ligand-receptor interface," researchers in Buffalo, United States report.

"Dalotuzumab (MK-0646) is a recombinant humanized IgG(1) monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to CD221. It is currently in clinical development for the treatment of a wide variety of malignancies, such as cancers of the breast,...

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