Chemotherapy
Cellular Waste Collectors Protect Against Cancer Drugs
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 18th, 1995
Now scientists at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Medical School appear to have found a way to protect critical human cells from the ravages of chemotherapy. By genetically engineering cellular "waste collectors," they created enzymes capable of disarming a single targeted drug.
"Our plan was to identify a drug-metabolizing enzyme that could efficiently detoxify a specific drug or family of drugs," said William E. Fahl, professor of oncology at the Medical School's McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, who...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (1995-09-18)
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