Prostate Cancer
UCLA researchers identify how antibody blocks prostate cancer growth in animal models
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, November 3rd, 2005
The antibody, called 1G8 and discovered by UCLA scientists, signals the prostate cancer cells to stop growing and die, said Dr. Robert E. Reiter, a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher and professor of urology. The antibody proved effective in several different animal models of prostate cancer, Reiter said, indicating that is could be a potent cancer fighter.
The research appears in the Oct. 15 issue of Cancer...
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