Research Reports on Cancer Gene Therapy from University of Malaya Provide New Insights

2011 JUN 23 -- Scientists discuss in "1'S-1'-acetoxyeugenol acetate: a novel phenylpropanoid from Alpinia conchigera enhances the apoptotic effects of paclitaxel in MCF-7 cells through NF-'B inactivation" new findings in Cancer Gene Therapy. According to recent research from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, "In this study, the apoptotic mechanism and combinatorial chemotherapeutic effects of the cytotoxic phenylpropanoid compound 1'S-1'-acetoxyeugenol acetate (AEA), extracted from rhizomes of the Malaysian ethnomedicinal plant Alpinia conchigera Griff. (Zingiberaceae), on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells were investigated for the first time. Data from cytotoxic and apoptotic assays such...

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