Cancer Research
Findings from Finland, Japan and the United States advance knowledge in cancer research
Published in Health and Medicine Week, August 14th, 2006
Study 1: According to recent research from Finland published in the International Journal of Cancer, cancer gene therapy is enhanced using herpes simplex virus Thy kinase/ganciclovir (HSV-TK/GCV).
"We have earlier demonstrated that inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis with difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) can be used to enhance the cytotoxicity of HSV-TK/GCV gene therapy in different tumor cell lines. Here, the utility of this treatment combination was tested in vivo in a nude mouse tumor model," wrote T. Wahlfors and colleagues, University of Kuopio.
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