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Cancer Gene Therapy

Reports outline cancer gene therapy research from University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Published in Proteomics Weekly, January 15th, 2007

A report, "Implications of methylation patterns of cancer genes in salivary gland tumors," is newly published data in Clinical Cancer Research. According to a study from the United States, "We investigated the methylation status and protein expression of four tumor suppressor genes to determine their role in salivary gland tumorigenesis. We performed methylation-specific PCR and protein analyses of 29 normal salivary glands, 23 benign, and 79 malignant salivary gland neoplasms to determine the pattern and potential diagnostic and/or biological role of the RASSF1, RARbeta2, DAPK, and MGMT tumor suppressor gene methylation in these tumors."

"No methylation was detected in...

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