Cancer Gene Therapy
Findings in cancer gene therapy provide new insights
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 6th, 2006
Study 1: According to recent research from the United States, absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) suppresses human breast cancer cell proliferation in vitro and mammary tumor growth in a mouse model.
"IFN-inducible proteins are known to mediate IFN-directed antitumor effects. The human IFN-inducible protein AIM2 gene encodes a 39-kDa protein, which contains a 200-amino-acid repeat as a signature of HIN-200 family (hematopoietic IFN-inducible nuclear proteins)," wrote I.F. Chen and colleagues, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
"Although AIM2 is known to...
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