Nanoparticle-delivered 'suicide' genes slowed ovarian tumor growth
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 23:49
in Health & Medicine
PHILADELPHIA -- Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA selectively expressed in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice, and researchers expect this therapy could be tested in humans within 18 to 24 months, according to a report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.