Modified gene targets cancer cells a thousand times more often than healthy cells
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:37
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the University of Rochester have designed a gene that produces a thousand times more protein in cancer cells than in healthy cells. The findings may help address the prime challenge in anti-cancer therapy: improving treatments' ability to specifically and effectively target cancer cells. Using this new approach, scientists should be able to insert 'self-destruct' codes into the modified gene, forcing cancer cells to kill themselves while healthy cells remain largely unaffected...
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