Modified Gene Targets Cancer Cells One Thousand Times More Often Than Healthy Cells
Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 02:22
in Biology & Nature
Researchers 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 anticancer 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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