Suicide gene therapy kills prostate tumor cells
Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
Results from a long-term clinical trial conducted by cancer researchers at Houston Methodist Hospital show that combining radiation treatment with “suicide gene therapy,” a technique in which prostate cancer cells are genetically modified so they signal a patient’s immune system to attack them, provides a safe and effective one-two punch against the disease. The researchers […]