Nanoparticle-delivered 'suicide' genes slowed ovarian tumour growth
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA selectively expressed in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumours 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...