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SUBMITTER: Baban CK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3056088 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baban Chwanrow K CK Cronin Michelle M O'Hanlon Deirdre D O'Sullivan Gerald C GC Tangney Mark M
Bioengineered bugs 20101101 6
Anti-cancer therapy faces major challenges, particularly in terms of specificity of treatment. The ideal therapy would eradicate tumor cells selectively with minimum side effects on normal tissue. Gene or cell therapies have emerged as realistic prospects for the treatment of cancer, and involve the delivery of genetic information to a tumor to facilitate the production of therapeutic proteins. However, there is still much to be done before an efficient and safe gene medicine is achieved, primar ...[more]