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Article: VIAGENE SCIENTISTS REPORT GENE THERAPY SUCCESSES IN ANIMAL CANCER MODELS TO TREAT CANCER
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- November 5, 1992
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VIAGENE SCIENTISTS REPORT GENE THERAPY SUCCESSES IN
ANIMAL CANCER MODELS TO TREAT CANCER
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a series of papers presented this week at the First International Conference on Gene Therapy of Cancer here, scientists at Viagene, Inc. reported encouraging results in animal models using gene therapy to treat cancer.
In the first study, scientists modified tumor cells with lymphokine genes, such as gamma interferon. Addition of these genes resulted in the tumor cells becoming more antigenic, or "foreign," to the body. The modified tumor cells, after incorporation into a therapeutic vaccine, were then administered to ...