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Article: Bacteria delivers endostatin directly to targeted tumors.(gene therapy for solid tumors)
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- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- February 18, 2003
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2003 FEB 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical researchers in China have proposed an innovative new way to deliver endostatin gene therapy to solid tumors with a select strain of bacteria.
Endostatin is a natural inhibitor of angiogenesis. It has undergone scientific evaluation for its ability to stem neovascularization in proliferating tumors. Now, researchers have proposed that bacteria may be feasible for ferrying endostatin genes directly to intended tumor targets.
"We selected a strain of Bifidobacterium adolescentis (B. adolescentis) as the delivery system to transport endostatin gene to solid ...