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Article: U.S. scientists modify gene to specifically target cancer cells
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- December 17, 2008
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U.S. scientists modify gene to specifically target cancer cells
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at the University of
Rochester have designed a gene that produces a thousand times more
protein in cancer cells than in healthy cells.
The findings may help address the prime challenge in anti- cancer
therapy: improving treatments' ability to specifically and
effectively target cancer cells. Using this new approach, scientists
should be able to insert "self-destruct" codes into the modified
gene, forcing cancer cells to kill themselves while healthy cells
remain largely unaffected.
Though trials will be necessary to determine if the difference is
enough to destroy tumors without ...