A new treatment for Glioblastoma brain tumor patients out of Fred Hutch in Seattle. Read more in link below. #BTSM #BrainCancerOrg #CureBrainCancer In the ongoing trials, researchers infect patients cancer cells (and not their healthy cells) with a specialized virus that instructs the cells to make the engineered enzyme. Then, the patients take pills containing a compound that is harmless to normal human cells, but fatal to the cancer cells once their new enzyme converts the compound into a deadly poison. Unlike conventional chemotherapy, this type of targeted gene therapy leaves healthy cells untouched.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:36:07 +0000
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