Suicide Gene Therapy: Methods and Reviews (Methods in Molecular Medicine) by Caroline J. Springer
English | Nov 4, 2003 | ISBN: 0896039714, 1617372838 | 543 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | Nov 4, 2003 | ISBN: 0896039714, 1617372838 | 543 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
Suicide Gene Therapy: Methods and Reviews covers gene therapy that targets malignant cells in a treatment that has become known as “suicide gene therapy. ” Basically, this approach uses the transduction of cancer cells with a gene for a foreign enzyme that, when expressed, is able to activate a nontoxic prodrug into a highly cytotoxic drug able to kill the cancer cell population.