Blocking Cancer-Causing Gene Improves Radiation Effectiveness, Jefferson Researchers Find
13th Nov 2006, 18:57 GMT
Inhibiting a particular cancer-causing gene can enhance the cell-killing effects of radiation, a team of radiation oncologists and cancer biologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia has found.Adam Dicker, M.D., Ph.D. [click link for full article]
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