Open AccessNew Hope for a MicroRNA Therapy for Liver Cancer
Author(s) -
John J. Rossi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.038
Subject(s) - biology , microrna , liver cancer , cancer , cancer therapy , cancer research , bioinformatics , computational biology , genetics , gene
The loss of expression of particular microRNAs can contribute to tumorigenesis. Kota et al. (2009) now explore in a mouse model a promising new approach for the treatment of liver cancer-re-establishing the expression of an miRNA using a viral vector.
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