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Nov 26, 2016

Human cells with ‘built-in circuit’ can kill cancer cells

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

I have been evangelizing this for a while and glad to see others chiming in.


London, Nov 26 (IANS) Researchers have engineered cells with a “built-in genetic circuit” that produces a molecule that impairs the ability of cancer cells to survive and grow in their low oxygen environment.

The genetic circuit produces the machinery necessary for the production of a compound that inhibits a protein which has a significant and critical role in the growth and survival of tumours.

This results in the cancer cells being unable to survive in the low oxygen, low nutrient tumour micro-environment.

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