Friday, 26 July 2013

Novel gene target shows promise for bladder cancer detection and treatment

Scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have provided evidence from preclinical experiments that a gene known as melanoma differentiation associated gene-9/syntenin (mda-9/syntenin) could be used as a therapeutic target to kill bladder cancer cells, help prevent metastasis and even be used to non-invasively diagnose the disease and monitor its progression. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Dasgupta S, et al. Novel Role of MDA-9/Syntenin in Regulating Urothelial Cell Proliferation by Modulating EGFR Signaling. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Jul 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23873690

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