Deathstalker scorpion venom could improve gene therapy for brain cancer
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
An ingredient in the venom of the 'deathstalker' scorpion could help gene therapy become an effective treatment for brain cancer, scientists are reporting. The substance allows therapeutic genes - genes that treat disease - to reach more brain cancer cells than current approaches, according to the study in ACS Nano, a monthly journal...