Molecular approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Deisseroth, A B; Kantarjian, H; Talpaz, M; Champlin, R; Reading, C; Hanania, E G; Fu, S; Randhawa, G S et al. · Stem Cells · 1993

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We have used autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) as a setting to develop the genetic therapy of cancer in hematopoietic neoplasms based on the use of the bone marrow as a conduit through which to introduce regulatory molecules into the patient. This has involved three developmental phases: 1) learning how to develop genetic modification techniques; 2) learning how to develop in vivo selection techniques for the genetically modified cells; and 3) developing molecular vectors for modification of hematopoietic cells for therapy of cancer. These programs will be summarized in terms of their progress at the conference.

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