Trying To Cure Cancer

Graduate students from the University of Illinois at Chicago think they have found a way to cure brain cancer.

(Cnet)SanoGene draws on a discovery by University of Illinois researcher Jasti Rao regarding a new technology called ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi), which blocks gene expression (the process by which a gene's DNA sequence is converted into the structures of a cell) by preventing the formation of proteins. RNAi is so new only three companies are experimenting with drugs based on it, but none are targeting cancer. Unlike other drugs on the market, SanoGene's experimental drug targets multiple cell origins of brain tumors, blocking the invasion of cells into other tissue. So far, it has shown extremely positive results for the drug in animal models, according to its founders.