In today's news postings is a story about a Chinese biotech firm that has licensed the world-wide rights to a a virus-based treatment for oral cancer. The treatment was first developed by Onyx Pharmaceuticals of California and then abandonned. The Chinese company has picked up development and now, reportedly, has a virus that delivers the p53 gene to tumor cells.

The article is available at:
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=624

Best, Sheldon


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