References & Sources

DNA injections fight tumors in mice

Injections of bacterial DNA can abolish or slow the growth of established tumors in mice.

References:

Carpentier, A.F., et al. 1999. Oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs can induce rejection of a neuroblastoma in mice. Cancer Research 59(Nov. 1):5429.

Sources:

Antoine F. Carpentier
INSERM U 495
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
47 Boulevard de l’Hôpital
75013 Paris
France

Arthur Krieg
CpG ImmunoPharmaceuticals
55 William Street
Suite 120
Wellesley, MA 02481

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 23, December 4, 1999, p. 365. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.