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I Tried a Vector Prostate Massager and It Hit the Spot, Literally

After holding the light-weight toy in my hand, I noticed that the Vector actually looks like a sex toy designed for women, due to its C-shape. Many vaginal-specific toys have a similar shape to ...
Nature

A dual-reporter, diagnostic vector for prostate cancer detection and tumor imaging

Detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a screening strategy for prostate cancer is limited by the inability of the PSA test to differentiate between malignant cancer and benign hyperplasia.
Nature

Gene therapy of prostate cancer using liposomes containing perforin expression vector driven by the promoter of prostate-specific antigen gene

Perforin secreted from cytotoxic lymphocytes plays a critical role in cancer immunosurveillance. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic potential of liposomes containing perforin ...
technologynetworks

Viral-Vector Immunotherapy Improves Disease-Free Survival in Phase 3 Prostate Cancer Trial

Results of a multicenter clinical trial found that adding the investigational adenoviral-based viral immunotherapy aglatimagene besadenovec (alglatimagene, CAN-2409) to standard radiation therapy ...
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Randomized, double-blind, vector-controlled study of targeted immunotherapy in patients (pts) with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC)

A dose-escalation trial of GM-CSF-gene transduced allogeneic prostate cancer cellular immunotherapy in combination with a fully human anti-CTLA antibody (MDX-010, ipilimumab) in patients with ...