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The development of current treatment strategies have failed to improve the prognosis of malignant glioma patients1. Consenquently, gene therapy has been suggested as a novel approach to treat these seriously ill patients2–5.
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Puumalainen, AM., Vapalahti, M., Ylä-Herttuala, S. (1998). Gene Therapy for Malignant Glioma Patients. In: Walden, P., Trefzer, U., Sterry, W., Farzaneh, F., Zambon, P. (eds) Gene Therapy of Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 451. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5357-1_78
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