An Innovative Mitochondrial-targeted Gene Therapy for Cancer Treatment
Kai Chen, Patrick Ernst, Anusua Sarkar, Seulhee Kim, Yingnan Si, Tanvi Varadkar, Matthew David Ringel, Margaret Liu, Lufang Zhou
This paper introduces mLumiOpto, a mitochondrial-targeted gene therapy that disrupts cancer cell mitochondria using light-activated proteins, showing efficacy in reducing tumor burden in mouse models.
Cancer Research · Sep 17, 2024Peer-reviewedCancer Biology