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Medinet, Tokyo Univ', Shin-Yokohama Med Clinic Launch Clinical Studies Of Activated Self Gamma-delta T Cell Therapy For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Main Category: Lung Cancer
Article Date: 04 Mar 2006 - 6:00 PDT

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Tokyo (JCN) - Medinet has signed a joint research agreement with the University of Tokyo and Shin-Yokohama Medical Clinic.

Under the terms of the agreement, the three partners will jointly undertake through March 2007 clinical studies of activated self gamma-delta T cell therapy, in which they aim to verify the safety and effectiveness of the therapy against non-small cell lung cancer.

The studies are designed for 10 patients who were treated for lung cancer at the University of Tokyo hospital. Through these means, Medinet aims to establish a new cancer therapy at the earliest date possible.

By Aki Tsukioka, JCN Staff Writer

Copyright © 2006 JCN. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network KK


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