The University of Navarra Has Discovered a Treatment Which Slows the Growth of Cancers of the Colon and Liver

Leire García Navarro, a researcher at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Navarra, has developed a new treatment which slows the growth of colon and liver cancers. This discovery is the principal result of her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Lipo-Polymeric Vectors for the Transfer of DNA in Cancer Cells of the Colon”, which was subsidized by the Basque Government. In order to carry out the study, this scientist of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology used genetic therapy with non-viral vectors for transferring genetic material to the cancerous cells. With this technique, we can assure the therapeutic function of the drug in a wide variety of tissues. In addition, we can apply the treatment repeatedly, since it does not generate immunity, as occurs with viral vectors.