AURORA, Ontario, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Helix BioPharma announced today that Dr. Heman Chao, Vice President of Research at Helix BioPharma Corp., will be presenting L-DOS47 research findings at the National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Genomics and Health Initiative, today in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The meeting includes Canadian researchers from across the NRC, government departments and private industry and covers diverse topics in genomics research.
Dr. Chao’s presentation, titled “L-DOS47: Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment with an Immunoconjugate” will provide a summary of selected previously announced L-DOS47 research findings. “We are very pleased to have been invited to participate in this important scientific forum,” said Dr. Chao. “It is an excellent opportunity to showcase our findings to Canada’s research community as we continue to advance our L-DOS47 development program.
For additional information on the Genomics and Health Initiative conference, please visit: http://www.pbi.nrc.ca/ghi-agm.htm .
About L-DOS47
L-DOS47 combines Helix’s proprietary DOS47 new drug candidate with a highly specific single domain antibody, to form a potential new targeted drug product for the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the lung, the most common form of cancer in the world today. L-DOS47 is thought to function by leveraging a natural process in the body called the urea cycle, to produce an anti-cancer effect. It is based upon a naturally occurring enzyme called urease that essentially reverses the urea cycle by breaking down urea into metabolites that include ammonia and hydroxyl ions. By doing so at the site of cancerous tissues in the body, L-DOS47 is believed to modify the microenvironmental conditions of lung cancer cells in a manner that leads to their death. Among these theorized effects, L-DOS47 is believed to stimulate an increase in the pH of the microenvironment surrounding the cancerous cells, effectively reversing the acidic extra-cellular conditions that are known to be necessary for cancer cell survival. As well, the local production of ammonia at the site of cancerous tissues is thought to readily diffuse into the cancer cells to exert a potent cytotoxic effect by interfering with their critical metabolic functions.
About Helix BioPharma Corp.
Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the field of cancer therapy. The Company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix’s product development initiatives include its Topical Interferon Alpha- 2b and its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate. Helix is listed on the TSX under the symbol “HBP”.
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