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electroporation therapy Therapeutics A form of drug delivery that generates electrical pulses via an electrode placed in a tumor to enhance the ability of a chemotherapeutic–eg, bleomycin to enter tumor cells involves using electric
fields to open pores in human cells to allow easier and more efficient entrance of beneficial pharmaceutical products or genes. See Drug delivery, Iontophoresis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The companies will work to develop a therapy for the virus using a combination of their technologies--Tripep's hepatitis C antigen, which triggers an immune system against the virus, and Inovio's MedPulser DNA Electroporation Therapy System, which delivers DNA into muscle cells. Electroporation Therapy System, through pre-marketing studies for head and neck cancer in Europe, where it has CE Mark accreditation, and a United States Phase III pivotal study for recurrent head and neck cancer. We developed two systems to enable gene delivery: the MedPulser(R) DNA Delivery System designed for intramuscular delivery of DNA plasmid and the MedPulser(R) DNA Electroporation Therapy System designed for the delivery of DNA plasmids to tumor tissue. |
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