NetworkNewsBreaks – Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX)
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Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company utilizing a unique, non-viral proprietary platform designed to deliver tumor suppressor genes to cancer cells, today announced that, in a recent study, independent researchers reported that TUSC2, a tumor suppressor gene and the active agent in Genprex’s Oncoprex(TM) immunogene therapy, is a potential target and biomarker for thyroid carcinoma. Genprex has no affiliation with these researchers. The study, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, reports that TUSC2 overexpression decreased thyroid cancer proliferation, migration and invasion. “We continue to be encouraged by data resulting from studies conducted at multiple research institutions suggesting that TUSC2 may be an effective treatment for many types of cancer, now including thyroid cancer,” Genprex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rodney Varner said in the news release.
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