| How does gene therapy work? | | | | body's own immune system to fight against disease |
| Gene therapy is a procedure for treatment of | | | | in mesothelioma patients. Medical Researchers have |
| mesothelioma cancers by altering the expression of a | | | | discovered that the body's immune system is able to |
| person's genes in line a therapeutic goal. The | | | | identify the difference between healthy cells and |
| objective and aim of gene therapy is centred on | | | | mesothelioma cancers, and destroy the bad or |
| rectifying disease at DNA level and to compensate | | | | cancerous cells. |
| for the abnormal genes. | | | | Immunotherapy as a treatment of mesothelioma is |
| How does replacement gene therapy work? | | | | intended to repair, incite, or improve the body's |
| Replacement gene therapy displaces a mutated gene, | | | | immune system's innate anticancer role. |
| most often a tumor suppressor gene, and replaces it | | | | What is VATS? |
| with a normal copy of that gene which function to | | | | Lately, the use of video-assisted thoracic surgery |
| control cell growth and division. The p53 gene, the | | | | (VATS) have turned out to be one of the most |
| most known and common gene altered in cancer has | | | | commonly used techniques in mesothelioma diagnosis. |
| turned out to be a prime target for replacement of | | | | Here, mesothelioma patients are usually put under |
| gene, and has been successful in preventing cell | | | | general anesthesia, and then several small ports are |
| growth, preventing angiogenesis that is the | | | | cut through the wall of the chest,in the case of |
| development of a tumor's blood supply, and to induce | | | | pleural mesothelioma. Then a small camera, through a |
| apoptosis. | | | | scope is inserted into one of the incision, and tissues |
| How does knockout gene therapy work? | | | | specimens or samples are retrieved from other |
| Knockout gene therapy aims at the products of | | | | openings using other surgical instruments. |
| oncogenes (a gene that can stimulate the formation | | | | In several cases, thoracotomy can be replaced by |
| of tumour) with effort to rendering them inert and | | | | this video-assisted technique, which needs a much |
| decrease the growth of cell. | | | | bigger port to get access to the chest cavity, and |
| How does immunotherapy work? | | | | because of its minimal invasion, mesothelioma patients |
| Immunotherapy, often times referred to as biological | | | | usually have less pain after the procedure and a short |
| therapy is a new procedure for the treatment of | | | | time to recover. Thoracotomy has been used in |
| mesothelioma cancers, which applies the use the | | | | peritoneal mesothelioma. |