Advexin Drug

Among the most promising gene therapy trials are ones to treat various forms of cancer. More than 100 of these are in the works, taking a variety of approaches: using genes to ramp up the immune system or block the action of other, cancer-causing genes, to name a couple. Most of these -- and, indeed, all gene therapy treatments -- are still in the early stages of development. But one therapy could be on the market in the U.S. within the year.