| Gene Therapy Curbs Fibroids, in Mice
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Experiments in mice show that treating uterine fibroids with gene therapy that inactivates the fibroid's estrogen receptors causes them to shrink. This might lead to a way to deal with fibroids without impairing a woman's fertility, researchers say.
Uterine fibroids are non-malignant tumors that can cause severe pain and bleeding. They're seen "more and more in women who either haven't completed their family or have not even had their first pregnancy," Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston told Reuters Health.
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Beginning as early as 1 week after treatment, tumors in the animals were significantly smaller than those in comparison "control" groups, according to a report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. |
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