Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , April 2010

A call to arms: Using RNAi screening to improve oncolytic viral therapy

  • D.J. Mahoney

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
    • ,
  • D.F. Stojdl

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
    • Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 738 4179; fax: +1 613 738 4833.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2010.02.013

Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , April 2010

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