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GENE THERAPY FOR CANCER TREATMENT: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PRINCIPLES

2025· article· en· W4414849918 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Sihana Ahmeti Lika, Edita Alili-Idrizi, Merita Dauti, Lulzime Ballazhi, Veton ADEMI, Gjylai Alija, Drita Yzeiri Havziu

Bibliographic record

VenueActa Medica Balkanika · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicVirus-based gene therapy research
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsGenetic enhancementClinical trialCancerCancer therapyCancer treatmentTargeted therapyDisease

Abstract

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Cancer is a complicated illness in which certain cells in the body proliferate uncontrollably, encroaching on neighboring tissues. It is a significant global public health concern. Despite extensive preclinical research on achieving tumor-selective effects, various challenges hinder its effective clinical application, such as nonspecific effects, poor delivery efficiency, and biosecurity concerns. Various novel genetic methods are being developed to modify vectors or transgenes to enhance their safety and efficacy. With the newest delivery technologies, gene activity can now be precisely targeted to specific tissues and organs. With these developments, gene therapy is set to be poised for standard cancer treatment, potentially elevating this approach to a primary therapy for malignant diseases. Numerous clinical trials carried out in the USA, Europe, Canada, and China with sanctioned protocols, have demonstrated positive outcomes. Nevertheless, as our understanding of cancer mechanisms improves, innovative approaches like gene therapy will be favored over conventional treatment methods for identifying suitable treatments and targets. Gene therapy aimed at treating cancer has advanced significantly over the years, ; numerous medications have been approved, while others remain under investigation. Gene therapy offers enhanced safety and more manageable side effects than chemotherapy for treating cancer.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.012

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.004
Scholarly communication0.0030.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0020.004
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.075
GPT teacher head0.333
Teacher spread0.258 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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