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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

cancer, chemotherapy, protein, DNA transport system

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Chemical Engineering

Abstract

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although surgeries and chemotherapy have had limited success, these techniques are largely unable to solve the problem and may cause significant damage to a patient’s entire body. Some patients are killed by the chemotherapy. Since many cancers have been found to be caused by the lack of a protein due to mutated DNA, a plasmid DNA carrying a replacement for this gene may be able to solve the problem. P52 is one of the more famous missing proteins, but others have and will continue to be discovered. If DNA could be effectively transported to and then transfected into only tumor cells, then these people could be relieved of their disease and have the freedom to live a healthy life.

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