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Genes could ease pain of cancer treatment

Science Notebook: Anyone who has been through � or seen at close hand � the effects of cancer treatment knows how devastating it can be. Researchers believe gene therapy is one of the great hopes for treatment.

Anyone who has been through - or seen at close hand - the effects of cancer treatment knows how devastating it can be. For those scientists working to improve patients' experience of the treatment that could save their life, gene therapy is one of the great hopes.