Immunogene Therapy of Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme with a Liposomally Encapsulated Replication-Incompetent Semliki Forest Virus Vector Carrying the Human Interleukin-12 Gene – A Phase I/II Clinical Protocol (original) (raw)

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