PharmaCyte Biotech Introduces Cell-in-a-Box as a Novel Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer and Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB:PMCB), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted treatments for cancer and diabetes using its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box^®, released today another in a series of educational articles that will serve to educate the public on its live-cell encapsulation technology and its pancreatic cancer and diabetes treatments using that technology. This educational piece titled, Cellular Microencapsulation: Cell Encapsulation for Drug Delivery & Disease Treatment, is authored by PharmaCyte’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Gerald W. Crabtree.

The article can be read at: http://www.pharmacyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Cellular-Microencapsulation.pdf

In the article Dr. Crabtree introduces microencapsulation and its role in a disease treatment system. A number of areas where microencapsulation can be most effective are discussed, including diabetes, neurological disorders and pancreatic cancer. The article specifically addresses PharmaCyte’s live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box^®, and how it can be a novel treatment alternative for pancreatic cancer and a potential cure for type 1 diabetes.

About PharmaCyte Biotech

PharmaCyte Biotech is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing and preparing to commercialize treatments for cancer and diabetes based upon a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as “Cell-in-a-Box^®.” This unique and patented technology will be used as a platform upon which treatments for several types of cancer and diabetes are being developed. PharmaCyte’s treatment for cancer involves encapsulating genetically modified live cells that convert an inactive chemotherapy drug (ifosfamide) into its active or “cancer-killing” form. These encapsulated live cells are placed as close to a cancerous tumor as possible. Once implanted in a patient, ifosfamide is then given intravenously at one-third the normal dose. The ifosfamide is carried by the circulatory system to where the encapsulated cells have been placed. When ifosfamide, which is normally activated in the liver, comes in contact with the encapsulated live cells, activation of the drug takes place at the source of the cancer without any side effects from the chemotherapy. This “targeted chemotherapy” has proven remarkably effective and safe to use in past clinical trials.

In addition to developing a novel treatment for cancer, PharmaCyte is developing a treatment for Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 insulin-dependent diabetes. PharmaCyte plans to encapsulate a human cell line that has been genetically engineered to produce, store and release insulin in response to the levels of blood sugar in the human body. The encapsulation will be done using the Cell-in-a-Box^® technology.

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