Consequently RNA interference was observed is eukaryotic organisms including fungi, Arabidopsis,C. elegans, trypanosomes, hydra, planaria, Drosophila, zabrafish, and mouse.
These tumors, to date, have occurred over a wide age range in postpubertal females, are characteristically unilateral, and confined to the ovary at presentation.
"But the research so far has been extremely promising," says Dr. Ellen Vitetta, director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.