Previous studies demonstrated that MDM-2 overexpression can block the p53-mediated transactivation, depriving p53 gene of antineoplastic activity (Lev Bar-Or et al, 2000), and the use of anti-sense MDM-2 had a co-operative growth-inhibitory effect with different classes of cytotoxic drugs in colon cancer cells (Tortora et al, 2000). The gene discussed is MDM2; the disease is colonic neoplasm.