Engineered Oncolytic Herpes Virus Inhibits Ovarian and Breast Cance...
Don't you just love it when science takes a scourge and creates a marvelous new tool!
A genetically reprogrammed Herpes simplex virus (HSV) can cure metastatic diffusion of human cancer cells in the abdomen of laboratory mice, according to a new study published January 31 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens. The paper reports on the collaborative research from scientists at the at the University of Bologna and specifically describes that the HSV converted into a therapeutic anticancer agent attacks breast and ovarian cancer metastases.
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Permalink Reply by Humble Pie on February 3, 2013 at 5:05pm Fantastic! But what keeps it from going rogue? There is the real issue with this sort of thing.
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