Altered Virus Found to Destroy Brain Tumor
From Times Wire Reports
Scientists have genetically altered a common cold virus to destroy the most lethal type of brain tumor while not harming healthy tissue nearby.
Researchers hope to begin studying it in people with the tumor, glioblastoma, next year.
Tumors were implanted in the brains of mice and then injected with the altered virus. Untreated mice died in 19 days, but 60% of the treated mice were alive after four months. The research is reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
