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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-11 10:12 PM
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'Anti-cancer virus' shows promise (BBC)
By James Gallagher
Health reporter, BBC News

An engineered virus, injected into the blood, can selectively target cancer cells throughout the body in what researchers have labelled a medical first.

The virus attacked only tumours, leaving the healthy tissue alone, in a small trial on 23 patients, according to the journal Nature.

Researchers said the findings could one day "truly transform" therapies.

Cancer specialists said using viruses showed "real promise".

Using viruses to attack cancers is not a new concept, but they have needed to be injected directly into tumours in order to evade the immune system.

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