A redeeming role for a common virus
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
A common virus that can cause coughing and mild diarrhoea appears to have a major redemptive quality: the ability to kill cancer. Harnessing that power, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre, part of Georgetown University Medical Centre, are conducting a clinical trial to see if the virus can target and kill certain tumour types...