Re:Woman’s cancer killed by measles virus in trial
by zacinbusiness on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:50AM
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Virus therapy has been on the table for a long time in the cancer fight. Because we can manipulate a virus and have it deliver highly targeted attacks, the idea of destroying cancers while ignoring healthy cells is sort if the holy grail of cancer treatment research.
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Re:Woman’s cancer killed by measles virus in trial
by brazzy on Thursday May 15, 2014 @06:57AM
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> the idea of destroying cancers while ignoring healthy cells is sort if the holy grail of cancer treatment research.
More like: it's the problem that every effective cancer therapy solves in some (so far always limited) way.