Carmel Valley, CA : Can a virus kill cancer? Scientists think so. View From A Private Duty Caregiver Serving Carmel, Carmel Valley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Gilroy, Gonzalez, Greenfield, Hollister, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, San Juan Bautista, Seaside And Soledad California
Can a virus kill cancer? Scientists think so. A new research report published in Molecular Therapy found that a new virus they developed prolonged the life of mice with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer which kills nearly everyone who develops it. It causes about 13,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Using herpes simplex as a base, a new oncolytic virus dubbed 34.5ENVE was developed which replicated nestin, a protein present in glioblastomas and other diseases such as prostate, pancreas and breast cancer. The study found that mice treated with 34.5ENVE were tumor-free after 90 days, a remarkable achievement. Although it's untested on humans, there are high hopes for this new virus given the limited survival rate on this type of brain cancer and the fact that it could be proven effective on many other types of cancer. It's not the first time that oncolytic viruses have been used, but older versions of it only gave patients a survival rate of 20 to 53 days. The fact that all tumors were completely wiped out in the mice tested with this new virus could prove to be a dramatic break-through in cancer treatment. Kudos to these scientists and I hope that their good work continues.
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