BUSM researchers show an oncolytic virus switches off cancer cell survival signal

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a mechanism by which specific viruses acting as oncolytic agents can enter and kill cancer cells. This finding, which is currently featured in an online edition of the Journal of Virology, could help lead to the development of more targeted treatments against many types of cancer...

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