Zika vaccine shows promise for treating deadly brain cancer
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 09:52
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have successfully deployed a Zika virus vaccine to target and kill human glioblastoma brain cancer stem cells, which had been transplanted into mice. In a new study, the team shows that a live, attenuated version of the Zika virus could form the basis of a new treatment option for this fatal brain cancer.