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Zika’s Lifesaving Side: It Kills Cancer
- nicklaf 9y agoThe article (very briefly) summarizes a scientific paper published last week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, but does not cite it. Here is the original article, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171093 http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2017/09/05/jem.20171093.long http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2017/09/05/jem.20171093...
- nicklaf 9y agoAnd here is a more detailed expository summary, from the PR people at one of the author's institutions: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-09-05-zika-virus-targets-and-kills-glioblastoma.aspx https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-09-05-zika-...
- AstralStorm 9y agoCongratulations, world might start to reinvestigate viral and phage cancer treatments thanks to those findings.
- merricksb 9y agoDiscussed 8 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15179936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15179936
- rkwasny 9y agoObligatory XKCD to remember: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cells.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cells.png
- xbmcuser 9y agoAfter all the flooding in Houston and Florida the situation is ripe for a zika outbreaks and zika spreading further into the United States