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Yay for science! Though I am not quite sure why the virus only attacks cancerous cells. Has it been modified to identify cancer cells?
by programmer_dude 12y ago
Yay for science! Though I am not quite sure why the virus only attacks cancerous cells. Has it been modified to identify cancer cells?
- anonymfus 12y ago>Two patients in the study received a single intravenous dose of an engineered measles virus (MV-NIS) that is selectively toxic to myeloma plasma cells. Both patients responded, showing reduction of both bone marrow cancer and myeloma protein. One patient, a 49-year-old woman, experienced complete remission of myeloma and has been clear of the disease for over six months. From the link mentioned in "According the clinic’s statement released Wednesday" line.