A tailored virus destroys brain tumor stem cells that resist other therapies and cause lethal re-growth of cancer after surgery, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Sept. 18 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

“We have shown first in lab experiments and then in stem cell-derived human brain cancer in mice, that we have a tool that can target and eliminate the cells that drive brain tumors,” says co-senior author Juan Fueyo, M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson’s Department of Neuro-Oncology. A request [ baca selengkapnya ]

Source: M. D. Anderson’s Department of Neuro-Oncology, Science Blog, Franken-virus kills brain tumor stem cells

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