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本帖最后由 挚友888888 于 2011-9-7 01:47 编辑
31 August 2011 Last updated at 17:00 GMT Share this pageEmail Print Share this page
8,234ShareFacebookTwitter.'Anti-cancer virus' shows promiseBy James Gallagher
Health reporter, BBC News
Modified vaccinia virus can target cancer
An engineered virus, injected into the blood, can selectively target cancer cells throughout the body in what researchers have labelled a medical first
The virus attacked only tumours, leaving the healthy tissue alone, in a small trial on 23 patients, according to the journal Nature.
Researchers said the findings could one day "truly transform" therapies.
Cancer specialists said using viruses showed "real promise".
Using viruses to attack cancers is not a new concept, but they have needed to be injected directly into tumours in order to evade the immune systemSmallpox to cancer
Scientists modified the vaccinia virus, which is more famous for being used to develop a smallpox vaccine.
The virus, named JX-594, is dependent upon a chemical pathway, common in some cancers, in order to replicate.
It was injected at different doses into the blood of 23 patients with cancers which had spread to multiple organs in the body.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14730608
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