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Cold-sore virus therapy gives hope in cancer fightChris Smyth
The Times
May 28, 2015 12:00AM
A new treatment has eliminated tumours in cancer patients by harnessing the body’s immune system, opening another front against the disease.
Scientists genetically engineered a cold-sore virus so it killed only cancer cells while also signalling to the body’s natural defences they should attack. The survival time for patients with inoperable skin cancer doubled.
The world-first virus therapy could be available within a year. [...]
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