Novel platform uses modified virus to combat pancreatic cancer – News-Medical.Net

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Zhengzhou University have developed a powerful therapeutic platform that uses a modified virus for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
By using the virus in combination with other drugs, the treatment significantly extended survival in preclinical models of pancreatic cancer.
Viruses that can selectively infect and destroy cancer cells, known as oncolytic viruses, are a promising new class of therapeutics for cancer. Through various mechanisms,…

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