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Zika virus helps destroy deadly brain cancer in mice: study – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

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CHICAGO, March 24 (Xinhua) — The Zika virus can activate immune cells to destroy an aggressive brain cancer in mice, giving a powerful boost to an immunotherapy drug and sparking long-lasting immunological memory that can ward off tumor recurrence for at least 18 months, according to a study posted on the website of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on Wednesday.
To better understand how Zika virus works against brain cancer, researchers at the university transplanted brain…

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