Health
A common plant virus is an unlikely ally in the war on cancer – Ars Technica
Researchers have seen promising results by injecting dog and mouse tumors with the cowpea mosaic virus. Now they’re aiming for a human trial.
A familiar example of this is flu shots, which are delivered in your arm but trigger an immune response that protects against a respiratory infection. Fiering started to wonder if a similar approach might be taken with cancer. His idea was that if doctors injected something into a tumor that would cause the bodys immune system to start attacking it, the heightened immune response wouldnt be limited to just the area around the tumor. The immune systems T-cellsits frontline soldierswould also trac…
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