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Article: TECHNIQUE KILLS BRAIN CANCER IN LAB MICE ALTERED COMMON COLD VIRUS WAS USED AGAINST TUMOR, BUT CAN IT WORK IN HUMANS?(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2003
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Byline: Lauran Neergaard Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have genetically altered a common cold virus so that it can destroy the most lethal type of brain tumor while not harming healthy tissue nearby.
The experiment worked so well in mice that researchers hope to begin studying it in people with this aggressive brain tumor, called a glioblastoma, late next year.
The scientists implanted human glioblastomas inside the brains of mice, then injected the experimental virus directly into the tumors. Untreated mice died in 19 days, but 60 percent of the treated mice were alive and thriving for four months.
Then scientists ...
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