A live but weakened version of the Zika virus can selectively target and kill off brain tumor cells, researchers found.
A mosquito-borne disease best known for causing severe cranial deformities in babies may someday become humanity’s ally. Duke University scientists and others have created a weakened version of the Zika virus that could potentially be repurposed into a treatment for often fatal brain cancer. In lab experiments, their virus appeared to target and kill off tumor cells while largely leaving healthy cells alone.
One of these research teams is from Duke-NUS Medical School, a collaboration between Duke University and the National University of Singapore. In their newest research, published last month in the Journal of Translational Medicine, the Duke-NUS team found evidence that their vaccine strain of Zika can indeed become such a weapon, at least inside a petri dish.
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