Zika virus vaccine emerges as tool in battling brain cancer: Singaporean study
Scientists from Duke, March 11 -- NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) at Singapore have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumour growth, while sparing healthy cells.
Using Zika virus vaccine candidates developed at Duke-NUS, the team discovered how these strains target rapidly proliferating cells over mature cells, making them an ideal option to target fast-growing cancerous cells in the adult brain.
Their findings, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, potentially offer a new treatment alternative for brain cancer patients who currently have a poor prognosis.
The team determined that ZIKV-LAV strains were highly effective in infecting cancer cells as these viruses bind to p...
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