Can Viruses Cure Cancer?

Can Viruses Cure Cancer?

A blood cancer patient was in full remission after an injection of the measles virus. Another patient, this time with a brain tumor, had his tumor completely killed off for a brief period after the flu virus was injected directly into his brain. And finally, A patient with bladder cancer was completely cured by an injection of the cold virus.

So, what's going on here? Why are scientists using viruses as treatments for cancer? But more importantly: how is this actually working?

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References

(1). "History of oncolytic viruses: genesis to genetic engineering". Elizabeth Kelly, Steph Russel

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17299401/

(2) "A Common Cold Virus Wiped Away Bladder Cancer in One Patient", Yasemin Saplakoglu

www.livescience.com/65908-cold-virus-might-treat-bladder-cancer.html

(3)"Unleashing the cold virus to kill cancer", Ronda Wendler

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/conquest/unleashing-the-cold-virus-to-kill-cancer.h4236-1589835.html

(4)"Massive dose of measles vaccine kills woman's cancer in ‘landmark’ U.S. trial", National Post

https://nationalpost.com/news/massive-dose-of-measles-vaccine-kills-womans-cancer-in-landmark-u-s-trial

(5) "Final analyses of OPTiM: a randomized phase III trial of talimogene laherparepvec......"
Andtbacka, R.H.I., Collichio, F., Harrington, K.J. et al.

https://jitc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40425-019-0623-z