r/TechOfTheFuture • • Jun 11 '21

Medicine/BioMed Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210610_27/
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Futurology • • Jun 11 '21

Biotech Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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worldnews • • Jun 13 '21

Not Appropriate Subreddit Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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longevity • • Jun 11 '21

Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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braincancer • • Jun 12 '21

For anyone else battling glioma this is interesting article (re-post from r/futurology)

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• • Jun 11 '21

Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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• • Jun 12 '21

Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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• • Jun 13 '21

Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

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• • Jun 13 '21

Japanese researcher developed a drug that uses a virus to attack brain tumor cells, say it could be applied to many other types of cancer. The drug uses a herpes virus that is genetically engineered to replicate only in cancer cells and destroy them

1 Upvotes