[extropy-chat] `Cold virus kills skin cancer'

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

There have been many recent research findings on using viruses for the
treatment of cancer. This is especially interesting because the treatment is
based on a naturally occurring virus rather than an engineered one. So
perhaps there is a naturally evolved mechanism to keep cancer in check.
Perhaps one of the causes of the rise of cancer cases in the second half of
the 20th century is that the progress of medicine has made the work of
cancer killing viruses more difficult.

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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/07/1073268077576.html?from=storyrh
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The virus that causes the common cold can kill skin cancer cells, NSW
researchers have discovered.

The University of Newcastle team describe their discovery as a breakthrough
in the treatment of malignant melanoma, Australia's fifth most common
cancer.

"The results we have had using human cells and also in animal studies have
been very exciting," lead scientist Professor Darren Shafren said.

"If we can replicate that success in human trials, the treatment of this
often fatal disease could be available within the next few years."

[...]
In human trials, the cold virus, the coxsackievirus, will be injected into
the site of the melanoma.

Once it starts to replicate itself, Prof Shafren said it is expected to
start killing off the melanoma.

Within weeks, the cancer should start shrinking and eventually disappear.
[etc]


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