Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Herpes to the Rescue?


A recent study has claimed that injecting aggressive skin cancers with modified herpes virus (the agent causing cold cores) can reduce their rate of growth or even destroy them (http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/26/skin-cancer-patients-successfully-treated-with-herpes-based-drug). This appears to be a nice example of adapting the 'talents' of one agent for another purpose (it's a bit like using antibiotics- chemicals produced by fungi allowing them to out-compete bacteria, to counter human infections).

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