Safer virus helps eliminate cancer

Published on June 11, 2024

Scientists have discovered that an attenuated (weakened) virus can help eliminate cancer in mice. In addition, mice that were treated with this virus were more resistant to developing tumors later in life. The attenuated virus works and is safe even in immunosuppressed mice. That's a critical finding, as many cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments have suppressed immune systems.

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