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Herpes Simplex to Battle Brain Tumors

Posted August 3rd, 2004 by jack
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The BBC are reporting that Glasgow University have been granted approval for a large scale clinical trial using a modified Herpes Simplex virus to battle glioma (an aggressive type of brain tumor).

The new treatment involves injecting Herpes simplex virus into the brain tumors of glioma patients.

This new treatment could offer hope to patients with malignant gliomas
Professor Norman Nevin
The virus is modified so that it targets and kills cancerous cells but leaves normal brain cells undamaged.

See the full article here.

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