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Progress in Viral Immunotherapy and Oncolytic Virotherapy

From Wikipedia: ‘Oncolytic virotherapy Oncolytic virotherapy is not a new idea – as early as the mid 1950s doctors were noticing that cancer patients who suffered a non-related viral infection, or who...

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World first as viral immunotherapy for skin cancer shows patient benefit in...

‘A genetically engineered herpes virus can halt the progression of skin cancer by killing cancer cells and sparking the immune system into action against tumours, a landmark clinical trial has shown....

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Lassa-VSV chimeric virus safely destroys brain tumors

“Lassa-VSV chimeric virus safely destroys brain tumors” is a paper relating research into oncolytic virotherapy: the use of viruses to kill cancer cells. While the research has only been performed with...

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From Medical News Today: Virotherapy with immunotherapy shows promise against...

‘The potential of virotherapy – using oncolytic viruses to treat cancer – is proving difficult to realize. Although lab studies show oncolytic viruses kill cancer cells, leave normal cells intact and...

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Oncolytic Virotherapy for Multiple Myeloma

Recently, a multiple myeloma patient achieved complete remission via oncolytic virotherapy using the virus that causes measles. This is truly exciting news, as the approach will surely be attempted...

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Oncolytic wild-type reovirus infection in brain tumors following intravenous...

“Oncolytic wild-type reovirus infection in brain tumors following intravenous administration in patients” is the title of a poster to be presented at the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology...

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Localized Oncolytic Virotherapy Overcomes Systemic Tumor Resistance to Immune...

Unfortunately, only the abstract of “Localized Oncolytic Virotherapy Overcomes Systemic Tumor Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy” is available to the public. ‘Preexisting...

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