Cancers fought by engineered viruses...
Actually there were six patients in the initial Mayo Clinic trial; however, only Stacy Erholtz was "cured" (cancer-free for 9 months).
The process known as virotherapy is not a new concept. This shows a one-in-six success for first use in humans. Much more to do!
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Ric: Low-risk MDS (blasts <4%); 4 cycles Revlimid no positive response; PRBC transfusion dependent; so far, 392'units' over 8 3/4 years; BMB #4 (15/04/01) shows evolution to AML (blasts 20-30% ) 47,XY,del(5) (q22q35),+21[24][cp24]/46,XY(1).
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