apoggy
14-02-2005, 10:43 PM
US scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the Aids virus to seek and destroy cancer cells.
A University of California team found an "impotent" version of HIV, with the disease-causing parts of it removed, tracked down cancer cells in mice.
The next step would be to insert a gene into the virus that would kill the cancer upon contact.
The team told Nature Medicine more safety studies were needed before such a method could be tested in humans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4257783.stm
A University of California team found an "impotent" version of HIV, with the disease-causing parts of it removed, tracked down cancer cells in mice.
The next step would be to insert a gene into the virus that would kill the cancer upon contact.
The team told Nature Medicine more safety studies were needed before such a method could be tested in humans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4257783.stm