Herpes
Researchers from the United States and Japan describe findings in herpes studies
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 7th, 2006
Study 1: Systemic oncolytic herpes virus therapy is used to treat immunogenic prostate cancer metastatic to lung.
According to a study from the United States, "Our goal was to evaluate whether systemic administration of NV1042, an interleukin-12 (IL-12) - expressing oncolytic herpes simplex virus, and its noncytokine parental vector NV1023 are effective against pre-existing metastatic prostate cancer in an immunocompetent mice model.
"Metastatic TRAMP-C2 lung tumors established in C57Bl/6 or nude mice were treated on day 21 with four i.v. administrations...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-09-07)
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