Oncolytic virotherapy: Potentially a game-changing tumor tre
14 June 21. Not our virus in this study it looks like but thought it was worth posting as cancer virus therapy seems to be gaining momentum. Paid article unfortunately. https://www.cell.com/cancer-cell/pdf/S1535-6108(21)00280-4.pdf A two-center phase I trial published in theNew England Journal of Medicineshows safety and feasibility of locally administered oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 virus plus 5Gy radiation for progressive pediatric high-grade gliomas. Patients seemed to have an unusually good clinical course and showed immune activation in post-treatment tissues. -------------------------- Cheers!