Oncolytic Viruses

An oncolytic virus could be a virus that preferentially infects and kills cancer cells. As the infected cancer cells are destroyed by oncolysis, they release new infectious virus particles or virions to help destroy the remaining tumors.Many number of viruses such as adenovirus, measles, simplex, Newcastle disease viruses have been clinically tested as oncolytic agents. Most current oncolytic viruses’ area unit designed for growth property, although there are naturally occurring examples such as reovirus and the senecavirus, resulting in clinical trials. The first oncolytic virus to be approved by a national social unit was genetically unqualified ECHO-7 strain animal virus RIGVIR, approved in Republic of Latvia in 2004 for the treatment of skin malignant melanoma.

 

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