There has been a promising development in cancer treatment. According to the news in News 7; The virus, which killed cancerous cells for the first time in the world, was injected into a human to fight cancer.
For the first time, the drug that will fight a cancer tumor named “CF33-hNIS” (Vaxinia) was administered on a patient. The drug has previously been tested on an animal.
TARGETS CANCER CELLS
According to the news of Sciencealert, it is stated that the drug candidate works as an “oncolytic virus” that detects and targets cancer cells while protecting healthy cells.
“Our previous research has shown that oncolytic viruses can stimulate the immune system to respond and kill cancer, and also stimulate the immune system to be more responsive to other immunotherapies,” said Daneng Li, oncologist at City of Hope cancer care and research center, one of the drug’s developers. used the phrase.