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- adjective That breaks up
cancer cells
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Examples
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The research, published in Molecular Therapy, compared the new virus, called an oncolytic virus, with older generations of oncolytic viruses.
A Possible New Weapon to Battle Brain Tumors Ann Lukits 2011
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Recent data have indicated that this approach, which is known as oncolytic virotherapy, has potential.
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Recent data have indicated that this approach, which is known as oncolytic virotherapy, has potential.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital - along with colleagues at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) - report a significant breakthrough in the use of viruses to target and destroy cancer cells, a field known as oncolytic virotherapy.
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The company has developed the "oncolytic" virus as an anti-cancer agent and is already conducting early phase clinical trials in patients with lung cancer.
Archive 2008-10-01 Noni Mausa 2008
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Previous research has shown that reovirus has '' oncolytic '' potential, meaning it preferentially targets cancer cells.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Viruses that target cancer cells are known as 'oncolytic'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The company has developed the "oncolytic" virus as an anti-cancer agent and is already conducting early phase clinical trials in patients with lung cancer.
The Galloping Beaver 2008
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Perhaps it's just that the concept of an oncolytic virus, which is what OncoVex actually is, sounds a little exotic.
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Researchers in Ohio used a herpes simplex virus type I to develop an oncolytic virus called 34.5ENVE.
A Possible New Weapon to Battle Brain Tumors Ann Lukits 2011
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