Fighting Cancer With The Common Cold?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday December 17, 2003 @06:36PM from the osmosis-jones dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "After 30 years of work, Saint Louis University researchers have genetically engineered a common cold virus to fight cancerous cells while leaving unaffected healthy ones. They received a patent for this research and clinical tests on humans will start soon, according to this news release. Dr. William Wold, chair of the department of molecular microbiology and immunology, received the patent No. 6,627,190 for his work. Preclinical testing has already been done so clinical trials should start soon. We can only hope they will be successful. This overview contains many more details and references about this potential cure for all kinds of cancer. [Note: this is a very different project from the one mentioned by a previous Slashdot post.]"

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In related news. . . by MikeDawg · 2003-12-17 18:49 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Genetically engineered Herpes now fights HIV. . . Ghonnerria (sp?) now fights crabs. . .

Now back to your regularly scheduled news. . .

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Another lame blog
Re:Obligatory by bonehead · 2003-12-17 19:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Hey, just wait 'til you're an old fart yourself, see where your priorities lie then.

Sure, diseases that kill you suck, but who would want to bother staying alive if there was no hope for sex?