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To: RegulatorCountry

Maybe.

But if a virus can destroy healthy cells why not abnormal ones?

In the case of the glioblastoma and polio virus it may make sense that a modified polio virus can kill mutant brain cells.

Just wondering...


9 posted on 05/15/2014 7:41:01 PM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: Gamecock

While I realize that the virus is genetically engineered for this purpose and is apparently contained, I still have to wonder, by what mechanism is the virus made self-limiting to a given type of cancerous tumor? Could genetically engineered polio or measles enter into the general population via some unintentional means with dire consequence?


10 posted on 05/15/2014 7:51:52 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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