Virotherapy

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Virotherapy

• By Matt Dry

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How Viruses Work

• Viruses are basically DNA code with a protein
  shell
• Viruses attach to cells using different hooks
  that latch on to different cells.
• Viruses alter a cell, using its resources to
  copy itself as much as possible, often destroying
  the cell

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Engineering Viruses

• Virotherapy seeks to engineer the hooks on
  Viruses so that they only attack cancer cells
• Another approach is to use viruses to deliver
  chemotherapy directly to a cell

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Impediments

• One main problem with virotherapy is the immune
  system
• Delivery through direct injection vs. IVs
• Observation of engineered viruses in the body

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Overview

• Virotherapy is a relatively young field that
  shows great promise to help or even replace
  chemotherapy.
• Potentially, you may be able to treat cancer with
  as little as a series of injections with little
  to no side effects.

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