A simple virus can destroy breast cancer stem cells, says cancer researcher Patrick Lee of the Dalhousie Medical School in Canada, according to an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35 Pannochka. Net As the author of the study notes, stem cancer cells continuously create new malignant cells, forming tumors even when there are several.

At the same time, stem cells respond poorly to chemotherapy and radiation. However, the team of Dr. Lee picked up the key to their death. The usual reovirus, which does not cause disease, effectively eliminated cancer stem cells in breast tumors.

At the same time, he did not touch healthy tissue. In this experiment, non-grown tumor cells were used, and the sample taken from the patient.

It turned out that by killing malignant cells, reovirus stimulates the immune system against cancer. He uses the cells of the immune system to penetrate the altered cells and infect them. Scientists hope that in the near future the cancer can be defeated with the least number of side effects and in a shorter time.

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