All posts tagged "Cancer Cells"

One doesn't often think of cancer cells themselves being vulnerable to infections, but a team of scientists in Ottawa, Ontario is using advanced mathematical modeling to engineer viruses that will infect and destroy cancer cells. According to a paper published Friday in Nature Communications, the team uses predictive modeling to investigate how treatment techniques and genetic modification might allow cancer-killing (oncolytic) viruses to overcome cancer cells' anti-infection defenses and kill them.

WASHINGTON — Early research on mice with cancer shows that fasting may weaken tumors and help chemotherapy work better, scientists said on Wednesday.

US researchers said Monday they have discovered how to keep tumor cells alive in a lab, generating buzz in the scientific community about a potential breakthrough that could transform cancer treatment.

The cancer-killing properties of marijuana were the subject of discussion in a PBS documentary that aired this week to little media fanfare.