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By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 7--Local scientists have turned a cold virus into a kind of "smart bomb" that may be able to destroy the deadliest form of brain cancer.
In experiments with mice, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers are reporting that a genetically engineered version of the common cold infected and killed malignant glioma cells that resist other therapy. The virus doesn't harm normal tissue.
"Viral therapy like this may be just what we need to treat a complex disease like cancer," said Dr. Frederick Lang, a professor of neurosurgery and primary investigator of…
Source: HighBeam Research, Cold Virus Outsmarts, Destroys Brain Tumors.