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Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely new ally against brain cancers?portions of a deadly virus similar to Ebola.
A virus containing proteins found in the Lassa virus?like Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever virus found in some parts of Africa?not only passed through the formidable blood-brain barrier but destroyed brain tumors in mice, according to research released April 16 in the Journal of Virology.
"The chimeric virus turned out to be completely safe in animals and tended to specifically target cancer cells in the brain," said Tony van den Pol, professor of neurosurgery at the Yale School of Medicine, researcher at the Yale Cancer Center and senior author of the study.
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A virus containing proteins found in the Lassa virus?like Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever virus found in some parts of Africa?not only passed through the formidable blood-brain barrier but destroyed brain tumors in mice, according to research released April 16 in the Journal of Virology.
"The chimeric virus turned out to be completely safe in animals and tended to specifically target cancer cells in the brain," said Tony van den Pol, professor of neurosurgery at the Yale School of Medicine, researcher at the Yale Cancer Center and senior author of the study.
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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-brain-tumors-ebola-like-virus.html