Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Stem Cells – Bioscience Technology
09/06/2017
Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Stem CellsBioscience TechnologyBrain cancer stem cells (left) are killed by Zika virus infection (image at right shows cells after Zika treatment). A new study shows that the virus, known for killing cells in the brains of developing fetuses, could be redirected to destroy the kind …
09/06/2017
Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Stem CellsBioscience TechnologyBrain cancer stem cells (left) are killed by Zika virus infection (image at right shows cells after Zika treatment). A new study shows that the virus, known for killing cells in the brains of developing fetuses, could be redirected to destroy the kind …
Injecting Zika virus into adult brains? Researchers say it could shrink cancer – USA TODAY
09/06/2017
USA TODAYInjecting Zika virus into adult brains? Researchers say it could shrink cancerUSA TODAYMice who had Zika virus injected into their cancerous tumors had smaller tumors than those without the virus two weeks later. The sample size was small (33 mice were tested), but researchers believe findings could implicate positive results for brain …Repurposing ZikaScience Magazine (blog)Zika may fight brain cancer, study findsSFGateCould the Zika virus be used to treat an aggressive form of this cancer?Atlanta Journal ConstitutionCBS News -NHS Choices -The Journal of Experimental Medicine – The Rockefeller University Press -Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louisall 124 news articles »
09/06/2017
USA TODAYInjecting Zika virus into adult brains? Researchers say it could shrink cancerUSA TODAYMice who had Zika virus injected into their cancerous tumors had smaller tumors than those without the virus two weeks later. The sample size was small (33 mice were tested), but researchers believe findings could implicate positive results for brain …Repurposing ZikaScience Magazine (blog)Zika may fight brain cancer, study findsSFGateCould the Zika virus be used to treat an aggressive form of this cancer?Atlanta Journal ConstitutionCBS News -NHS Choices -The Journal of Experimental Medicine – The Rockefeller University Press -Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louisall 124 news articles »
North Korea's nuclear test, cash for Italy's scientists and Zika-vaccine pause
09/06/2017
Nature.comNorth Korea's nuclear test, cash for Italy's scientists and Zika-vaccine pauseNature.comNorth Korean nuclear test is biggest yet North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear-bomb test on 3 September. The explosion at an underground site in Punggye-ri had a yield equivalent to around 120 kilotons of TNT — six times greater than the country's …and more »
09/06/2017
Nature.comNorth Korea's nuclear test, cash for Italy's scientists and Zika-vaccine pauseNature.comNorth Korean nuclear test is biggest yet North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear-bomb test on 3 September. The explosion at an underground site in Punggye-ri had a yield equivalent to around 120 kilotons of TNT — six times greater than the country's …and more »
Using Zika virus to kill brain cancer may soon be a thing – Raw Story
09/06/2017
Raw StoryUsing Zika virus to kill brain cancer may soon be a thingRaw StoryIf you've spent any time in North or South America lately, or simply read the news, it's hard to have missed reports on outbreaks of the Zika virus, which causes flu-like symptoms, but can also lead to serious birth defects in children born to infected …
09/06/2017
Raw StoryUsing Zika virus to kill brain cancer may soon be a thingRaw StoryIf you've spent any time in North or South America lately, or simply read the news, it's hard to have missed reports on outbreaks of the Zika virus, which causes flu-like symptoms, but can also lead to serious birth defects in children born to infected …
Sanofi halts work on Zika vaccine amid federal funding cuts – CIDRAP
09/05/2017
CIDRAPSanofi halts work on Zika vaccine amid federal funding cutsCIDRAPLate Friday on the eve of the long Labor Day weekend, Sanofi announced it would suspend work on a candidate Zika vaccine that it has been developing with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), based on news it received of scaled-back federal …and more »
09/05/2017
CIDRAPSanofi halts work on Zika vaccine amid federal funding cutsCIDRAPLate Friday on the eve of the long Labor Day weekend, Sanofi announced it would suspend work on a candidate Zika vaccine that it has been developing with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), based on news it received of scaled-back federal …and more »