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Virus Modified to Kill Cancer Cells Appears to Have Saved a Patient’s Life

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Virus Modified to Kill Cancer Cells Appears to Have Saved a Patient’s Life

Cancers and viruses: why not pit two of our biggest biological foes against each other? Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust used a drug made from a genetically modified form of herpes simplex — the cold sore virus — to attack tumors in cancer patients’ bodies, developing … Read more

A drug that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria could stave off the coming superbug crisis

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A drug that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria could stave off the coming superbug crisis

For years, human civilization has been embroiled in a quiet public health crisis: Some of our antibiotic drugs have stopped working. The over-prescription of antibiotics has turned the bugs we could once easily defeat into super-pathogens capable of evading even our best defenses, as they have evolved faster than we can design drugs to defeat … Read more