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altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:31 am	Post subject: Now, a ‘terminator’ virus to KO cancer US researchers claimed to have discovered effective viral based therapies for treating cancer. Researchers from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have in their study published in the journals Cancer Research and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), discussed the development of a “terminator” virus, that can effectively treat cancerous cells. Researchers said that experiments conducted on mice, ailing from pancreatic cancers at both primary and distant sites (much like metabases), revealed that upon administering them with the “terminator” virus, primary as well as distant tumours were destroyed. Researchers said that the infection caused by the virus killed the primary tumour, adding that a second weapon added to the virus killed the metabases also. Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., professor of clinical pathology and the Michael and Stella Chernow Urological Cancer Research Scientist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, who submitted the papers said that the terminator viruses were also found to selectively replicate and kill breast cancer cells in mice. “We are extremely excited about these results and the prospect of one day using a form of the cancer terminator virus in human clinical trials. While the results of these trials need to be investigated further and replicated in future trials, we believe that viral-based therapies will someday soon be a standard part of the cancer armamentarium,” said Dr Fisher. Researchers further said that the “terminator” viruses had the potential to become effective treatments for a wide range of tumours - such as ovarian, pancreatic, breast, brain (glioma), prostate, skin (melanoma) and colon cancer, as they were constructed to effectively counter a lot of characteristics of all solid cancers. Aaron


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:10 am	Post subject: Re: Now, a ‘terminator’ virus to KO cancer altyfc wrote: Researchers from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have in their study published in the journals Cancer Research and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), discussed the development of a “terminator” virus, that can effectively treat cancerous cells. One of the best medical science institutions in US.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:57 am	Post subject: Are there some famous scientists that we would have heard of that graduated there? Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:00 am	Post subject: altyfc wrote: Are there some famous scientists that we would have heard of that graduated there? Aaron I need to think about this for a minute, but Mayo in Minnesota, Columbia in New York and John Hopkins are the top three hospitals in US.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:12 pm	Post subject: Now that's ingenuity at its best! Hats off to them!

cloningOk Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:03 am	Post subject: Hmmm ... where is this article from? Also what's so new or revolutionary about this particular cancer drug?

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altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:31 am

Post subject: Now, a ‘terminator’ virus to KO cancer

US researchers claimed to have discovered effective viral based therapies for treating cancer.

Researchers from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have in their study published in the journals Cancer Research and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), discussed the development of a “terminator” virus, that can effectively treat cancerous cells.

Researchers said that experiments conducted on mice, ailing from pancreatic cancers at both primary and distant sites (much like metabases), revealed that upon administering them with the “terminator” virus, primary as well as distant tumours were destroyed.

Researchers said that the infection caused by the virus killed the primary tumour, adding that a second weapon added to the virus killed the metabases also.

Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., professor of clinical pathology and the Michael and Stella Chernow Urological Cancer Research Scientist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, who submitted the papers said that the terminator viruses were also found to selectively replicate and kill breast cancer cells in mice.

“We are extremely excited about these results and the prospect of one day using a form of the cancer terminator virus in human clinical trials. While the results of these trials need to be investigated further and replicated in future trials, we believe that viral-based therapies will someday soon be a standard part of the cancer armamentarium,” said Dr Fisher.

Researchers further said that the “terminator” viruses had the potential to become effective treatments for a wide range of tumours - such as ovarian, pancreatic, breast, brain (glioma), prostate, skin (melanoma) and colon cancer, as they were constructed to effectively counter a lot of characteristics of all solid cancers.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:10 am

Post subject: Re: Now, a ‘terminator’ virus to KO cancer

altyfc wrote:

Researchers from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have in their study published in the journals Cancer Research and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), discussed the development of a “terminator” virus, that can effectively treat cancerous cells.

One of the best medical science institutions in US.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:57 am

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Are there some famous scientists that we would have heard of that graduated there?

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:00 am

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altyfc wrote:

Are there some famous scientists that we would have heard of that graduated there?

Aaron

I need to think about this for a minute, but Mayo in Minnesota, Columbia in New York and John Hopkins are the top three hospitals in US.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:12 pm

Post subject:

Now that's ingenuity at its best! Hats off to them!

cloningOk

Joined: 25 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:03 am

Post subject:

Hmmm ... where is this article from? Also what's so new or revolutionary about this particular cancer drug?

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