GMO Vaccine-Strain Measles vs Cancer

[SidDithers]

So scientists cured a woman of a pervasive, treatment resistant multiple myeloma.

With a genetically modified, vaccine strain measles virus.

Remission of Disseminated Cancer After Systemic Oncolytic Virotherapy

*anti-vax-anti-GMOers-heads-explode*

The media is going nuts over this, but this is not a new idea/approach. Measles, and certain other viruses, can be domesticated and modified to kill cancers– we call them oncolytic viruses.

Sometimes we straight-up genetically modify viruses for the explicit purpose of attacking a cancer. We have done this with Newcastle virus vs prostate cancer, Cowpox virus vs liver cancer, Herpes simplex virus vs breast & ovarian cancer, lots of different viruses vs lots of different cancers.

This is absolutely *the* future of cancer treatment– we are only going to keep getting better at this.


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SO! The idea is–

People with untreatable cancers
Virus that love to eat cancers
Inject people with untreatable cancers with viruses that love to eat cancer
Patients wont *immediately* fight off the helper viruses
Viruses kill cancer
Viruses eventually run out of food
Patients immune system kills remaining viruses
No more cancer
Did it work?

Kinda!

Researchers treated two patients. One patient did not totally clear their tumors. One did.

http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2014/05/16/gmo-vaccine-strain-measles-vs-cancer-2/

Fucking cancer-curing GMO snake handling fundies.

Sid

[djean111]

1. If they treated her with Roundup-resistant virus, you would have a point.

Targeted stuff like this is great! Kinda!
Giving everybody the treatment, whether they have cancer or not - not so much.

[SidDithers]

2. Kick...

anti-GMO woo gets a hundred replies.

Real science sinks like a stone.

Sid

[whatchamacallit]

3. Maybe because concluding all GMO organisms are safe because of the success of one

specifically created therapy, is bogus science.

[winter is coming]

4. Yes, that is a rather woo-like thought process. n/t

[whatchamacallit]

6. Ironically, that kind of certitude

is more akin to faith than science.

[SidDithers]

7. Maybe you're confused as to what the OP is about?...

Sid

[whatchamacallit]

8. It's the OP that's confused

[Drew Richards]

5. Get real this was rna modification of a specific strain of viral dna...let me know when they

Modified it by introducing plant or another species rna into the transmission..

$heesh.

Otherwise this is great new$. Old news but still great news.

[wyldwolf]

9. definitely worth a "I fucking love science" bump