translated from Spanish: Spanish scientists discover a gene that is able to “eat” tumors

home health scientists Spaniards discovered a gene that is able to “eat” tumors Spain.-name Celvir therapy has shown an Antitumor effect of oncolytic viruses, which are able to break down cancer cells, mesenchymal stem cells, those that can give rise to various types of skeletal, as cartilage, bone and fat tissue cells hidden.
The study was conducted in biotechnology cell of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III unit, mice were used to observe the effects. The researchers combined cells and viruses so that they act as a kind of Trojan horse cell that woke up the anti-tumor immune system.
“Our work has confirmed in mice that mesenchymal stem cells that carry the antitumor virus could be obtained both from the patient (singenicas cells) and a donor (allogeneic cells), reducing by 35% the volume of the tumor”, said Alvaro Morales, lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Cancer Immunology.
In both cases, the treatment not only managed to activate the immune response, but it increased infiltration of certain anti-cancer immune cells (called neutrophils N2 antitumor) in treated cancers.
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Information: Huffington Post

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