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Cold Viruses Could Help Find New Cancer Therapies
2012-10-17 11:03:01

[ Watch The Video ] Salk findings on cold virus proteins may spur new cancer treatments Cold viruses generally get a bad rap----which they've certainly earned----but new findings by a team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggest that these viruses might also be a valuable ally in the fight against cancer. Adenovirus, a type of cold virus, has developed molecular tools----proteins----that allow it to hijack a cell's molecular machinery, including large...