Zika virus could be used to treat brain cancer patients, study suggests

(Rockefeller University Press) Recent outbreaks of Zika virus have revealed that the virus causes brain defects in unborn children. But in a study to be published Sept. 5 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California, San Diego report that the virus could eventually be used to target and kill cancer cells in the brain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news