In early studies, the approach involved injecting the plant virus nanoparticles directly into tumors to stimulate an immune response. Even though the virus is non-infectious in mammals ...

New research from UC San Diego has found an innovative new treatment to fight cancer. Researchers found a plant virus to be highly effective in preventing the growth of cancerous tumors.

Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop ...

The virus must infect, replicate in and destroy human tumor cells, ideally including non-cycling cancer cells. The parental virus should preferably cause only mild, well-characterized human disease.

Biotech company PsiVac is developing Ixovex-1, the first patented virus with a single base pair mutation able to replicate rapidly, opening potential new treatment options for solid tumors and beyond.

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel ...