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.

Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead ...

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

Imagine a treatment so precise that it seeks out and destroys cancer cells while leaving healthy ones untouched — a dream for brain cancer patients. Oncolytic viruses, once considered medical ...

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.

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.

“The study is a proof of concept that CRISPR/Cas9 can be used to destroy DNA viruses and block viral infection and disease progression,” said Yinong Yang, who studies molecular plant-microbe ...