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Enhanced antitumor efficacy of a herpes simplex virus mutant isolated by genetic selection in cancer cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Jul 2001
Taneja S, MacGregor J, Markus S, Ha S, Mohr I
Abstract excerpt
Replication-competent, attenuated herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) derivatives that contain engineered mutations into the viral gamma 34.5 virulence gene have been used as oncolytic agents. However, as attenuated mutants often grow poorly, they may not completely destroy some tumors and surviving cancer cells simply regrow. Thus, although HSV-1 gamma 34.5 mutants can reduce the growth of human tumor xenografts in...
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