One type of echovirus (EV1) could be an effective agent against ovarian cancer, according to International Journal of Cancer.
Researchers at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, conducted an experiment in animal model indicates that the EV1 is capable of destroying tumor cells of ovarian cancer, opening certain therapeutic possibilities.
Scientists found that EV1 infects and destroys the cells of human ovarian cancer, without damaging the surface of normal cells of the ovary.
Ovarian tumors grafted into mice and inoculated directly EV1 in these tumors. Very quickly, it reduced the size of them and even other tumors distant from the site of injection.
Also abdominal administration of EV1 was effective against the proliferation of ovarian cancers grafted into the abdominal cavity of mice.
The researchers suggest that, given these data on ovarian cancer, presents an attractive therapeutic alternative to treatments involving surgery followed by chemotherapy.
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