Scientists Find Ally In Fight Against Brain Tumors: Ebola (IMAGE)

Yale University

Scientists Find Ally In Fight Against Brain Tumors: Ebola

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Here glioblastoma cells from a human brain are growing. Addition of the Ebola-VSV oncolytic virus results in tumor infection and cell death, seen here as black cells. Over time the infection spreads to other glioblastoma cells.

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Image by A van den Pol

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