Magnified Cowpea Mosaic Virus Shells Superimposed On Tobacco Plants Used To Make Them (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Magnified Cowpea Mosaic Virus Shells Superimposed On Tobacco Plants Used To Make Them

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Inhaled or injected into tumors of several types of cancer, the shell of cowpea mosaic virus with infectious components removed, in blue, turned on the immune system in mice to wipe out tumors and protect against metastases.

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Nicole Steinmetz

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