New Reovirus Drug Reverses even 'Untreatable' Cancers

The Reovirus which lives in human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts has in tests proved to be the key to magnifying the effects of radiotherapy ,reversing even apparently untreatable forms of the disease when injected into tumours.

Tumours shrank or stopped growing in every patient who underwent radiotherapy coupled with a new drug, Reolysin, which contains particles of reovirus.

One patient had a large tumour mass in a salivary gland which was reduced in size enough to be surgically removed after undergoing the treatment. Another who was close to death with a serious form of spreading skin cancer was still alive 17 months later.

Dr Brad Thompson, president and chief executive of Oncolytics Biotech Inc, the Canadian manufacturers of Reolysin, said: ''We believe that this study clearly demonstrates that the combination of low dose radiation and Reolysin is well tolerated and that the very high response rate warrants further investigation.''

www.telegraph.co.uk...

[edit on 19-5-2010 by gortex]

Hello ... sales pitch for radiotherapy and more drugs ... $$$

Peace