Immunotherapeutics & Novel Therapies

Oncolytic Virus Therapy

Oncolytic virus therapy, often known as virus therapy, employs modified viruses created in a lab to kill cancer cells. The virus is injected into the tumor in a genetically altered form. The virus replicates itself when it gets inside the cancer cells. The cancer cells consequently burst and pass away. When a cell dies, it releases proteins that cause your immune system to begin attacking any cancer cells in your body that have the same proteins. Healthy cells are not invaded by the virus. It is authorized to use this oncolytic viral therapy to treat advanced melanoma that cannot be surgically removed. People who cannot or do not want to receive any other suggested treatment typically use it treatments. The herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, has undergone modification to become T-VEC.