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Oncolytic virotherapy

Cancer treatment using viruses engineered to infect and kill tumour cells while stimulating an immune response against them.

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Cells catch fusing viruses by spilling their own DNA, Harvard team finds

Harvard Medical School researchers found that a virus fusing with a cell ruptures the nucleus, spilling host DNA that trips the cGAS alarm within an hour. The team says the work could inform how viral-vector gene therapies and vaccines are designed.

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