Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Weird Oncological Science

Use a massive dose of measles vaccine to wipe out blood cancer? Seriously, it has worked at least once in a trial at the Mayo Clinic. See the article in the Minneapolis StarTribune for details.

The first trial was tiny - just two subjects - and had a 50% success rate. Obviously, a larger trial is planned quite soon. BTW, Mayo isn't the only center trying a viral attack on cancer, as the article notes (scroll down).