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Potential treatment for eye cancer using tumor-killing virus

  • Written by Hemant Khanna, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Potential treatment for eye cancer using tumor-killing virusThis is a model of the adenovirus type 5 which causes respiratory infections. Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com

When most people think of the word “virus,” they often relate it to infections or diseases. The sole purpose of a virus is to attack and infect a normal cell, use it to replicate, and then kill it. Some examples include the flu...

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