{"id":3207,"date":"2018-04-02T01:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T06:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2018-03-26T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:05:26","slug":"oncolytic-virus-in-research-may-herald-a-cancer-vaccine-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/02\/oncolytic-virus-in-research-may-herald-a-cancer-vaccine-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Oncolytic Virus in Research May Herald a Cancer Vaccine for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2513\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2513\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_52469285_xs-350x206.jpg\" alt=\"Immunotherapy brings breakthroughs to cancer treatment.\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_52469285_xs-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_52469285_xs.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immunotherapy brings breakthroughs to cancer treatment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Promising new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer treatment<\/a> research by UC San Francisco has uncovered a cancer killing virus. The vaccine-like effect of the virus harbors potential for use with cancer immunotherapy treatment options, killing some cancer cells directly, and prompting a widespread immune system response to cancer cells far beyond the region the virus infects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tremendous Potential<\/strong><br \/>\nBringing surprising insight, this new research digs deeper into how oncolytic (cancer-killing) viruses can cooperate with the immune system in attacking cancer cells and tumors. Currently in clinical trials, it points to opportunities in the realm of immunotherapy combination therapies &#8211; therapies specifically devised to unleash the full cancer fighting potential of the immune system.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers likened such oncolytic viruses as the equivalent of a bomb, jarring the immune system into action and resuscitating the immune response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do They Work?<\/strong><br \/>\nResearchers are still coming to terms with fundamentals, which seem to indicate cancer killing viruses attack cancer cells in a number of different ways:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">-Through direct infection.<br \/>\n-Via the release of tumor-specific proteins, which trigger a widespread immune response to cancer cells.<br \/>\n-By destroying the blood supply tumors required to survive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why a Virus?<\/strong><br \/>\nCancer researchers have been exploring the idea of oncolytic viruses since the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, after observing dramatic remissions following some viral infections. They\u2019ve been actively developing these viruses since the 1980s. With the FDA&#8217;s approval and release of oncolytic viral therapy Imlygic (T-Vec) in 2015, such treatment modalities are quickly coming to the forefront of up-and-coming therapy options.<\/p>\n<p>Searching for a new approach to cancer treatment? Contact Issels\u00ae to discover more about our non-toxic immunotherapy treatment options that are available today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promising new cancer treatment research by UC San Francisco has uncovered a cancer killing virus. The vaccine-like effect of the virus harbors potential for use with cancer immunotherapy treatment options, killing some cancer cells directly, and prompting a widespread immune system response to cancer cells far beyond the region the virus infects. Tremendous Potential Bringing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/02\/oncolytic-virus-in-research-may-herald-a-cancer-vaccine-for-the-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oncolytic Virus in Research May Herald a Cancer Vaccine for the Future<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203,537,1],"tags":[677,676,578,679,678],"class_list":["post-3207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-cancer-vaccine","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-treatment-options","tag-cancer-vaccine","tag-future-cancer-research","tag-future-cancer-research-discoveries","tag-research-in-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3211,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions\/3211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}