Measles Vaccine Wipes Out Cancer in Groundbreaking Test
By : Telja Joy | 0 Comments | On : May 19, 2014 | Category : Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Health & Fitness, Health News
Measles Vaccine Wipes Out Cancer in Groundbreaking Test
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have completed a groundbreaking new test: They knocked widespread blood cancer into remission with a single massive blast of measles vaccine.
Stacy Erholtz, who was suffering from an advanced stage of blood cancer, recovered thanks to an intravenous injection of the measles virus, which was sufficient to overwhelm the cancer’s natural defenses, the StarTribune reports.
As far as clinical trials go, this was a small test because it only had two subjects. But lead researcher Dr. Stephen Russell told StarTribune it’s a promising start.
“It’s a landmark. We’ve known for a long time that we can give a virus intravenously and destroy metastatic cancer in mice. Nobody’s shown that you can do that in people before,” he said.
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