Man in news: Professor uses virus targeting cancer cells

Man in news: Professor uses virus targeting cancer cells

Profile photo shows Kagoshima University professor Kenichiro Kosai, who will be in charge of producing an oncolytic virus that multiplies in cancer cells and kills them. The national university announced on May 25, 2015, a plan to use the virus in a clinical trial on human patients at its hospital that will begin by March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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