Oncolytic Virotherapy

Oncolytic virotherapy is an effective cancer treatment using a special viruses, capable of finding and destroying malignant tumour cells in the body.After being administered, the virus finds and infects malignant tumour cells in a process called oncotropism. The virus replicates itself in the cells of a malignant tumour destroying them in a process called oncolysis. Viruses not only destroy cancer cells but also activate the body’s natural immune system, which also targets the malignant cells.

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