Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Poliovirus & The Way It Can Assist Brain Cancer Awareness

By Robbie Sutter


To say that information is heavily rooted in brain cancer awareness should be something that goes without saying. However, there are many different stories out there and some of them seem to stand out more than others. For example, would you ever expect a poliovirus of all things to be put to use in the long term? This is something that is worth taking into consideration, especially when the end results have more than proven themselves, according to the research that was done on the matter.

The Chronicle posted an article talking about the poliovirus in question and it seems as though it works to target brain tumors in particular. The way that this is done is through the way such a substance will be able to target cancerous cells to get rid of them, all the while keeping normal or unaffected cells intact. There have been strong results after the first phase of the study , nine patients seeing increased stances of health. It seems like, based on this alone, the method deserves to be noted.

It isn't, as if, this was a method that was put together over the past month or so. In fact, the article said that there has been a total of 15 years of research dedicated to the process at hand, which is something that should be considered. To me, it's the kind of point that will be able to bring brain cancer awareness to a higher level. Such effort is something that should be considered when referring to organizations on the matter like Voices against Brain Cancer.

Dr. Matthias Gromeier began the preclinical development stage of this research back in 2002, if you could believe it. I think that this is tremendous news, especially since the associate professor has been able to see strong results of this treatment. It is not uncommon for methods to change over the course of time, especially when engineering can oftentimes help therapies that much more. With stronger modifications made, patients have been assisted that much more in the field of medicine, which only lends that much more validity to the process.

This, to me, could prove to be a strong method that will be implemented in the long term. I do not think that anyone will be able to argue with such an idea, especially when you consider all of the details that one would commonly associate with brain cancer awareness efforts. Many of these stories will be able to stand out, especially when it comes to the results of various studies. Make sure that you understand these so that can see just how much patients can potentially benefit from them.




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