Elements of Natural Innate Immunity Encounter Viruses in Tumor Cells

Elements of Natural (Innate) Immunity Encounter Viruses in Tumor Cells 

Oncolytic viruses in IFN-deficient tumor cells. In the Type I IFN-deficient tumor cells innate immunity fights oncolytic vimses, but vaccination with viral oncoly-sates induced strong anti-tumor cell immune reactions. Hilary Koprowski presented a lecture at the young M.D. Anderson Hospital in 1957 on viral oncolysate therapy 

Comment. In that era, cure of cancers with combination chemotherapy was the only acceptable successful result, and stabilization of disease was considered a failure due to its relapses, as a rule vide infra). Since then, converting cancers into a chronic ailment to live with has been accepted as a positive result of treatments. 

Eukaryotic Single Cells and the First Cell Communities. .. 

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