A company created by the Catalan Institute of Oncology Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (ICO-IDIBELL), VCN Bio sciences Ltd., has developed new cancer treatments based on viruses that selectively destroy tumor cells.
BioSciences Ltd. plans to bring one of their virus to clinical trial in patients with tumors of the pancreas and head and neck.
The company, founded by Manel Cascallo, Ramon Alemany, Gabriel Capell, is dedicated to cancer virotherapy, which involves the administration of genetically modified viruses to destroy tumor cells only. The oncolytic virus not only eliminates the infected cancer cell, it generates thousands of copies of itself to destroy malignant cells nearby. In this way, acts as an agent with auto amplificación capacity.
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