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Oncolytic Viruses

"Oncolytic Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Tumor-selective, replication competent VIRUSES that have antineoplastic effects. This is achieved by producing cytotoxicity-enhancing proteins and/or eliciting an antitumor immune response. They are genetically engineered so that they can replicate in CANCER cells but not in normal cells, and are used in ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oncolytic Viruses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oncolytic Viruses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2014
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