Targeting Human Cytomegalovirus as a Novel Approach for Glioblastoma Treatment
Thelma Flores, Eloïse Delpierre, Ghislain Male, Claire Gourin, Sébastien Hantz, Alexia Damour, Gaëtan Ligat, Yuying Liang · 2025
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Thelma Flores and co-authors review a bold idea for treating a deadly brain tumor by aiming at a common virus, in a paper from 2025. The tumor grows fast, resists standard care of surgery, radiation, and drugs, and almost always comes back. Many studies have found traces of the virus, a member of the herpes family, inside tumor tissue.
The review weighs claims that the virus helps the tumor grow, hide from immune cells, build blood vessels, and shrug off drugs. Early trials of virus aimed drugs and vaccines have shown hints of gain for some patients. The authors say the link is not yet proved as cause, but the stakes are so high that the path deserves full and careful testing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thelma Flores, Eloïse Delpierre, Ghislain Male, Claire Gourin, Sébastien Hantz, Alexia Damour, Gaëtan Ligat, Yuying Liang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |