Experimental Herpes Virus May Help Fight Fatal Brain Cancer
A new study has found that an experimental herpes simplex virus may help fight glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastoma brain tumors have an average survival period of 12 to 15 months from when one individual receives a diagnosis and four to six months after they recur. Dr. James Markert, the study’s senior researcher, stated that despite almost six decades of research and advances in radiation, chemotherapy and surgery, not much has changed with regard to survival. Markert, who is chairman of neurosurgery at the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, added that only 5% to 10% of patients diagnosed with…











