interferon and virotherapy casey, kyle, mark, wyt
Post on 21-Dec-2015
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What is Virotherapy?
• New form of cancer treatment
• Utilizes viruses to target cancer cells
• Safer than modern cancer treatments
• Targeted treatment
Relation to Nanotech
• Size in Nanometers– Avg. 10 and 300 Nanometers
• Related to Gene Therapy
• Emphasis on DNA and proteins
• “Drug Delivery”
Interferon
• Present in healthy cell
• Prevents viral reproduction
• Alerts immune system
• Lacked by cancerous cells