virus

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A modified herpes virus is injected into tumors, which causes cancer cells to burst and release flares that activate and train the immune system to attack cancer cells throughout the body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Back in Taunsa, Asma's family say she is losing weight, and she now faces a lifetime of treatment for a virus she should never have been exposed to.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“We need to be looking for the next pandemic virus on fur farms, in hunting communities, and even at border checkpoints where wildlife are imported,” Carlson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In this case, the virus has been modified to replicate only inside tumor cells, causing them to burst, while simultaneously triggering a more aggressive immune response from the body’s own white blood cells.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The virus changed so as to kill fewer rabbits and to permit lethally infected ones to live longer before dying.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond