Can Zika fight the most common and aggressive brain tumor?

The Zika virus transmitted by the mosquito vectors of the Aedes genus, can be a key piece in the fight against one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors .Surprising as a virus so dangerous and capable of causing irreversible damage in some cases, it can become a powerful ally in the fight against cancer.

Zika: key in the fight against brain tumors

Glioblastoma is one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors. Its treatment has always been a bit complicated due to its characteristics.In fact, in most cases people die before the year of diagnosis, even when they undergo treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy, among others.

Fortunately science seemed and having started to develop a promising treatment, whose main factor is the Zika virus .Although this virus is one of the most dangerous, especially for pregnant women, it has been discovered that it could also be determinant in the fight against one of the most aggressive brain tumors that exists and there are those who claim that it could also be effective against other types of cancer.

Zika virus is responsible for increasing cases of microcephaly in fetuses and babies in South America.According to a study conducted by a team led by Jeremy Rich of the University of California, in San Diego, the The virus could act on cancer stem cells and destroy them almost completely.Unlike the negative effect on the formation of babies, in adults the consequences are usually much milder.

Can Zika fight the most common and aggressive brain tumor?

Scientists induced the development of aggressive glioblastoma tumor in laboratory mice.They subsequently inoculated a Zika virus strain adapted to rodents.The result was surprising, the virus had a tendency to infect glioblastoma stem cells and not to already differentiated cancer cells or healthy cells.As a consequence the tumor growth slowed down drastic form.

Rich and his team are optimistic about this new discovery and believe that it can be a very important advance for the treatment of this type of cancer ., the life expectancy of people diagnosed with glioblastoma could be lengthened considerably.The next step is to develop a strain of the virus that is safe and effective for patients with this condition.

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