A technique developed several years ago at Duke University involving an engineered hybrid of poliovirus and rhinovirus has shown great promise in treating a lethal form of brain cancer. A new study ...

A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved long-term survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, with a three-year survival rate ...

The 43rd meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 01 ...

The cause of one notorious childhood disease, poliovirus, could be used to treat the ongoing threat of another childhood disease, neuroblastoma. In the March 15 issue of Cancer Research, researchers ...

In 2015, a team of researchers at Duke University was launched into the spotlight by CBS news show 60 Minutes, which devoted a two-part segment to research aimed at turning poliovirus into a treatment ...

Motor-nerve cells in the spinal cord, which carry signals from the brain to muscles and glands, don’t regenerate once injured—with long-term consequences for accident victims. If scientists could ...

A modified poliovirus therapy that is showing promising results for patients with glioblastoma brain tumors works best at a low dosage, according to the research team at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch ...

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON - Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, the World Health Organization and Global Polio ...

How will the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deal with the changes made by the Trump administration at a crucial time in ...

"Oncolytic virus therapy" uses human viruses to fight cancer. Glioblastoma is a type of brain cancer that has recently been quite visible in the media after Sen. John McCain was treated for it.

Health authorities in the U.K. are urging residents to get vaccinated against poliovirus after the virus was found in sewage samples in London. The virus was detected as part of routine surveillance, ...

Poliovirus has been detected in London sewage, according to health officials. The U.K. Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) – working with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) – ...