27^th European Biotechnology Congress

Oncolytic Biotechnology

Oncolytic Biotechnology is the study of oncolytic virus, the virus that preferentially infects and kills cancer cells. As the infected cancer cells are destroyed by oncolysis, they release new infectious virus particles or virions to help destroy the remaining tumour. Oncolytic viruses are thought not only to cause direct destruction of the tumour cells, but also to stimulate host anti-tumour immune responses.