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Published online 30 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010830-9
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Virus-mediated killing of cells that lack p53 activity
Virus exploits cancer's common tag.
Although notoriously devious, many cancer cells have one telltale defect in common. A virus that kills only cells with this identifying mutation may offer a new route for therapy.
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