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Killing tumor cells with viruses—a question of specificity

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The selective action of a replication-competent, E1B-deficient adenovirus therapy for cancer is challenged in a new study (pages 1068–1072).

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Lane, D. Killing tumor cells with viruses—a question of specificity. Nat Med 4, 1012–1013 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/2000

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