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Viruses can be vile, that much everyone knows. But scientists are finding that the wily creatures can stop cancer in its tracks. Aparna Surendran reports.
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Surendran, A. The virtuous virus. Nat Med 10, 767–768 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0804-767
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