Safety and clinical usage of Newcastle disease virus in cancer therapy.

• Main Authors: Lam, Han Yuen, Yeap, Swee Keong, Rasoli, Mehdi, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Yusoff, Khatijah, Abd. Aziz, Suraini, Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22230/1/Safety%20and%20clinical%20usage%20of%20Newcastle%20disease%20virus%20in%20cancer%20therapy.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22230/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2011/718710/

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is an avian virus that causes deadly infection to over 250 species of birds, including domestic and wild-type, thus resulting in substantial losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Many reports have demonstrated the oncolytic effect of NDV towards human tumor cells. T...