Doctors use herpes virus to treat melanoma Share Updated: 3:04 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Share Updated: 3:04 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript JOANNE WAS LIVING IN PARIS WHEN SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH ELLEN IRMA WITH ELLEN ON. I TRACKED IT BECAUSE IT WAS SUMMERTIME AND I WAS ABLE TO TRACK IT IN PICTURES AND IT GREW IN THE SPACE OF TWO WEEKS. SHE HAD IT REMOVED ALONG WITH SEVERAL LYMPH NODES. THE CANCER HAD SPREAD, BUT A GROUP AS A TUMOR UNDER HER SKIN. IT WAS REMOVED BUT GREW BACK AGAIN MAKING HER A CANDIDATE FOR A NEW TREATMENT, AN INJECTION MADE WITH A HERPESVIRUS. I WAS LIKE WHAT? THE DOCTORS EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL AND I WAS LIKE IF IT CAN GET IN, JUST INJECT ME WITH WHATEVER. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE VIRUS GETS INSIDE SKIN CELLS AND CAUSES THEM TO EXPLODE AND IT CAUSES THE SORENESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THESE INFECTIONS. SOME CLEVER PEOPLE HAVE MODIFIED THE VIRUS SO IT CAN PREFERENTIALLY ENTER INTO A MELANOMA CELL WITH PROP