Brain Matters – July 2016 – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

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This month Michael Lim, MD, talks about using viruses and other aspects of immunotherapy for brain tumors.

Program notes:

0:22 Polio virus and brain tumor treatment
1:21 Genetically modify viruses to attack tumors
2:21 Implanted melanoma tumors
3:22 Myeloid cells play an important role
4:23 May not need a neurotropic virus
5:25 Timeline relative to tumor development
6:28 At one point one drug cocktail but a different one at another
7:23 Building on fantastic data from other tumors
8:10 End