cancer cure to be tested

From: Doug Skrecky (oberon@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Wed Oct 27 1999 - 10:05:06 MDT


>From the October 22,1999 edition of the National Post newspaper:

  Calgary - Human testing of a potential cure for cancer has approved by Health
Canada and is scheduled to begin in the spring. A spokeswomen for Synsorb
Biotech Inc. said a group of 30 cancer patients will take part in phase one
clinical testing to see how they will react to injections of a benign virus -
proven to succssfully kill cancer cells in mice. Calgary-based Dr. Patrick Lee
led the team of scientists who made the discovery.



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