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I know chemotherapy uses chemical to treat cancer but are the chemical they use a virus?
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∙ 13y ago
No.
All chemotherapy drugs are small molecules.
None of them use a virus.
There are some experimental cancer treatments that use a virus or part of a virus, but those therapies are called "gene therapy" rather than "chemotherapy".
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∙ 13y ago
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What happens to cells when virus enters it and how is the production of cancer cells being treated?
The invasion of virus began with the attachment of the virus on the targeted host cell. The virus will inject its genetic information ( either DNA or RNA, can not be both) into the cell, leaving its protein coat outside of the cell. The genetic information which is injected by the virus will take over the mechanism of the cell; the genetic material of the virus will direct the host cell to reproduce more virus and when the viruses is reproduced, it is released into the surrounding to infect other host cell. Production or the source of cancer cell is nothing related to the virus. The cancer cell is produced when there is extreme radiation, deaminating agent, base analog and acridine derivative which will affect the normal cell cycle and lead to uncontrollable cell division (mitosis) and because the cell produced has no function (it is not differentiated), it compete with other healthy, normal cell for space and food. A way to treat this cancer is to inhibit the cell cycle of the cancerous cell. One of the method is radiotherapy.
How does antibiotics help people with cancer?
Anitbiotics helps fight diseases by killing bacteria. Always remember these 3 rules: Antibiotics=bacteria Antiviral=virus Antifungal=fungus A certain type of medication can only be used for the disease it matches up with (antiviral will not kill a bacteria of fungus infection, only a virus)
What chemicals protect the body against virus and some cancer?
Immunoglobulins
Is cervical cancer viral?
Well i did some research and stumbled across this: "Fewer than half of the participants knew of the link between the virus and cervical cancer. " the virus they are referring to is human papillomaviruses (HPV). So my conclusion is yes cervical cancer is viral http://www.livescience.com/health/061112_cervical_cancer.html
Is it true wendell Stanley discovered that the tobacco mosaic virus was not an organism but was chemical in nature?
true
Is chemotherapy a virus?
No, it is a form of cancer treatment which uses toxic chemicals to kill cancer cells.
What type of cells kill cancer cells?
I have no idea what kind of cell kills cancer cells. Why do you think i asked the question?
What causes the reactivation of the virus?
It is believed that the reactivation is triggered when the immune system becomes weakened as a result of age, stress, fatigue , certain medications, chemotherapy, or diseases such as cancer or HIV.
Can antibiotics treat virus?
Antibiotics won't treat a virus.
How do humans use virus to treat cancer?
I have embed a video to give an idea about viral vectors used in Gene therapy and cancer therapy. The basic here is the engineered virus used as a vector is not going to be infectious, but they enter the target cell and may integrate or deliver the therapeutic molecules.
How long for amoxycillan to treat virus?
Amoxicillin cannot treat a virus. Amoxicillin is an antibiotic. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viruses.
Can chemotherapy kill the HIV virus?
No, chemotherapy is not used in HIV/AID patients. The reason it is not is because HIV and AIDs deplete the white blood cells in your blood. White blood cells are what help you fight off disease and infection. Chemotherapy lowers your white blood cells as well, which lowers your immunity. So doing chemo and having AIDs at the same time doubly lowers your white blood cells, which makes the effect of AIDs worse. There is currently no known cure for AIDs.
Which cancer is the most difficult to diagnose and treat?
Cancer is difficult to diagnose because of all the different types. Not only are there different places you can have cancer, there are different types of tumors you can have. Cancer is difficult to treat because of all the different types. Cancer is actually a general title for almost a hundred different diseases of the genes of DNA.
Is hepatitis B a cancer?
No it is not. It is a virus.
What is breast cancer pathogen?
its a virus
What is a disease that starts with the letter c?
Corona virus and cancer
Is HPV cancer?
No. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a virus that has the potential to cause cancer and/or genital warts. Just because you have HPV does not mean you have or will have cancer, but we now it is the primary cause of several types of cancer.
