| oncolysate |
An extract made from cancer cells that are infected with a lytic strain of virus. The extract contains both cancer cell proteins and virus proteins. Oncolysates are being studied as cancer vaccines.
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| oncolysis |
The breakdown, or lysis, of a tumor. This can occur by mechanical means, chemicals, or infectious agents such as viruses. Oncolytic viruses do not lyse most normal cells.
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| oncolytic |
Refers to viruses that kill cancer cells more often than they kill normal cells.
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| oncogene |
A gene that causes cells to grow in an uncontrolled manner, ie, that causes cancer. Oncogenes are mutant forms of normal functional genes (called proto-oncogenes) that have a role in normal cell proliferation. Oncogenes are found in tumours and in retroviruses; in the latter case, having been picked up along with retroviral genes during retroviral replication in the host. ...
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| oncogenesis |
The progression of cytological, genetic and cellular changes that culminate in a tumour.
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