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Interferon and Virotherapy. Casey, Kyle, Mark, Wyt. What is Virotherapy?. New form of cancer treatment Utilizes viruses to target cancer cells Safer than modern cancer treatments Targeted treatment. Why Viruses?. Common and well understood Natural Variety Size Programmable. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Interferon and VirotherapyCasey, Kyle, Mark, Wyt
What is Virotherapy?
• New form of cancer treatment
• Utilizes viruses to target cancer cells
• Safer than modern cancer treatments
• Targeted treatment
Why Viruses?
• Common and well understood
• Natural
• Variety
• Size
• Programmable
Relation to Nanotech
• Size in Nanometers– Avg. 10 and 300 Nanometers
• Related to Gene Therapy
• Emphasis on DNA and proteins
• “Drug Delivery”
Interferon
• Present in healthy cell
• Prevents viral reproduction
• Alerts immune system
• Lacked by cancerous cells
Our Model
Our Model
• Materials
• Practicality
• Schematic
The Construction
Battery
LED
Resistor
Our Model
• Virus
• Normal Cell
• Cancerous Cell
Our Model
• Scale Disparity– Virus to Cell– Cancerous Cell
to Normal Cell
Our Model
• Purpose– Magnets– LEDs
The End