Powerful Proven Measles Virus Fight Cancer

The researchers said the study brings doctors closer to "a single injection to treat cancer."

A new study, for the first time, showed the presence of a specific type of therapy or virotherapy viruses that infect and kill human cancer, making healthy cells safe.

The study, conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, involving only two patients, both received "a single dose of the measles virus that has been engineered (MV-NIS), which is selectively toxic to myeloma plasma cells," the researchers said.

Multiple myeloma affects plasma cells in the bone marrow and cause bone and soft tissue tumors, which very rarely can be cured.

This therapy brings complete remission in one patient, although only two patients showed improvement.