Definition of "oncolytic" [oncolytic]

• That breaks up cancer cells (adjective)

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• "The research, published in Molecular Therapy, compared the new virus, called an oncolytic virus, with older generations of oncolytic viruses."
• "Recent data have indicated that this approach, which is known as oncolytic virotherapy, has potential."
• "Researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital - along with colleagues at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) - report a significant breakthrough in the use of viruses to target and destroy cancer cells, a field known as oncolytic virotherapy."