Definition of "reovirus" []

• Any of a group of viruses that contain double-stranded RNA and are associated with various diseases in animals, including human respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. (noun)

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• "Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, ..."
• "Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research."
• "The company was founded on the trail to making the remarkable cancer treatment that involves infecting patients with a harmless virus called a reovirus (Respiratory [...]"