3.11 Virus vs Cancer! - w/ Giuliano, Eleanna & Manlio Fusciello

The Science Basement Podcast

In this episode Giuliano and Eleanna interview Manlio Fusciello, PhD student working on anti-cancer tharepies. Did you know that some viruses hate cancer cells and they like to destry them? And killing cancer cells is ...good! Turns out that many scientists like Manlio are looking for ways to use viruses to cure or, even better, prevent cancer. ..."The enemy of my enemy is my friend"...endeed Manlio Fusciello is a PhD student in the Immuno Viro Therapy laboratory (IVT) led by Prof. Vincenzo Cerullo. He is completing his PhD studies in drug development and research. He spent his last 5 years studying and creating new anticancer therapies and cancer vaccine platforms. Full transcript of episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OwZxebpExOD3BFAeDRl1V5ylgNvj47Q9/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109371469017525390516&rtpof=true&sd=true References "anticancer molecule from caterpillar": 1-https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/anticancer-drug-derived-from-caterpillar-fungus-shows-huge-potential-in-clinical-trial/ 2-https://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2021/10/27/1078-0432.CCR-21-1652 Your hosts this week are Giuliano Didio & Eleanna Asvestari. Editing by Tomás Garnier Artiñano. Episode cover by Katja Kaurinkoski & Giuliano Didio. TSB Podcast logo by Tomás Garnier Artiñano. Jingle by Havelocke. thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com Follow The Science Basement: Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScienceBasement Instagram: @sciencebasement Twitter: @ScienceBasement Email: [e-mail]