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A virus that infects billions of people is being turned into a weapon against cancer. Herpes simplex virus type 1, best known for causing cold sores, is now being genetically modified into a targeted cancer treatment. Instead of damaging healthy tissue, scientists are reprogramming it to seek out and eliminate tumour cells. These modified viruses are known as oncolytic viruses. Once they enter a tumour, they multiply until the cancer cell ruptures, effectively destroying it from the inside. But the process doesn’t stop there. When the cancer cells break apart, they release signals that activate the immune system. This helps the body start recognising cancer as a threat and attacking it throughout the body, including tumours the virus never directly reached. Early clinical trials have shown encouraging results. In some patients with advanced cancers such as melanoma and other solid tumours, around one in four have responded to treatment. In certain studies, tumours have shrunk in about a third of patients, and in a smaller number of cases, the cancer has disappeared entirely. These results are particularly significant for people who had already exhausted standard treatment options. Side effects have generally been mild to moderate, most commonly flu-like symptoms such as fatigue and fever. Larger phase 3 trials are now underway to better understand how effective and widely applicable the therapy may be. Although still in its early stages, this approach represents a new direction in cancer treatment. A once-feared virus is being reshaped into a precise tool that helps the immune system do what it is designed to do. Learn more Genetically modified herpes virus delivers one two punch against advanced cancers ICR

This racist white woman didn’t like that these black men moved in next to her & while they were out on their porch she start spewing hate at them and then decided to go on to their property & lay hands on one of them & when she did they reacted & her hubby had to drag her off.

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These two giant turtles have been fighting each other for more than 120 years. According to the zoo, one turtle stole the other’s food 120 years ago, and since that day they became enemies. There hasn’t been a single day where they don’t fight for 2–3 minutes😂

Today is the 75th anniversary of the official National Day of Prayer—first established by Congress at the height of the Cold War.  It reaffirms each year something that's vital and goes straight to the heart of who we are as Americans: we have always been a praying nation. It is truly part of who we are.