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There is a new scientific discovery about the "oncolytic virus" which means attack a tumor. That discovery said that RSV-respiratory syncytial virus- is an oncolytic virus which can attack cancer tumor selectively. But, that paper has not published yet, so i find a paper about the oncolytic virus.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002917 is also Oncolytic Virus. Title : Systemic Therapy for Cervical Cancer with Potentially Regulatable Oncolytic Adenoviruses

It's really cool to think that we're spending all this time and money on nanotechnology in the medical field, when we already have biological nanotechnology at our fingertips-- if we can learn to use them (viruses) anyway. Perhaps in 100 years a virion will refer to a virus that can heal a cell vs. infect it.