Oncolytic viruses can be reprogrammed into vectors for use in cancer therapy by combining three types of modification: targeting, arming and shielding. Roberto Cattaneo and colleagues discuss the principles of virus reprogramming using adenovirus, a DNA virus with a naked icosahedral capsid, and measles virus, an enveloped RNA virus with a helical capsid, as the main examples.
- Roberto Cattaneo
- Tanner Miest
- Michael A. Barry