Zika Virus May Be Treatment For Brain Cancer, Scientists Say

CBS Local — Scientists believe they have found a new treatment in the fight against cancerous brain tumors. The answer comes from an unusual source that has caused severe brain damage in many newborns on its own: the Zika virus.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say the dangerous, mosquito-borne virus can kill the stem cells in brain tumors.
“Let’s take advantage of what it’s good at, use it to eradicate cells we don’t want. Take viruses that wo