Method for treating human tumor cells with a newcastle disease virus strain and a chemotherapeutic agent

摘要

A method for treating human tumor cells to induce apoptotic cell death thereof includes the step of infecting the tumor cells with a combination of the Herefordshire strain of Newcastle Disease Virus and a chemotherapeutic agent. The range of concentrations of chemotherapeutic agent/Herefordshire strain is in the range of 100/1 to 1/1. Illustrative chemotherapeutic agents include cisplatin, methotrexate, vincristine, bleomycin and dacarbazine.