The virus then kills the tumor cells, in part, by activating the mechanism that triggers the destruction of cells from within, or cell suicide.

病毒是通过进入细胞内将其破坏或导致细胞凋亡等方式来杀灭肿瘤细胞的。

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Meanwhile, Japan's Astellas Pharma is in early human trials of another approach to stimulate cancer-cell suicide.

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Genasense, which is used in combination with chemotherapy, works by targeting a key "cell suicide" gene called bcl-2 and then inducing cancer cells to kill themselves.

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Another very promising cell-suicide inducing drug is called YM155, which is being developed by Astellas Pharma.

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