Zika virus kills neural stem cells in cancer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/06/injecting-zika-virus-into-adult-brains-researchers-say-could-shrink-cancer/636704001/
zika has activity against glioblastomas specifically
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28916645
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28874392
ACTH promotes brain growth in embryos but is not in adult brains
https://books.google.com/books?id=tw5jAosiTh8C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=glioma%27s+melanocortin+receptors&source=bl&ots=IkuNEowWdi&sig=Ln0iNC1bYg6NUpdiDP4uyM7pRUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFyaPk1a_WAhXGrlQKHardBCsQ6AEIZTAJ#v=onepage&q=glioma's%20melanocortin%20receptors&f=false
If zika uses the ACTH receptor do glioblastomas have ACTH receptors?
previous blog posts of Zika and ACTH
http://angelabiggs.blogspot.com/2017/01/zika-acth-receptors-and-clatherin.html
temozolomide to treat pituitary tumors
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26586560
temozolomide to treat glioblastoma
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1704726#t=article
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