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Three-in-one virus killer prevents common, often fatal infections

A novel combination therapy drastically reduces the infection rate of three prevalent viruses -- and risk of death -- in transplant patients with compromised immune systems. Trivirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), the first multivirus killer of its kind, called, controlled infections caused by three commonplace viruses -- cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and adenovirus -- with no toxicity in a phase 1 trial.

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