# 7. Can Viruses Treat Cancer?

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Podcast: [Smarter Than Cancer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smarter-than-cancer-7438264)
Published: 2025-11-20T04:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.roswellpark.org/smarterthancancer
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/dd151d59-6b1a-49ba-840c-9b45ede0765c.mp3
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## Resource

We’ve looked at some amazing science on Smarter Than Cancer, but today we’re going to hear about maybe the amazing-est. CAR-T Cell therapy takes a truly outrageous concept — using modified viruses to alter the DNA of white blood cells — and turns it into one of the most promising cancer treatments ever devised.

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