Zika kills childhood cancer?

A preliminary study found that a Zika virus strain killed aggressive cancerous tumours of the central nervous system.

Dr Kenneth Alexander was driving home one day last year when he thought of the idea: What if the Zika virus could be used to kill a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma?

The Zika outbreak was in its third year and scientists had learned that the virus damages the nervous systems of unborn babies by destroying the developing nerve cells.