{"id":27,"date":"2025-11-21T14:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/onco-viro-lab\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:44:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/onco-viro-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27\" class=\"elementor elementor-27\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593d6c94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"593d6c94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-691441f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"691441f4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2760fc1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2760fc1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/biology\/contact\/faculty-directory\/ahmedm\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to the Ahmed Lab Page<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4275ede9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4275ede9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c95299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38c95299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We are working to investigate how viruses interact with host cells to develop anti-cancer therapeutics.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c50da5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59c50da5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e31bde6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e31bde6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f90073d elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f90073d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0168170220300162\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/onco-viro-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/VSV-infected-macrophages.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-69\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/onco-viro-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/VSV-infected-macrophages.png 422w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/onco-viro-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/VSV-infected-macrophages-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">VSV (green) infecting tumor-associated macrophages<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ee61ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56ee61ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385be730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"385be730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Research<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1130cdcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1130cdcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Oncolytic viruses are an emerging form of cancer therapy with the ability to selectively lyse and kill tumor cells. Our lab seeks to investigate the mechanisms by which a negative-sense RNA virus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), manipulates immune components of the tumor microenvironment. We are particularly interested in dissecting the multifaceted role of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in breast cancer development and progression and the potential of VSV strains to modulate TAM populations to promote tumor immunosurveillance. Our research also extends to the identification of plants and their derivatives with anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties for the development of combination therapeutic approaches. 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