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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/dumc-sds120910.php
Public release date: 15-Dec-2010
Contact: Mary Jane Gore
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Duke University Medical Center
Scientists decode secrets of a very common virus that can cause cancer
DURHAM, N.C. ? About 90 percent of people are infected at some time in their lives with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), usually with no ill effects. But individuals with compromised immune systems, such as people with organ transplants or HIV infection, have a greater risk of cancer occurring because of this virus.
Scientists at the Duke Cancer Institute have discovered a pathway that infected cells use to root out EBV infections, a finding that has implications for understanding the human response to cancer-causing viruses in general...
Public release date: 15-Dec-2010
Contact: Mary Jane Gore
mary.gore@duke.edu
919-660-1309 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 919-660-1309 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Duke University Medical Center
Scientists decode secrets of a very common virus that can cause cancer
DURHAM, N.C. ? About 90 percent of people are infected at some time in their lives with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), usually with no ill effects. But individuals with compromised immune systems, such as people with organ transplants or HIV infection, have a greater risk of cancer occurring because of this virus.
Scientists at the Duke Cancer Institute have discovered a pathway that infected cells use to root out EBV infections, a finding that has implications for understanding the human response to cancer-causing viruses in general...