New study visualises how HPV attacks human proteins

Monday, February 7, 2011 - 10:01 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international study involving Conway Fellow Dr Neil Ferguson has described how the human papillomavirus (HPV) interferes with the body’s natural inclination to kill infected cells and exposes the individual to cervical cancer. The research article by scientists from Uppsala University and Linkőping University in Sweden, University of Copenhagen and University College Dublin has been highlighted for mention in the February 4th issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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