Protein found to be the link missing between HPV infection and cervical cancer development
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
Most women are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer - yet few develop the cancer. Now researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, believe they have found the missing link explaining why: activation of the beta-catenin oncogene.