New Molecular Mechanism Linking Viral Infection To Cancer Susceptibility Discovered
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Portuguese scientists discovered a new molecular mechanism that allows gamma herpes viruses to chronically infect patients and helps to explain why these patients present an abnormally high incidence of the lymphocyte (or white blood cell) cancer lymphoma, particularly when their immune system is compromised.