Cellular communicators for cancer virus identified

Monday, November 8, 2010 - 22:20 in Biology & Nature

A new finding describes how cells infected by the Epstein-Barr virus produce small vesicles or sacs called exosomes, changing their cellular "cargo" of proteins and RNA. This altered exosome enters cells and can change the growth of recipient cells from benign to cancer-producing.

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