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Viruses are sneakier than we thought
May 27, 2009 |
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Viruses are molecular marauders, plundering cells for the resources they need to multiply. Of central importance for viruses is the ability to commandeer cellular gene expression machinery. Several human herpesviruses put ...
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Scientists tackle viral mysteries
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Scientists know that some cancers are triggered by viruses, which take over cellular systems and cause uncontrolled cell growth. Doctors - and patients who get shingles late in life - have also known for many years that ...
Research uncovers clues to virus-cancer link
Jun 17, 2009 |
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In a series of recently-published articles, a research team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered clues to the development of cancers in AIDS patients.
Newly discovered virus linked to deadly skin cancer
Jan 17, 2008 |
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A new strategy to hunt for human viruses described in this week’s issue of the journal Science by the husband-and-wife team who found the cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma has revealed a previously unknown virus strongly associated with a ...
Researchers Discover Virus Using Same Tools as Host Cell
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that the virus which causes Kaposi's Sarcoma encodes a molecule for controlling gene regulation nearly identical to one found normally in human cells. Both versions ...
Study proposes new theory of how viruses may contribute to cancer
Oct 24, 2007 |
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A new study suggests that viruses may contribute to cancer by causing excessive death to normal cells while promoting the growth of surviving cells with cancerous traits. Viruses may act as forces of natural selection by ...
An AIDS-related virus reveals more ways to cause cancer
Oct 09, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shed new light on how Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) subverts normal cell machinery to cause cancer. A KSHV protein called latency-associated ...
DNA damage response confers a barrier for viral tumorigenesis
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human tumor virus and an etiological agent for Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). KSHV infection is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa where KS is nowadays the most common malignancy, due to widespread ...
Penn researchers discover new mechanism for viral replication
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Aug 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a new strategy that Kaposi’s Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) uses to dupe infected cells into replicating its viral genome. This allows ...
Major Kaposi's sarcoma discovery announced
Apr 06, 2006 |
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Government scientists say they've found a human cell surface molecule involved with the Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus.
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