Virus in the Brain.

• Autores: Melinda Wenner
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 300, Nº. 1, 2009, págs. 18-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article discusses research indicating that the cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpes virus, causes the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme. Research by the neurosurgeon Charles Cobbs into immune activities associated with cancer is presented as the source of the observed connection between viral infections and cerebral cancers. Research into the development of a vaccine that will treat CMV and possible reduce the risk of glioblastoma is described. INSET: When Cleanliness Is Next to Malignancy.