There are more than 200 types of HPV, but only 12 have been strongly associated with cancers. The HPV vaccine, which is recommended for all children between the ages of 11 and 12, protects against these high-risk forms of the virus that could lead to cancer. People can get the shot up...
Cancer and viruses: a double-edged sword. Oncovirus, synonymously called a tumour virus, is a virus that can cause cancer. An oncolytic virus preferentially infects the host's cancer cells and lyse... AQ Butt,SM Miggin - 《Proteomics》 被引量: 15发表: 2012年 加载更多来源...
Bacteriaandvirusesare both microscopic organisms that can cause disease in humans. While these microbes may have some characteristics in common, they are also very different. Bacteria are typically much larger than viruses and can be viewed under a light microscope. Viruses are about 1,000 times s...
Poxviruses are a family of large DNA viruses that can cause diseases in humans and animals, with variola virus being the most virulent and known for causing smallpox. Other notable poxviruses, such as vaccinia, monkeypox, and cowpox viruses, can also infect humans but generally cause less se...
Viruses which cause the latter process are called retroviruses. Once inside the chromosome, the new DNA begins to give out messages for making new viruses. The host cell is thereby turned into a factory for making new copies of the virus. When it is full of viruses the cell bursts open,...
Moreover, despite that the Epstein–Barr virus is associated with a number of different types of cancers and is therefore classified as a type 1 carcinogen, it has recently been developed into an expression vector for non-lytic tumor vaccination against B cell lymphomas [87]. The vector has ...
Transformed animal and plant cells are also capable of multiplying; they often grow into tumors, and the viruses that cause such transformation are known as tumor viruses. See Retrovirus, Tumor viruses There is little that can be done to interfere with the growth of viruses, since they multiply...
Virotherapy is defined as the use of viruses in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, including infectious and noninfectious diseases such as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, genetic diseases, and cancers [78,79,80]. These viruses, called oncolytic viruses (OVs), are in differ...
Virotherapy is defined as the use of viruses in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, including infectious and noninfectious diseases such as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, genetic diseases, and cancers [78,79,80]. These viruses, called oncolytic viruses (OVs), are in differ...
We’ve long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we’re using them as tumour search and destroy agents – and getting our immune systems to join the fight too