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Comments Requested New Theory Of How Viruses May Contribute To Cancer Proposed In Study

By admin2 | November 27, 2007

MedicalA 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 wiping out normal cells that support the replication of viruses and leaving behind those cells that have acquired defects in their circuitry. When this process is repeated over and over, cancer can develop say study authors, led by Preet M. Chaudhary, M.D., Ph.D. [click link for full article]
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