Viral induced cancer query

[Wolfram Brune]

In message <9525181443.~INN-XILa00165.bionet-news at dl.ac.uk> Webb Howell writes:
> I am writing an historical perspective on a researcher who 
> spent the last years of his life doing work on viral induced
> cancer.  Can anyone give me background information on who (and when), 
> specifically, proposed the notion that viruses caused cancer, and
> how this research came about.  Also, the names of the primary players,
> then and now, in research of viral induced cancer would be most
> helpful.
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Webb Howell
> Duke University
> 
You might want to read a review article covering this topic:
   zur Hausen H (1991): Virusus in human cancer. Science 254:1167-1173

BTW: The author of this article is one of the "primary players" to propose
a causative role for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cervical
cancer.

Hope this helps.


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