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UCL scientists discover ‘traitor’ human DNA helps viruses cause cancer

26 April 2010

A team led by Chris Boshoff, Director of the UCL Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK’s Professor of Cancer Medicine, discovered that stretches of human DNA act as a traitor to the body’s defences by helping viruses infect people and trigger cancer-causing diseases. 

Prof Chris Boshoff The research published in Nature Cell Biology today revealed that viruses can exploit the body’s DNA – dampening its antiviral immune response and allowing infection to take hold more easily.


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