Epstein-barr virus
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Can we “catch” breast cancer?
Posted by Tara C. Smith on February 27, 2013
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Third of five student guest posts by Dana Lowry In 1911, Peyton Rous first discovered viruses can cause cancer. A chicken with a lump in her breast had been brought to Rous by a farmer. Rous prepared an extract that eliminated bacteria and tumor cells and injected this extract into other chickens—tumors grew. Rous suggested “a minute…
What might have caused my cousin’s nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Posted by Tara C. Smith on February 22, 2010 Student guest post by Anh To. When I found out my only non-smoking cousin had nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), I was puzzled. With all the hype about cigarette smoking associated with various kinds of cancers in the media, I did not understand why none of my smoking cousins had NPC but the one who didn’t smoke…