Epstein-Barr virus protein crucial to its role in blood cancers
...nitiates uncontrolled growth. EBV, a member of the herpesvirus family and one of the most common human viruses, plays a role in cancers such as lymphoproliferative diseases in transplant or AIDS patients, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and also causes the well-known disease...Association of herpesvirus with lung disorder questioned
...estigators in Japan found no association between a herpesvirus infection and a potentially life-threatening form ...s reported that they were not able to detect human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as the Kaposi's sarcoma virus, in the lungs of 22 patients with primary or oth...New centers boost muscular dystrophy research
...sing an immune response. Researchers will also use herpesvirus vectors in functional genomics studies to discover and characterize factors that guide stem cell maturation into muscle. In collaboration with scientists at the University of Missouri and Ohio State University, adeno-associated viral vectors will be ...Other highlights in the September 3 issue of JNCI
...sions and HHV-8 Seropositivity The risk of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) transmission from blood transfusions is approximately equivalent to the 1-year cumulative risk of infection from non-transfusion related community sources, according to a study of children with sickle-cell disease in Uganda. In Africa, HHV-...The Lancet Oncology (TLO) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID)
...ions, clinical manifestations, and therapy Could a herpesvirus be the cause of Kawasaki disease?...NCI hosts Sixth International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Immunodeficiencies
... and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 and their related malignancies. Preventive or therapeutic interventions will be of particular interest. WHEN: Monday and Tuesday, April 22- 23, 2002, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDTWednesday, April 24, 2002, 8:30 a.m. - noon EDT WHERE: The ...