Tuesday, 12 November 2013

HPV can damage genes and chromosomes directly, sequencing study shows

The virus that causes cervical, head and neck, anal and other cancers can damage chromosomes and genes where it inserts its DNA into human DNA, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Akagi K, et al. Genome-wide analysis of HPV integration in human cancers reveals recurrent, focal genomic instability. Genome Res. 2013 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24201445

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