Lymphoma

New lymphoma study findings have been published by M.F. Giardi and colleagues

Published in Blood Weekly, May 21st, 2009

According to a study from Coppito, Italy, "Marek's disease virus (MDV), the causative agent of Marek's disease (MD), is a herpesvirus that infects poultry causing T lymphomas. Although vaccination may prevent lymphomas formation, it is not known whether it controls viral replication and spreading in the environment."

"Ovotransferrin (Otrf), a member of the transferrin family, is known to exert in vitro antiviral activity in primary cultures of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF). In addition Otrf is produced by CEF and by an avian lymphoblastoid cell line (MDCC-MSB1) following infection/reinfection with MDV. The present work was designed to investigate the effects of...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-05-21)

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