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Cancer Vaccines
New findings from Institute for Animal Health in the area of cancer vaccines published
June 10th, 2008
Research findings, 'Analysis of the expression profiles of Marek's disease virus-encoded microRNAs by real-time quantitative PCR,' are discussed in a new report. "MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a large class of endogenous approximately 22-nucleotide long non-coding RNAs involved in post-transcriptional silencing of gene expression by translational repression or direct cleavage of the target mRNAs. Several hundreds of miRNAs have now been identified in a wide range of organisms including many viruses," scientists in Compton, the United Kingdom report. "Marek's disease virus serotype 1 (MDV-1) is a highly contagious oncogenic herpesvirus that induces fatal T-cell lymphomas in...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-10)
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