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BioMed Central
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus may not be associated with human prostate cancer
November 2nd, 2009
The xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) which has previously been linked to prostate cancer has been found to have a dramatically lower prevalence among German prostate cancer patients, if any. Contrary to some reports, which have found XMRV in 40% of cases in patients in the US with familial prostate cancer, research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Retrovirology has found no link between the two conditions in a large study of German prostate cancer patients. The experimental research was undertaken by a team from the Robert Koch Institute and the Charite in Berlin, Germany, led by Norbert Bannert and Reinhard Kurth. They used...
Source: Proteomics Weekly (2009-11-02)
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