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Epstein-Barr Virus Linked To Invasive Breast Cancer And Lymphoma

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 22nd, 2001

Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have found a molecular link between aggressive breast and lymphatic cancers and the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes infectious mononucleosis.

In a paper published in the March 2001 issue of Nature Medicine, U-M scientists show how the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) alters the function of a cellular protein that normally suppresses the movement of malignant cells. When this natural brake on cell migration is disabled by the virus, cancerous breast and lymphatic cells are free to metastasize or spread.

"This is the first evidence of a human virus associated with the development of cancerous...

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