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Cancer-causing Virus HTLV-1 Changes DNA Loops to ‘affect tens of thousands of genes’

18th July 2018

A human virus that causes a rare form of leukaemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA loops inside our cells. The research, published in the journal eLife, shows that the human […]

What is HTLV-1? The virus which is a ‘distant cousin of HIV’

14th May 2018

A little-known but deadly virus distantly linked to HIV has made headlines recently after experts urged action to fight its high prevalence in parts of rural Australia. But what is HTLV-1? Human T-lymphotropic virus type […]

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Cancer-causing Virus HTLV-1 Changes DNA Loops to ‘affect tens of thousands of genes’

What is HTLV-1? The virus which is a ‘distant cousin of HIV’