Vincent speaks with Blossom about her laboratory’s research on Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, including how it transforms cells, the switch between lytic and latent replication, and its interaction with the innate immune system of the host.
TWiV 160: Moore tumor viruses
- December 4, 2011
- Tagged as: cancer, kaposi, kshv, merkel, polyomavirus, sarcoma, tumor virus, viral, virology, virus
The TWiV team speaks with Patrick Moore about his discovery, with Yuan Chang, of two human tumor viruses, Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus.